With the arrival of its first flight ever from Paris to Havana last Thursday, the French airline Corsair opened a new route to the Caribbean.
Twice a week, Thursdays and Saturdays, Corsair aircraft will land in Havana, with plans to expand the frequency, according to Pascal de Izaguirre, president of the airline and its tour operator TUI France, a subsidiary of the TUI group, a world leader in the tourism sector.
After arriving at terminal three of the José Martà International Airport on the inaugural flight, in an Airbus A330-300 with capacity for 304 passengers, the European representative said he was very happy to be visiting Cuba again.
"It is an immense pleasure to be here to open this connection between Paris and Havana," he said in the presence of Yanet Ayala, director of communications of the Cuban ministry of tourism, and the French ambassador to Cuba, Jean-Marie Bruno.
According to the president of Corsair, th Caribbean destination «enjoys great potential for development, not only for tourism but also for economic exchanges.»
Official data indicate that France stands, together with Germany, United Kingdom, Italy and Spain, among the main European markets that send tourists to Cuba, visited in 2016 by four million foreign travelers…
