News / FedEx tries to delay launching flights to Cuba as political unrest grows

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FedEx is trying to delay its entry into the Cuban market – while yesterday, the country’s president launched a verbal attack on his new US counterpart.

The integrator has applied for a six-month postponement of the launch of its air cargo services between Miami and Varadero, citing “business challenges”.

It won the right to launch Cuba services last year, but the US Department of Transport ruled the five-times a week service must start by April 15.

But FedEx says it won’t be ready, owing to “several inextricable dynamics, such as securing and ...