The Cuban tourist destination has not yet recovered, compared to the values it had in 2019, before the pandemic. While its competitors in the region such as Cancun in Mexico and Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, stand out on massive scales, the island still lags behind.
A sample of it was given this week by the newspaper specializing in tourism, The Reporter, which confirmed that there is a low occupancy rate on flights from Spain to Cuba, on the four Iberian airlines that operate weekly flights to the island such as Air Europa, Iberia, World2fly and Iberojet.
according to this According to the report, the Cuban destination is not recovering compared to Cancun and Punta Cana, and for weeks, flights from Spain have had very low occupancy.
These point to possible reasons for the decline, as the Cuban government’s support for Russia in Europe is very frowned upon, as well as the stiff competition in the Caribbean, where there are five in places like those mentioned in Mexico and the Dominican Republic. Star hotels with more choice and quality.
What are the flights from Spain to Cuba in June?
They noted that the percentage of seats sold for these flights from Spain to Cuba is similar across the four airlines and that “hardly half” of the available seats are occupied. The Reporter asserts that the routes to Cuba from Madrid are “one of the routes that cause the greatest losses in its communications with Latin America”.
A few weeks ago, this same outlet indicated that Cuba would soon face hotel closures due to low occupancy at these facilities, which was again lower than discussed at the beginning of the year. In 2022, figures showed Cuba barely experienced hotel occupancy of 15% compared to more than 75% of its competitors in the Dominican Republic and Mexico.
What are the flights from Spain to Havana in June? Air Europa continues daily flights to the Cuban capital from Madrid. Iberojet does this on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays from Madrid. Iberia, the flag airline, does this on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from Madrid. Finally, World2fly does just that, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays from Madrid.
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