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HAVANA AIRPORT, CUBA<\/p>\nSPAIN\u2019S major air carrier, Iberia, has announced a temporary suspension in direct flights to Cuba because of a lack of fuel in the Caribbean country.<\/p>\n
Iberia currently operates three flights per week from Madrid to the island.<\/p>\n
That will fall to two services in May, before a total suspension in June.<\/p>\n
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HAVANA AIRPORT, CUBA<\/p>\n
The decision could be reversed from November if \u2018conditions\u2019 allow it, according to Iberia.<\/p>\n
The problem appears is fuel availability in Cuba which is going through an economic crisis and with the United States now controlling oil supplies from Venezuela.<\/p>\n
Iberia said that flights from Cuba to Madrid had to make a technical stop in the Domincan Republic so that the planes could be refuelled.<\/p>\n
Iberia customers from June onwards who want to fly to Cuba can do so by travelling to Panama and then to the island via an agreement with Copa Airlines.<\/p>\n
The carrier\u2019s offices in Cuba will remain open.<\/p>\n
The temporary suspension affects Cuba only with a spokesperson saying: \u201cIberia maintains the rest of its operations normally and, for this summer, will offer a record number of 21.4 million seats.\u201d<\/p>\n
In February, Air Canada suspended its flights to the Havana due to a fuel shortage on the island and and last month, Air France scrapped services until at least mid-June.<\/p>\n
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel had previously announced measures aimed at mitigating the fuel shortage including rationing.<\/p>\n
Deputy Prime Minister, Oscar Perez-Oliva Fraga, stated that what little fuel Cuba had available would be used for essential services, electricity generation, health services, water supply, defence activities and to keep lucrative tourism going.<\/p>\n