Alaska Airlines Begins Regular Service To Cuba From LAX
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The first regularly scheduled commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in decades took off Thursday from Los Angeles International Airport.
Alaska Airlines Flight 286 departed LAX at 8:50 a.m., carrying a 50-person delegation of governmental, business and tourism dignitaries on a trade mission, along with more than 100 other passengers, many of whom are returning to Cuba for the first time in decades.
[VIDEO] Pilots ready for takeoff! @AlaskaAir readies for inaugural LAX-Havana, Cuba flight! pic.twitter.com/FDGPHVTnf6
— LAX Airport (@flyLAXairport) January 5, 2017
Alaska officials estimated last year that Cuba flights from Los Angeles could serve an estimated 190,000 passengers per year, serving a U.S. city with one of the largest Cuban American populations outside of Florida.
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