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The US Department of Transportation revoked all restrictions on scheduled and charter flights to Cuba imposed by the Trump administration amidst other regulatory actions seeking re-engagement with the Havana regime.

The action was taken at the request of the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken.

"Consistent with Administration measures announced May 16 in support of the Cuban people, and in the foreign policy interests of the United States, I respectfully request the Department of Transportation terminate all civil aviation restrictions on flights between the United States and Cuba," Blinken wrote in a letter to the US DOT.

The order revokes all restrictions on flights to Cuba, namely:

• a ban on scheduled flights to regional airports in Cuba (Camagüey, Cayo Coco, Cayo Largo del Sur, Cienfuegos, Holguin, Manzanillo Sierra Maestra, Santa Clara de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba, and Varadero) imposed in late October 2019,
• a ban on public charter flights to airports other than Havana Int'l, accompanied by a strict limit on the...

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