14ymedio, Madrid, February 13, 2024 — The Spanish company Enjoy Travel Group will establish direct charter flights between Madrid and Havana this coming summer. On Tuesday, the vice president of marketing and sales, Luis Jiménez, explained to Prensa Latina that an Airbus from the Plus Ultra company with 288 seats will be used. The route will be operational between June 29 and September 7, 2024.
The executive also said that they have made agreements with high-speed train companies in Spain – the state-owned Renfe and the private Iryo – to connect the provinces with Madrid for the flight to Havana. On the Island, the tour operator collaborates with large hotel companies such as Meliá, Iberostar, Blue Diamond and Kempinski.
This new route, he says, is based on the “success” of a similar route from Barcelona, which was operational last summer with a weekly frequency. In July 2023, Enjoy Travel was involved in some controversy by sponsoring the trip to Cuba of more than 20 Spanish inf