Cubana has cancelled its flights to Argentina due to an abrupt refusal of aviation fuel suppliers to provide services to the carrier, citing the trade embargo imposed by the United States against the Cuban regime.
The state-owned airline had to scrap flights CU360 between Havana International and Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini and CU361 from Buenos Aires to Cayo Coco, scheduled for April 23 and 24, as the fuel suppliers extended the refusal to other airlines contracted by Cubana de Aviación.
Flights CU360 and CU361 were last operated on March 26 and 27, 2024, using an A340-300 aircraft wet-leased from Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas. The cancellations have prevented Cubana from fulfilling its commitments to affected passengers.
In a separate incident, the government of Argentina, under president Javier Milei, has faced tensions with Venezuela over the dismantling of a former Emtrasur Cargo B747-300M seized in Buenos Aires and delivered to the US Department of Justice, leading Venezuela to ban all Argentinian-registered aircraft from its airspace.
