First commercial flight from USA to Cuba in 55 years

epa05516906 The first regularly scheduled flight to Cuba taxies under the firefighter’s spray on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale International Airport in Florida, USA, 31 August 2016. JetBlue Flight 387, the first commercial flight between USA and Cuba since 1961, took off from Fort Lauderdale, bound for Santa Clara on 31 August, after a trade embargo prohibited tourist air service between the two countries for over fives decades. EPA/CRISTOBAL HERRERA