U.S. Airlines Proceed Cuba Flights Primarily Uninterrupted, Regardless of Gasoline Shortages

The small handful of U.S. airways flying to Cuba proceed to take action regardless of the continued gas scarcity that’s inflicting Canadian carriers to chop schedules to the island.

Both Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines confirmed to TMR on Wednesday that they’re working their flight schedules to Cuba, albeit considerably smaller than these of Air Canada and Transat, with out interruption.

Delta Air Lines operates one day by day roundtrip flight to José Martí International Airport in Havana from Miami International Airport, and Southwest operates one single day by day flight between Tampa International Airport and Havana.

American Airlines, which operates roughly 10 day by day roundtrip flights between Miami International Airport and Havana, instructed the Miami Herald on Monday that it’s “closely monitoring the situation” and, in response to flight schedules, has continued its full schedule of flights. TMR has reached out for remark.

The entire concern stems from Feb. 8, 2026, when Cuba issued an official discover (NOTAM) warning that jet gas (kerosene) wouldn’t be obtainable for refueling at 9 main airports, together with Havana, till at the very least March 11, 2026.

The motive why Southwest and Delta can proceed operations, whereas Air Canada, WestJet, and different Canadian carriers can’t, is the space from Tampa and Miami to Havana is brief sufficient for these planes to not must refuel in Havana. .

For occasion, a spokesperson for Southwest instructed TMR that the day by day flight from Tampa is flying with sufficient gas to additionally fly to the following vacation spot.

“Due to the current status of aviation fuel in Cuba, Southwest Airlines is requiring aircraft that fly to Havana to carry enough fuel to also fly to their next destination. The airline currently operates one flight daily to Havana. Nothing is more important to Southwest than the safety of our customers and employees,” the spokesperson stated to TMR.

While the U.S. authorities prohibits purely leisure journey to Cuba, it continues to permit journey beneath 12 licensed classes, together with household visits, journalistic exercise, instructional actions, official authorities enterprise, and extra. When Americans guide a flight to Cuba, the airways would require them to “self-certify” which class they fall beneath.