Cuba says airlines can no longer refuel on island
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Canada’s largest airline has said it is suspending flights to Cuba due to a shortage of aviation fuel on the island – a move that comes amid a US orchestrated squeeze on the country’s oil supply that has also forced Havana to ration health,
Cuba is at risk of losing vital airline service as it prepares to run out of aviation fuel, with at least one major carrier, Air Canada, suspending all service to the island as a result.
The update comes shortly after President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country that supplies Cuba with oil.
TORONTO (AP) — Air Canada said Monday it is suspending service to Cuba because of a shortage of aviation fuel on the island. Canada’s largest airline said it took the decision after the Cuban government announced aviation fuel would not be available at Cuban airports as of Tuesday.
Air Canada announced it is suspending service to Cuba effective Monday as the Caribbean island's major airport warns it will run out of jet fuel.
A deepening fuel crisis in Cuba led Air Canada to cancel all upcoming flights to the island on Monday, but for many Canadians still on the ground it was vacation as usual. Sitting outside a Havana bakery on Monday morning,
The Trump administration, which has tightened the U.S. chokehold on Cuba by cutting off foreign oil, is betting that this is the Cuban communist revolution’s last year.
Cuba's president is offering to hold talks with the U.S. without preconditions, even as both nations exchange warnings.
Russian cargo plane reportedly lands at Cuban military base amid escalating U.S.-Cuba tensions and Trump's national emergency declaration over Havana.
The aid is largely meant for those living in Cuba's eastern region, which Hurricane Melissa struck late last year.
MOSCOW, Feb 9 () - The Kremlin said on Monday that the fuel situation in Cuba, which has unveiled a plan to protect essential services and ration fuel, was critical and that U. attempts to