Flights begin toward Cuba from Argentina

A new air connection between Argentina and Cuba began officially and it will extend flights up to the 2011, informed an official statement of the Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) of Cuba.

The note explains that the first flight arrived at Santa Clara's International Airport, in the center of Cuba, by means of the airline GOL that will maintain the route up to March of next year.

The flight came from Buenos Aires, and the promoters of the initiative plan trips on Fridays at the 22:30 hours from the Argentinean capital and arrivals to the 21:00 hours in an airplane of the type Boeing 767 with 246 squares.

The main turoperadores that participate in that company is Havanatur Argentina, Sun and they are Argentina, Julia Tours, Solways, Eurovipas, Top Dest, Suns and Freeway.

The note that the Argentinean market stays assures like first one of the 10 in importance for the Cuban tourism, and it takes a cumulative growth of 11,81 percent between January and passed May, in front of identical stage in 2009.