ORLANDO, Fla. — A total of 10 cities were chosen to host the flights, which include four in Florida: Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Tampa, the DOT said.
The next step in the process is choosing the airlines to make the flights from the dozen that applied.
The 12 U.S. airlines proposed nearly 60 round-trip flights a day to Havana, three times the amount the Cuban government agreed to allow, the DOT said.
The original 12 were tentatively narrowed down to eight airlines: Alaskan Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines and United Airlines.
Each country has agreed to allow the other up to 20 round-trip flights each day.
Additionally, each country would also be allowed to operate up to 10 daily round-trip flights between the U.S. and each of Cuba’s nine remaining international airports.
When it begins, it will be the first time in 50 years that the U.S. and Cuba had regular air service.
Other cities picked to host flights to and from Havana are: Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark, and New York City.
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