US sanctions: Cubana flights to Buenos Aires lifted after refueling is denied
Friday, April 26th 2024 - 19:34 UTC
Cubana had resumed its services to Buenos Aires almost a year ago
US sanctions: Cubana flights to Buenos Aires lifted after refueling is denied
Friday, April 26th 2024 - 19:34 UTC
As President Javier Milei's Argentina deepens its allegiance to the United States, Cuba's flag carrier Cubana lifted this week its regular service between Buenos Aires and Havana after fuel suppliers announced they would no longer be serving a company blacklisted from Washington in what seems like an encore of what happened to the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 freighter flying under the Venezuelan flag following a spell with Iran's Mahan Air.
Cubana de Aviación was forced to cancel flights CU360/CU361 on April 23rd and 24th because of the measure announced at the Ezeiza International Airport serving the Argentine capital. Cubana's CEO Arsenio Arocha Elías-Moisés explained that due to the untimely measure suspending refueling its Cuban-flagged aircraft within the Argentine Republic, flights CU360/CU361 had to be canceled.
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According to an undated statement from the Cuban carrier, Argentina invoked “provisions of the US blockade measures against Cuba.” The measure reached non-Cuban-flagged aircraft leased by Cubana for these flights, which has “prevented the airline from fulfilling its commitments to these passengers,” it was also explained. The Cuban authorities insisted that these events were “beyond any decision of Cubana de Aviación.”
Washington's sanctions against Cuba for over six decades include companies doing business with Havana. Cubana also serves Madrid and Caracas.
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