The United States and Cuba Tuesday signed an agreement to resume commercial air traffic for the first time in five decades. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Cuban Transportation Minister Adel Yzquierdo Rodriguez signed the deal in a ceremony at Havana's Hotel Nacional. The U.S. airlines now can begin bidding on routes for as many as 110 U.S.-Cuba flights per day – more than five times the current number. All flights operating between the two countries today are charters. The accord allows 20 regular daily U.S. flights to Havana, in addition to the current 10 to 15 charter flights per day.
