• Submitted by: manso
• Travel and Tourism
• 12 / 18 / 2010

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2010.12.17 - 14:22:13 / [email protected]. HAVANA, CUBA.-  A new connection between Cuba and France was inaugurated Wednesday with the arrival of the first XL Airways France flight in the Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport, outside well-known resort of Varadero, Matanzas.

The airline will be operating in Cuba until late April 2011, flying from the Charles de Gaulle International Airport, in Paris, to San Salvador (Bahamas) and the on to Varadero as the final destination.

XL Airways France will operate a 364-seat Airbus A330-200, reads a press release by the Cuban Tourism Ministry.

Among tour operators selling the itinerary are Evolution Voyages (Crystal) and Havanatur Paris, which have 160 seats available for booking every week.

With the XL Airways France flights to Cuba, Evolution Voyage secures 70 percent of its monthly performance, according to Luis Perez, representative of the tour operator. Evolution Voyage is the main promoter of the Cuba Destination in France.

With the new operation, Cuba will see an increase in the number of French tourists arriving in the island.

France is currently the sixth most important outbound market for Cuba having sent 64,749 travelers up to October this year.

Source: ACN