TIA pushing for direct Havana flights

Friday, May 8, 2009
TIA pushing for direct Havana flights
Tampa Bay Business Journal - by Jane Meinhardt Staff Writer

TAMPA — Tampa International Airport officials are in discussions with
charter businesses licensed for flights to Cuba in anticipation of
receiving federal approval to become one of four airports authorized for
travel to Cuba.

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, has dogged federal officials since
mid-April in an effort to add Tampa as a departure point.

Castor has written Timothy Geithner, secretary of the treasury, and Gary
Locke, Department of Commerce secretary, requesting designation of Tampa
International as an airport authorized to provide nonstop Cuban air
charter service.

Castor noted in the letters, copies of which were sent to Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton, that census data shows the Tampa area has 67,000
Cuban-Americans, the fifth largest population of Cuban-Americans.

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