Cuba is an island state, and you can get to each of its cities by plane. There are 77 airfields on the country's territory, airports of international importance are located in Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Varadero, and Holguin, but of the listed only 1 airport is located in the capital of the country - Havana, it regularly communicates with Russia.
Cuba Airport, located in Havana, is one of the 3 airports belonging to Latin America, which can be reached from Russia directly. If we talk about the other two, one of them is located in the Dominican Republic - this is Punta Cana, the other in Mexico - Cancun.
The largest number of passengers among the rest of Cuba's airports during the year is taken by the airport. Jose Marti - 3.5 million. The country's main air gates are 18 km away from the capital.
Airport them. Jose Marty
The country's main airport began its history in 1929. Due to the fact that after 1961 relations between the United States and Cuba deteriorated, the airport stopped its operations until 1988. The moment of its second opening was marked by the appearance of another terminal. A decade later, a third terminal appeared at the airport, and in 2002 a terminal was built for cargo transportation. Today the airport has five terminals, the latter for domestic traffic only. Tourists from Russia and the CIS countries do not need to have a visa if they intend to stay in Cuba for up to a month.
An unlimited number of cigars is allowed to be exported from the country, and only 50 cigars can be imported into the Russian Federation. It is permissible to carry two hundred cigarettes or fifty cigars, three bottles of alcohol or perfumes through the country's airports without paying a duty, these figures are calculated taking into account the satisfaction of the tourist's own needs.
If jewelry or products made of crocodile skin were bought in Cuba, a license should be required from the seller, it is issued exclusively in specialized stores, which is why you should not purchase such goods within the market.
Flights
Cuba is amazing tropical nature, fragrant cigars, inimitable beaches, vibrant carnivals and Cuban rum. If you are among the many tourists who dream of experiencing at least some of the listed pleasures, you can fly there from Sheremetyevo (Moscow). Regular flights to the airport. José Martí are flying aircraft belonging to the Russian company Aeroflot.
A direct flight from the capital of the Russian Federation to Havana lasts 12 hours. In addition, you can get to Havana from Moscow by means of Cubana - Cuban Airlines. There are also connecting flights, among which those provided by Air France, the company's aircraft fly through Paris; by Condor aircraft - via Frankfurt; KLM via Amsterdam.
