Cubans who plan to fly to Dominican Republic, with final destination Nicaraguahave found new obstacles in Havana. Regarding the visa requirement for flying imposed by the Colombian airline Wingothe obstacles imposed by the airline since July 11 are now added SKYhigh Dominicana.
“At the airport they tell us that Avianca, which is the Colombian airline with which we bought another Flight to Nicaragua, does not accept that we board at the Santo Domingo airport, and that they would have to return us to Cuba, which is why they prevent us from taking the Flight,” he says. Yaumara Aguileraone of those affected.
«In my case, they told me that because I didn’t have a unique reservation code with a single airline, they wouldn’t let me fly. That was the justification given by SKYhigh Dominicana. On July 11, I couldn’t take my Flight, neither I, nor any of the Cubans who were in that situation. In my case, I lost the money for five tickets since we had to sell everything to collect what the tickets cost,» he said. Elizabeth Garciaanother of those affected.
In a video recorded last Monday at Terminal 3 of the AJosé Martí International Airport From Havana and to which Diario de Cuba had access, a SKYhigh Dominicana official explains to those affected that they cannot fly due to instructions from the airline Aviancasince they would not let them take their Flight to Bogota and that although the Dominican Republic does not require a transit visa, the order they have is that all Cubans whose final destination is Nicaragua cannot Travel.
The Dominican Republic does not require a transit visa, as long as the traveler has a connecting Flight and does not spend more than seven hours in an airport in that country.
“There are hundreds, maybe thousands of us affected by this decision. In my case, we bought eight tickets, I sold everything I had in my house and my uncle sold his house to buy two tickets and now he lives with us, he is even left without clothes. All the claims to let us Travel are useless. They only tell us that we can change the date of the trip up to a year from now,” he said. Dunier Mirandaanother of those affected by Sky High.
Despite complaints from those affected, both to the airlines and to the embassies of Colombia and the Dominican Republic, none have been able to resume their Flight, according to Diario de Cuba.
Currently both the Chilean airline LATAM like the Venezuelan Conviasa They sell tickets to Nicaragua as their final destination, although only Conviasa offers direct Flights from Havana, but their tickets cost more than $4,000 per traveler for September, the first month in which they have availability.
The incidents with airlines flying to Nicaragua from Cuba occurred after the US government asked Cuban authorities to cut off the flow of irregular migrants and imposed sanctions on executives of charter Flight companies that facilitate irregular migration.
