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Published: Thursday, 09 May 2019 08:38

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Photo: PLHavana, May 9 .- After 70 years of its first flight to Cuba, the Spanish airline Iberia continues betting on the development of tourism on the island, with its participation in FitCuba and the arrival today of its president, Luis Gallego.

According to official information, on the night of Thursday, an Airbus A330 / 200 with the name 'Havana' will land at the José Martí International Airport, where the president of the Iberian airline will arrive.

Gallego will head Friday a breakfast called by the Association of Spanish Entrepreneurs in Cuba, where he will talk about the transformation of Iberia and its commitment to the Caribbean island.

Iberia will also sponsor the presentation of the documentary film 'Cuba Crea', by Producciones Monje, which will be at the Valladolid Festival this year.

Meanwhile, on Saturday the airline will organize a concert of Spanish and Cuban musicians in the Palace of the Captains General of Old Havana, which will celebrate the 500th anniversary of the founding of the city.

Iberia is the first company in Spain and leader in the routes between Europe and Latin America, which, together with its subsidiary Iberia Express and its franchise Iberia Regional Air Nostrum, offers around 600 flights a day to fifty countries in Europe, America , Africa, the Middle East and Asia, with a fleet of 142 aircraft.

In 2017 Iberia got its fourth star Skytrax; it was the most punctual airline in the world that year and in 2016 and, in 2018, the third in Europe, according to FlightStats.

It has its hub at the Madrid airport, and is a member of the Oneworld alliance, which offers more than 14 thousand daily flights to nearly a thousand airports in more than 150 countries.

The journeys from Iberia to Cuba began on April 21, 1949, which was considered a milestone for the time.

Data from the Ministry of Tourism show that Spain occupies ninth place in the market among the main countries of emission to Cuba (the fifth within the European region).

At the end of 2018 it exceeded 167 thousand visitors to the island, it has the highest air connectivity and is the nation with the greatest weight in foreign investment in tourism.

Last Monday, during the inauguration of the 39 International Tourism Fair, FitCuba, an event that takes place in the Morro-Cabaña complex, the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism of Spain, María Reyes Maroto, stressed that her Government will accompany tourism Cuban with a backing for its investment business in the island.

He expressed satisfaction for being his country the main investor in the travel industry in Cuba and criticized the activation of the third chapter of the Helms-Burton Law (1996) of the United States, rekindled since May 2, which exacerbates the pressures imposed by the economic, financial and commercial blockade in force six decades ago. (PL)