Boeing 737-700WL OO-JAR ‘Enjoy’ of TUI fly Belgium (Credit: Wikipedia Commons)

By Gary Raynaldo    DIPLOMATIC  TIMES

TUI Fly Belgium inaugurated  its Brussels-Havana flight on Christmas Eve, Cuba’s Foreign Ministry reported on its website.  The flight is an addition to the airline’s  scheduled return to the Cuban Varadero Beach Resort.  Before the passengers boarded the aircraft at 07:00 local time, a ceremony was held at the Brussels capital airport, which included the traditional ribbon cutting and an allegorical cake to the Caribbean island. In her speech, Cuba’s ambassador to Belgium, Yaira Jiménez, thanked travelers for choosing Cuba as their destination and highlighted the airport’s safety and quality of service.  “You will arrive in a country that has successfully managed the Covid-19 pandemic, despite the difficulties, and with a population almost totally immunized with our own vaccines, whose protocols we make available to everyone”, the Cuban ambassador commented.

(Credit: Cuban Foreign Ministry)  Cuba’s ambassador to Belgium, Yaira Jiménez thanked travelers for choosing Cuba as their destination and highlighted the airport’s safety and quality of service Dec. 24, 2021. 

The airline will fly to Havana on a weekly basis, as well as to Varadero,   and has plans to increase operations to the Cuban capital by two. 

TUI fly Belgium  incorporated as TUI Airlines Belgium S.A./N.V. and formerly branded Jetairfly, is a Belgian scheduled and charter airline with its registered office at Brussels Airport.

The airline is a subsidiary of the TUI Group and part of the TUI Airlines. TUI Airlines also incorporates the sister companies TUI fly Netherlands, Corsair International (France), TUI fly Deutschland (Germany), TUI Airways (United Kingdom) and TUI fly Nordic (Sweden).