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Airline | Cubana de Aviación |
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Logo | Cubana Airlines logo.svg |
Logo size | 200 |
Fleet size | 20 (+6 orders) incl. cargo |
Destinations | 35 |
Company slogan | Puerta de Cuba al Mundo"Cuba's Gateway to the World" |
Iata | CU |
Icao | CUB |
Callsign | CUBANA |
Parent | Corporación de la Aviación Civil S.A. (CACSA) |
Founded | 8 October 1929 |
Headquarters | Havana, Cuba |
Key people | Arturo Bada Álvarez (CEO) |
Lounge | Club Tropical Lounge |
Website | www.cubana.cu |
Cubana de Aviación S.A., commonly known as Cubana, is Cuba's largest airline and flag carrier. The airline was founded on 8 October 1929, and has its corporate headquarters in Havana. Its main base is at José Martí International Airport. It was a founder and is a current member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the International Association of Aeronautical Telecommunications (SITA) and the International Association of Latin American Air Transportation By 2012 Cubana will completely replace its old Soviet era aircraft with new generation Russian airliners. As part of its renovation strategy, Cubana has sought to upgrade its technical support capabilities. The airline established a joint venture company with Iberia Airlines of Spain in 2005, to maintain and overhaul Western-built aircraft, including all Airbus and Boeing models. Between 2000 and 2009 Cubana operated services to Iraq but these have since been cancelled. Cubana used to operate services to Asia which was the Latin American airlines to fly normally to Asia. Later, Aeroméxico started services to Narita International Airport in Japan from Tijuana and Mexico City.
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In December 2005, Cubana received its first Ilyushin Il-96-300, registered CU-T1250. The aircraft made its first official flight in January 2006, covering the Havana - Buenos Aires route. The second Il-96 was received in March 2006 and a confirmation was signed for two additional ones, an Il-96 of the last two orders was received in 2007 and the remaining one is yet to be delivered. Three Tupolev Tu-204 were also ordered in 2006, two passenger version and one cargo version for Cubana Cargo. The Tupolev Tu-204 cargo-version was delivered in August 2007. During the August 2007 MAKS Airshow Cubana signed a $150 million contract for the purchase and confirmation of 2 Tupolev Tu-204 and 3 Antonov An-148 aircraft, to be delivered between 2008 and 2011 and becoming one of the Antonov An-148 launch customers. More orders for new aircraft will be made over the next 7 years until the conclusion of the Russian-Cuban aviation agreements signed in 2006.
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The Cubana fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 14 December 2009):
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