Weak Demand Prompts Two US airline said to cancel US - Cuba service
MIAMI — On Monday, Silver Airways and Frontier Airlines announced that they plan to cancel their routes to Cuba, citing a weaker demand than expected. “Difficult but necessary” was how Silver Airways referred to its decision to suspend all its Cuba services, effective on April 22. The regional carrier based in Fort Lauderdale had originally planned to serve nine Cuban cities outside Havana, which the US Department of Transportation (DOT) authorized for regular scheduled flights from the United States. “This lack of demand coupled with overcapacity by the larger airlines has made the Cuban routes unprofitable for all carriers,” Silver said in statement. They’ve been using 34-seat Saab 340B aircraft on its Cuba routes, but some of its recent flights from Fort Lauderdale to Varadero have been carrying just two or three passengers, according to Cuban Customs reports. Silver plans to continue monitoring Cuba routes and “will consider resuming service in the future if the co...