WASHINGTON, April 13 (Reuters)—U.S. President Barack Obama has directed
officials to look at the possibility of starting regularly scheduled commercial flights
between the United States and Cuba, the White House said. Dan Restrepo, special
assistant to the president, said there was a possibility that existing charter flights
between the United States and Cuba could be expanded to accommodate more
passengers. Pressed by a reporter on whether the government would allow commercial
airlines to start more regularly scheduled flights, Gibbs said that was one of
the issues the president had directed the secretaries of state, commerce and treasury
to look at.
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