Washington approves FedEx to offer first scheduled all-cargo service to Cuba

[Judi Lynn]

Washington approves FedEx to offer first scheduled all-cargo service to Cuba

20 / 07 / 2016

US parcels giant Federal Express (FedEx) has been awarded cargo flying rights to Cuba by the Department of Transportation (DoT) in Washington.

FedEx's uncontested application makes it the first all-cargo carrier to provide scheduled services to Cuba since the easing of decades-long political tensions between Washington and Havana.

The DoT stated: "FedEx will begin once-daily Monday through Friday service between Miami, Florida and Matanzas, Cuba, beginning January 15, 2017."

The DoT confirmed that FedEx filed an application dated March 2, proposing a five-days-per-week all-cargo service using a Boeing 757-200SF over a Miami-Havana-Merida, Mexico-Miami routing, beginning September 1, 2016.

More:
http://www.aircargonews.net/news/single-view/news/washington-approves-fedex-to-offer-first-scheduled-all-cargo-service-to-cuba.html

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Matanzas, Cuba, home of Elián González, who was held hostage in Miami by Cuban "exiles."



Elián González with dad, near Washington, D.C.
when he came to fight to get him back in Cuba.

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Elián González, as an adult.

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