Cubana de Aviación Totally Explained

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ť For the Russian airline see: Kuban Airlines.

Cubana de Aviación S.A., commonly known as Cubana, is Cuba's largest airline and flag carrier. The airline was founded on October 8, 1929, and has its corporate headquarters in Havana, Cuba. Its main base is at José Martí International Airport. It was a founder and is a current member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the International Association of Aeronautical Telecommunications (SITA) and the International Association of Latin American Air Transportation By 2012 Cubana will completely replace its aging Soviet built aircraft into new generation Russian airliners. As part of its renovation strategy, Cubana has sought to upgrade its technical support capabilities. The airline established a joint venture company with Iberia Airlines of Spain in 2005, to maintain and overhaul Western-built aircraft, including all Airbus and Boeing models.
In December 2005 Cubana received its first Ilyushin IL-96-300 registered CU-T1250, the aircraft made its first official flight in January 2006 covering the route Havana-Buenos Aires. The second IL-96 was received in March 2006 and a confirmation was signed for two additional ones, an IL-96 of the last two orders was received in 2007 and the remaining one is to be delivered. Three Tupolev Tu-204 were also ordered in 2006, two passenger version and one cargo version for Cubana Cargo. The Tupolev TU-204 cargo-version was delivered in August 2007. During the August 2007 MAKS Airshow Cubana signed a $150 million dollars contract for the purchase and confirmation of 2 Tupolev Tu-204 and 3 Antonov An-148 aircraft, to be delivered between 2008 and 2011 and becoming one of the Antonov An-148 launch customers. More orders for new aircraft will be made over the next 7 years until the conclusion of the Russian-Cuban aviation agreements signed in 2006.

Destinations

Cubana de Aviación operates flights to over 40 destinations in Cuba, Europe, the Caribbean, North, Central and South America.

New routes

Havana, (HAV) - Lisbon, Portugal (LIS) starts July, 2008 (schedule charter)

Codeshare partners

Cubana de Aviación has codeshare agreements with the following airlines as of March, 2008:

Aerocaribbean (Caribbean, domestic)

Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)

Air Europa (Madrid)

Air Jamaica (Kingston, Montego Bay)

Blue Panorama Airlines (Bologna, Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino)

Copa Airlines (Panamá City)

Fleet

Passenger fleet

The Cubana fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2008):
Cubana Fleet (Currently in-service)>

Aircraft	Total	Passengers (Tropical*/Economy)	Routes	Notes
Airbus A320-200	2	150 (12/138)	Short-medium haul México City, Montréal, Toronto	Long term dry-leased from TACA
Antonov An-148	(3 orders)			Launch customer. Entry into service: 2009-2010
Antonov An-24RV	2	48 (48)	Regional domestic	Replacement aircraft: Antonov 148
Boeing 767-300ER	1	250 (16/234)	Long haul London, Madrid, Paris	Wet leased from EuroAtlantic Airways replacement Il-96
Ilyushin IL-62M	3	158 (8/150)	Medium-long haul Caribbean, South America	Replacement aircraft: Tupolev 204, Ilyushin Il-96
Ilyushin IL-96-300	3 (1 order)	262 (18/244)	Long haul Buenos Aires, London, Paris, Madrid	Entry into service: 2006-2008
Tupolev Tu-204-100E	2	176 (12/164)	Short-medium haul Bogotá, Caracas, Santo Domingo	Delivered: December 28, 2007
Yakovlev Yak-42D	2	120 (120)	Short-medium haul Nassau, San Jose (CR), Santiago de Cuba

^{*Tropical class is available on selected aircraft, the Boeing 767, A320, Tu-204E, Il-62M and Il-96-300.} As of January, 2008, Cubana's active fleet has an average age of 7.6 years.

Cubana Cargo fleet

Cubana Cargo offers a load transportation service inside Cuba and in more than 40 countries. The Cubana Cargo fleet consists of the following aircraft as of March 2008: Cubana Cargo fleet>

Aircraft	Total	Notes
Boeing 727-200F	1	Leased from Flair Airlines
Tupolev Tu-204CE	1 (1 order)	Delivered: 08-04-2007

Among other types of cargo aircraft used in the past were the Ilyushin IL-76 and the Antonov AN-12.

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