International airport Jose Martí

Presentation

The international airport Jose Martí (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Jose Martí) is the international Aéroport of Havana to Cuba. The airport is located at Ave, Van Troi and Final with 15km in the south-west of the center of Havana. It is managed by the ECASA (Empresa Cubana de Aeropuertos there Servicios Aeronauticos S.A. - Cuban Company of the Airports and Services of Aeronautics).

He proposes more than 25 international lines towards more than 60 destinations, mainly in Europe, in North America, Centrale and of the South, like 3 national lines serving 16 destinations.

Destinations

The international airport Jose Martí is the principal airport of Cuba. It is a principal point for the company Cubana de Aviación, Aerogaviota and Aero Caribbean. It serves several momentary million each year, 80% of the international passengers of Cuba with the Aéroport Juan Gualberto Gomez Varadero. A great number of them since the Canada, the Italy, the Mexico, the the United Kingdom, the France, and the Germany. The airport was baptized name of the cuban patriot and poet Jose Martí.

Because of the Embargo of the United States against Cuba, no air line of the the United States is authorized to practice scheduled flights with the airport. Thus, the scheduled flights of Miami are indicated in Vol charter S. Diverses air lines propose a direct connection between Havana and Miami, including American lines Eagle Airlines, Gulfstream International Airlines, and Continental Airlines. Because of the reports/ratios of Cuba with the Soviet Union during the Years 1970 and the Years 1980, the airport accommodated many airline companies of the Eastern bloc. The airport also knew its share of tragedies, with old Russian planes that Cubana and some other communist air lines used (such as Aeroflot of Russia and Interflug of German Democratic republic) and who broke while going to this airport or while leaving there.

In 2002, British Airways ceased its direct flights of London towards Havana, but the company increased its common arrangements with its associate, Iberia Airlines, and added to its programming of flights, the connections towards the principal center of Ibéria with Madrid. Virgin Atlantic Airways has from tiny room the variation since the departure of its rival airline company, British Airways, and started to develop direct flights of London with Havana, tie profit of the growth of passenger travelling with Havana. The flights between London and Havana began the July 7th 2005. One expects that the flights of Virgin Atlantic towards Cuba brings a few 55 million American dollars to the cuban economy, including employment, new trade and Tourisme. Iberia Airlines and Air Europa, has daily flights towards the International airport of Madrid-Barajas. Iberia Airlines had daily flights direct towards the international airport Jose Martí since the Années 1950. Air France serves Paris (Aéroport Roissy-Charles-of-Gaulle) with Boeing 747-400, the Cubana de Aviación serves the Aéroport of Orly. The company Italy nne Air Europe flies of Milan (Aéroport of Malpensa) towards Montego Bay in Jamaica via Havana, and with Cancun with the Mexico via Havana also. Air Italy is another Italian airline company which flies towards Montego Bay via Havana but since Vérone. Copa Airlines is another company which operates with the airport. It accomplishes 14 weekly flights since the International airport of Tocumen of Panamá.

Approximate times of flight towards Havana are

London: 10 hours 40 minutes;
New York: 5 hours 5 minutes;
Los Angeles: 5 hours 40 minutes;
Miami: 1 hour;
Toronto: 3 hours 40 minutes;
Sydney: 19 hours 20 minutes.

Air services

The airport is the principal base of the Ibeca company, undertaken of which the half belongs to the Cubana de Aviación and other half with Iberia Airlines of Spain. It deals with the technical maintenance of the planes such as] the 727, 737, 747, 757, 767 and the Airbus A320, A330, A340, as well as other Western planes. Every year, the company gives a technical insurance to more than 5.000 flying activities, of more than 30 different airline companies, mainly of Europe and Americas.

In 2002, the company of logistics and air cargo (ELCA SA) opened a new terminal of Fret. The terminal is a company with equal participation shared between the company of Cargosur , part of the Iberia group of Spain, and Aerovaradero of Cuba. Its investment is of more than 2,5 million American dollars. The goal of this company, most modern in this part of the sphere, is to facilitate and reduce the transport costs of freight between the Europe and the Americas, for the planes of various companies. The terminal has a capacity of 600 tons, 2.000 cubic meters of space in two rooms of refrigeration and congelation, with orders of moisture and gas.

Currently the airport builds a new center automated with Contrôle of the air traffic which will be used for the totality of the area of information of flight of Cuba. For that, there was a stage necessary: all the radarization of the area mentioned. All this will increase the reliability of the service of air traffic that Cuba has under its order in the whole area. This area is the principal volume of air traffic of all the Latin America, with the control of more than 450 flights daily.

Conveniences

One finds in the airport a Exchange office and a Banque open 24 hours a day. There is also a post office, a cybercafé (nonavailable in all terminals). A living room of business is placed at the disposal of the passengers by the airline companies. An office of reservation of hotel and booking offices of car are also available. The agents on the ground of Havanatur and Cubanacan , which is local travel agencies for the tourists, also have offices here. There are many bars and restaurants opened 24 hours a day, a broad choice of stores like bookstores, tobacconists, newsagents in all terminals. 90% of the passengers of the airport currently visit the stores. One finds also a pharmacy and an office of found objects. There is no rack available for the luggage.

Equipment of conference and businesses

There is no equipment of conference to the airport, although there are two living rooms of VIP in the arrivals and the departures of terminal 3. Those are equipped with the Téléphone, of the Fax, Photocopieur S, the press and the private rooms. Sandwich eries with coolings are present. The airport is accessible to the people handicapped with specialized toilets, slopes, Ascenseur S and phone boxes adapted.

Transport

There is currently no service of bus of the airport towards the center town. The taxis of tourists wait apart from the hall of arrivals for a way of 30 minute towards the city. The travel agencies prepare ways of minibus with their agents; those pre-are reserved by their own customers, however it is possible that an independent traveller rents a place if it is free.

Hotel

There is no hotel on the spot. There is a broad choice of the hotels in the sectors of the El Vedado and Habana Vieja, of center town.

Important dates

the December 31st 1997, celebrates it Franco-English plane Concorde atterit for the first time at Cuba. Flight, Air France London - Paris - Barbados - Havana was received in the airport Jose Martí by the Cuban president Fidel Castro, and chair IACC Rogelio Acevedo. Castro is ridden aboard plane, greeted the passengers and the crew, and visited the plane.
the March 31st 2003, a Boeing 767 (EI-CXO) of the airline company Blue Panorama skidded on the principal track 6, with a bad weather and gusts of wind, no damage.
the November 4th 2005, Neos Airlines has to begin 4 weekly flights with a Boeing 767 of the Aéroport of Milan Malpensa.
In July 2006, the British airline company, Virgin Atlantic considered very positive the first year of the activities between the Aéroport of London Gatwick to the airport of Havana Jose Marti. The Cubana de Aviación is only the competitor main thing with direct flights, having several weekly flights with the same airport (although most of the traffic of London it Havana flies via Madrid or Paris). Since the lignea begun in July 2005 until July 2006, it transported more than 35.000 passengers in Boeing 747 with 75% of occupation.
direct flights with the John-F International airport. - Kennedy of New York started in December 2006, the 24 and 31. After those, they are programmed every two weeks. The company of charters, C & T Charters Inc., indicates that the flights will increase according to the request. The flights are ensured by the Lord Aéreo Boliviano by using Boeing 727.

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