Nearly a year to the day it began, Alaska Airlines will be ending its service to Havana, Cuba in January.
The Seattle based carrier tells KOMO News their last flight is planned for January 22, 2018. The Alaska aircraft used since the Havana route on January 5th, 2017 will soon be redeployed to serve destinations with higher demand.
«It’s unfortunate,» says John Kirby, Vice President of Capacity Planning and Alliances. «You never want to exit a route, but we are exiting the L.A.-to-Havana route and the last flight will be on January 22.»
Kirby said they thought there would be a lot of pent up demand after a more than 50-year embargo on travel to Cuba. But it just didn’t last…
