Florida airports preparing for higher demand for flights to Cuba

Airport officials in Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Key West and possibly Orlando plan to seek federal permission to establish direct flights to Cuba under new travel rules implemented last month by the Obama administration to reach out to the Cuban people.
They hope to tap a growing market of Cuban-Americans and members of religious, educational and cultural groups who can now travel more freely to the island.
Their main goal, however, is to prepare for a major surge of traffic if the two nations remove all travel barriers for American tourists. The United States first imposed partial trade and travel restrictions in 1960 — and made it a near-total embargo in 1962 — in hopes of undercutting the Fidel Castro regime.

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Florida airports preparing for higher demand for flights to Cuba