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US-Cuba Flights
JetBlue and Airline Brokers Inc. team up to offer flights to Havana from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida. These photos document the inaugural flight on September 17, 2011.
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More than 100 passengers wait to check in for the first flight from Fort Lauderdale to Cuba since 1987. More U.S. airports are now offering charter flights to Cuba after the Obama administration loosened travel restrictions in January.
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Edeisi Yero, 60, is traveling to Cuba to visit his mother. He says the ability to leave from Fort Lauderdale is a major benefit for Cuban-Americans, who, before this year, could only take direct flights from Miami, New York or Los Angeles.
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The one-hour flight between Fort Lauderdale and Havana will run every Saturday to and from the island. JetBlue is operating the flights through Airline Brokers Company, Inc.
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Vivian Mannerud is president and founder of Airline Brokers, the charter company behind this flight and others to Cuba. She says anything that makes traveling to Cuba more normal is cause for celebration.