Delta resumes daily flight service between Miami and Havana

Three years after suspending its flights between Miami and Havana amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Delta Air Lines has resumed daily service between the two cities.

Delta relaunched two daily nonstop flights from Miami International Airport to the Cuban capital.

The Atlanta-based airline said Monday in a prepared statement it’s resuming its Havana flights “in line with continued strong demand.” The flights use a Boeing 737-800.

Delta restarted service to Cuba in 2016 after a 55-year halt when the Obama administration allowed six U.S. airlines to begin regular commercial passenger flights to nine cities on the island, as part of a reopening of diplomatic relations with the Communist nation.

Three years later, the Trump administration rescinded the authorization in an attempt to limit cash flows to the island’s repressive government, allowing U.S. flights only to Havana. In March 2020, Delta suspended its Havana-Miami flights in response to the pandemic.

The Biden administration reversed the Trump ban in June 2022.

American Airlines, which had already resumed scheduled service between Miami and Havana in late 2020, then relaunched daily flights to four other Cuban cities as well. American, the world’s largest airline, is the biggest carrier at Miami airport.

In South Florida, United Airlines also flies from Miami to Havana. Southwest and JetBlue also operate direct flights to Cuba from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.