American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Airlines have put in applications to start flying to Cuba.
The applications come after the US government last month signed an arrangement with Cuba to resume scheduled commercial flights between the two countries.
Services to Cuba are expected to start this year, when US carriers will be allowed operate a total of 20 daily round-trip flights to Havana and 10 daily round-trip flights to nine other Cuban cities with international airports.
American has submitted an application to operate 10 daily frequencies to Havana from Miami and additional service to Havana from its hubs in Charlotte, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles and Chicago.
American’s proposal also includes daily service between Miami and five other Cuban cities.
United Airlines has applied to fly to Cuba from four of its largest gateway cities – Newark/New York, Houston, Washington, D.C. and Chicago.
The service would include a total of 11 roundtrip flights per week with daily service from Newark Liberty and one additional Saturday flight (eight weekly flights), along with a Saturday-only flight from Houston George Bush Intercontinental, Washington Dulles and Chicago O’Hare (three weekly flights).
Delta Airlnes wants to offer daily non-stop flights from its hubs in Atlanta and JFK, plus flights from Miami and Orlando.
