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Commercial flights to Cuba from US?
On Monday, December 21, 2015 at 6:13:59 PM UTC-6, Alex wrote:
Califbill wrote: wrote: On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 18:20:40 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 17:46:42 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 15:55:06 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 09:11:57 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: Was listening to an old friend who is a well known radio and tv broadcaster from here and now volunteers at a community oldies radio station. He was talking about commercial flights resuming between Cuba and 'merica. Got a kick out of his quote... "there goes the neighbourhood" They are saying we have flights from Ft Myers early next year === I believe there are flights from Miami right now. I'm still scheming and dreaming to go there on our boat. It looks like trip insurance may be just as big a hurdle as USCG red tape. What? Your regular insurance doesn't cover bullet holes? I think the current flights from Miami are just the humanitarian program flights, not regular tourism. === There's no such thing as regular tourism yet. Congress has to act first. Until then you have to fit into one of the twelve permitted categories. About 16 years ago my youngest daughter went to visit family in Cuba. She said she kissed the ground when she returned from Cuba. Things were bad for the ordinary people. Maybe tourism will help them. Like Mexico, they will probably hide the poverty and keep the tourists in a nice, happy, place. Like they do in Mexico and the Bahamas? |
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Commercial flights to Cuba from US?
Tim wrote:
On Monday, December 21, 2015 at 6:13:59 PM UTC-6, Alex wrote: Califbill wrote: wrote: On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 18:20:40 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 17:46:42 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 15:55:06 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 19 Dec 2015 09:11:57 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: Was listening to an old friend who is a well known radio and tv broadcaster from here and now volunteers at a community oldies radio station. He was talking about commercial flights resuming between Cuba and 'merica. Got a kick out of his quote... "there goes the neighbourhood" They are saying we have flights from Ft Myers early next year === I believe there are flights from Miami right now. I'm still scheming and dreaming to go there on our boat. It looks like trip insurance may be just as big a hurdle as USCG red tape. What? Your regular insurance doesn't cover bullet holes? I think the current flights from Miami are just the humanitarian program flights, not regular tourism. === There's no such thing as regular tourism yet. Congress has to act first. Until then you have to fit into one of the twelve permitted categories. About 16 years ago my youngest daughter went to visit family in Cuba. She said she kissed the ground when she returned from Cuba. Things were bad for the ordinary people. Maybe tourism will help them. Like Mexico, they will probably hide the poverty and keep the tourists in a nice, happy, place. Like they do in Mexico and the Bahamas? Exactly. The Bahamas is a cesspool outside of the tourist areas and they aren't safe. Southern New Providence (where Nassau is located) is a dump littered with criminals that also prey on tourists when they can. https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentRe...aspx?cid=17138 |
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