The airport, named after the Cuban national hero and great of Latin American literature, José Martí, is about 20 kilometres from the centre of the capital and serves as the main gateway to Cuba for most scheduled flights.

Havana Airport is quite old, but it meets all the standards of the developed world.

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The local national airline, Cubana, is headquartered in Havana. Many international flights of major airlines from Latin America, Europe, but also China (Air China) and Africa (TAAG Angola) fly here.

For example, you can buy tickets to Havana from the following airlines:

• airfrance.com - Paris
• condor.com - Frankfurt
• swiss.com - Zurich
• iberia.com - Madrid

Other airlines flying to Havana include Copa, AeroMexico, Caribbean Airlines, Bahamasair, Air Europa, LATAM and Turkish Airlines.