FedEx downsizes Cuba ambitions in amended flight request

© Patrick Ashley

The passenger carriers may be rushing into Cuba – but FedEx has suddenly got cold feet. After its initial request for traffic rights to Havana, it has now amended its application. It has asked to fly five times a week between Miami and Veradero, instead of Havana, and will use a Cessna 208 instead of a 757F, which it had originally applied for. It cited “current Cuba marketplace conditions” and “the complexities of setting up operations in Cuba with ground ...