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03-20-16 04:47 #4357
Posts: 25Originally Posted by TheTallMan [View Original Post]
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03-19-16 18:52 #4356
Posts: 1792Originally Posted by Adinga [View Original Post]
The Tall Man.
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03-18-16 03:08 #4355
Posts: 271The mongering scene in Cuba has been dead for years.
The only remaining action will be the hard core girls who do business in the Havana discos.
These girls usually ask $100 for 90 minutes worth of work then they return back to their pimp boyfriend who's got a second client waiting for her.
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03-15-16 21:38 #4354
Posts: 1749Originally Posted by GrownMan1 [View Original Post]
In the Winter you are correct. It's probably better to fly South right away to reduce risk of either flight being delayed.
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03-15-16 15:29 #4353
Posts: 2490Originally Posted by CocoDesIles [View Original Post]
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03-05-16 20:25 #4352
Posts: 136Originally Posted by MrSoulo [View Original Post]
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03-05-16 14:37 #4351
Posts: 25Flying to Cuba
Concerning latest post, we invite all Americans to come to Canada and fly from most lager cities to Havana, Varardeo, Cienfuegos, Santa Clara, Camaguey, Holguin, Manazanillo, Santiago, CayoLargo. Cubana de aviacion, Air Canada, Sunwing, Air Transat and West Jet offers direct flights to these cities. Prices are very low. We never cut the bridges with Cuba, and we are proud we never did.
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03-05-16 04:44 #4350
Posts: 3700Update on airlines proposals submitted
USA Airlines are looking to serve Cuba primarily from their large hub cities, with Havana being the most popular destination.
At least eight carriers submitted applications to the USA Department of Transportation Wednesday outlining what routes they would like to fly. The government will spend the next few months reviewing the requests and is expected to award the contested Havana routes this summer. Flights to smaller cities — if uncontested and lacking any contentious issues — could be approved much sooner.
Once routes are awarded, airlines will still need time to develop schedules and actually sell seats on the flights. And while the USA Government will set the routes, airlines will also need to apply to Cuba's civil aviation authority for a permit to operate in the country.
All flights operating between the two countries today are charters, but an agreement signed between the two nations last month allows for up to 110 additional flights — more than five times the current charter operations.
Only 20 of those flights can go to Havana, in addition to the current 10 to 15 charter flights a day. The rest would fly to other Cuban cities.
USA Tourists still won't legally be allowed to visit Cuba but the start of commercial flights will make it much easier for those who fall into one of the authorized travel categories. Charter flights are expensive, frequently chaotic and lack many of the traditional supports of commercial aviation such as online booking and 24-hour customer service.
Most of the planes proposed by USA Airlines would carry about 160 passengers.
Nearly 160,000 USA Leisure travelers flew to Cuba last year, along with hundreds of thousands of Cuban-Americans visiting family. Tourism is still barred, but the number of legal reasons to go to Cuba — from organizing professional meetings to distributing information to Cubans — has grown so large and is so loosely enforced that the distinction from tourism has blurred significantly.
American Airlines was the most-aggressive carrier in its approach, requesting more than half the possible slots to Havana plus service to five other, smaller Cuban cities. The airline has a large hub in Miami, home to the largest Cuban-American population.
In American's filing with the DOT, CEO Doug Parker wrote that his airline has been "the undisputed leader" in charter service, having done so since 1991.
The airline notes in its application that last year alone, it operated 1,084 Cuba charters while JetBlue Airways had 221 and Delta Air Lines had four.
Following Wednesday's route application deadline, airlines and the public have a chance to comment on the flights sought. That process will conclude by March 21.
The airlines won't get all of their requests, but below are the routes each carrier applied to fly:
— American is seeking 10 daily flights from Miami to Havana, one from Charlotte and one from Dallas as well as one weekly flight from both LOS Angeles and Chicago. From Miami, it is also looking for two daily flights to Santa Clara, Holguin and Varadero and daily service to Camaguey and Cienfuegos.
