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Cubana airline is also known as Cubana de Aviacion is the flag carrier and largest airline in Cuba. Its main base is at Jose Marti International Airport and was founded on October 8, 1929.
The airline is a current member of the International Association of Latin American Air Transportation, the International Association of Aeronautical Telecommunications as well as the International Air Transport Association.
Cubana airline will be celebrating its 80th anniversary this year 2009. Cubana airline has thirteen offices in Cuba and thirty-two international representatives. Prior to the ownership of Cuban government on the airline in May 1959, it was privately owned by Cuban investors and was named Cubana de Aviacion.
History of the airline
During its establishment in October 1929, Cubana airline was associated with Curtiss aircraft manufacturing company carrying the name Compania Nacional Cubana de Aviacion Curtiss. The airline was one of the earliest airline to become known in Latin America.
In 1932, Pan American Airways also known as Pan American Airways System acquired Compania Nacional Cubana de Aviacion Curtiss thus, removing the word Curtiss. Therefore, Cubana airline became a subsidiary airline of Pan American Airways.
Cubana Airline became internationally recognized through the help of some conferences and organizations. This was made possible when the Cuban government participated in the International Conference on civil Aviations convened in 1944 that lead to the creation of International Civil aviation Organizations.
The following year, Cuba participated in a conference creating the International Air Transport Associations that was held in Havana and became a founding member. The involvement of the Cuban government to this various creation of organizations helped a lot for the airline to be internationally recognized.
Refurbishment of aircraft
Spare parts of the Soviet-built aircraft became hard to find that is why Cubana airline decided to refurbished some of its aging aircraft. However, due to some restrictions, Cubana airline started a long-term renovation in 2004.
As part of the refurbishment, the airline sought to upgrade the technical support capabilities of the airline. A joint venture was established between the Iberia airlines of Spain and the Cubana Airlines in order to maintain Western-built aircraft including Boeing and Airbus aircrafts.
The first Ilyushin IL-96-300 was received by the airline in December 2005 and made its first official flight covering the route Havana-Buenos Aires in January 2006. Cubana Airlines as well as three Tupolev Tu-204 received two additional IL-96 aircrafts. Two aircraft was used as passenger aircraft and one as cargo aircraft.
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