{"id":40788,"date":"2013-10-09T10:37:40","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T14:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/target\/flights-start-to-cuba-from-the-bahamas"},"modified":"2013-10-09T10:37:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T14:37:40","slug":"flights-start-to-cuba-from-the-bahamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/10\/flights-start-to-cuba-from-the-bahamas","title":{"rendered":"Flights Start To Cuba From The Bahamas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>October 8th marked the inaugural Western Air flight from the Bahamas to Cuba, building what officials hope will be a \u201cbridge\u201d between the two countries to better facilitate trade and commerce.<\/p>\n

The aircraft can seat 33 passengers and is expected to carry out one complete route, once a day, three times a week \u2013 courtesy of a partnership between Western Air and Blue Bahamas Crossing (BCB).<\/p>\n

Captain Wolf Seyfret, Western Air\u2019s director of operations, said a demand for such a route does exist based on statistics from other airlines and past services that Western Air has done.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur average load has been 22 passengers. We\u2019ve had full flights, we\u2019ve had flights with 19 passengers \u2013 but the average load has been 22 passengers. So yes, from that I can say there definitely is a demand there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He explained that Western Air and BCB have \u201cvery diligently looked at the market\u201d and decided the two carriers that presently provide the service are \u201cnot able to satisfy demand\u201d \u2013 leaving room in the market for Western Air to step in.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can say from observing the current levels with Cubana and Bahamasair \u2013 there\u2019s a lot of passengers being turned away because of the load factors on both airlines so definitely there is a demand for that service,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

By DANA SMITH<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\nTribune Staff Reporter<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Click here to view the full article on tribune242.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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