— Delta is seeking flights from Atlanta, New York, Miami and Orlando to Havana. All would be daily, except for Miami where Delta is seeking two daily flights.
— JetBlue is looking to serve Havana with four daily flights from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, two from Tampa, Florida, Orlando and New York and one daily flight from Boston and Newark, New Jersey. It also wants one daily flight from Fort Lauderdale to Camaguey, Holguin and Santa Clara.
— Southwest Airlines wants to fly to Havana with six daily flights from Fort Lauderdale, two from Tampa and one daily flight from Orlando. It also applied for daily flights from Fort Lauderdale to Varadero and one to Santa Clara.
— United Airlines is asking for daily flights between Newark, New Jersey, and Havana with two flights on Saturdays. It also wants Saturday-only flights from Chicago, Houston and Washington the. See.
— Alaska Airlines wants two daily flights from LOS Angeles to Havana.
— Frontier Airlines applied for one daily flight between Denver and Havana, three daily flights between Miami and Havana, one daily flight between Miami and Santiago, four weekly flights between Miami and Camaguey, three weekly flights between Miami and Santa Clara, one weekly flight between Chicago and Varadero and one weekly flight between Philadelphia and Varadero.
— Silver Airways, a Florida-based regional airline, wants to fly to Havana twice daily from West Palm Beach, once daily from Fort Myers and Fort Lauderdale, five times a week from Key West, and twice a week from Jacksonville. It also proposed to fly from Fort Lauderdale to nine other Cuban cities.
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03-05-16 04:18 #4349
Posts: 25Mick Jagger vs Barry White
Even though he was born a year prior to Barry White, Mick Jagger is still alive! So time is not for nostalgia but rather to enjoy the reality of dramatic changes in Cuba these days. As a Canadian who have been traveling to the island since 1981, I applause President Obama determination to end an area.
Of disgraceful attitude towards a hard fighting, peaceful and courageous people. I applause the Rolling Stones to join the movement and to offer Cuban people a free concert.
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So maybe we should lease planes to go and see them and enjoy la fiesta!
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03-05-16 01:17 #4348
Posts: 1749Originally Posted by MrGogo [View Original Post]
Having said that, I agree that it's not a reason to go to Cuba. If you want to see great bands in Cuba, why not see CUBAN bands like LOS Van Van, Alexander Abreu, Maykel Blanco, etc. You can see the Stones anywhere and they haven't done anything good in over 30 years anyway.
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03-04-16 17:08 #4347
Posts: 3700Originally Posted by MrSoulo [View Original Post]
One of my many great memories of Cuba was one night sitting on the malecon having a Cuba libre watching the ocean. There is a place where the Prada meets the malecon that has tables outside. The place was closing at 11 pm and one of the workers gave me a drink on the house and said they were closing but take my time. The workers started moving the tables inside as I sipped my Cuba libre. They put a Barry White CD in and we jammed. None of these workers could speak English but they knew every English word to Barry Whites song, it was priceless. They said that back in the days that the radio would pick up bootleg signals from Miami and their are and be soul stations. I doubt the Cubans even know or care who Mick Jagger is, but it will be hyped as an event that people will show up.
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03-04-16 04:23 #4346
Posts: 228The Rolling Stones in Cuba
The Rolling Stones will be performing a free concert in Havana on March 25th. This is monumental and I don't want to miss this historic event. I'm searching for flights right now!
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03-01-16 01:18 #4345
Posts: 25Have a nice trip!
Originally Posted by Goldman007 [View Original Post]
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02-29-16 03:43 #4344
Posts: 31Going to Havana FEB 29,2016
I am leaving for Havana on Feb 29, Air Transat 148, anyone want to meet? Post here. I will be traveling all cities.
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02-24-16 02:01 #4343
Posts: 316Originally Posted by WordUp [View Original Post]
Remember guys, the rest of the world has been going there steady with no issues for decades.
Now with Obama about to throw out the rule book, each & every American man wants full info on the ins and outs of Cuba.
Fine, but how about I suggest you RTFF's, then ask intelligent questions?