Cubana Airlines

Allnipponairways · Post by **Allnipponairways** » 27 Oct 2003, 06:42

hello all ,

anybody flew with cubana before to Havana ?

what kind of planes do they fly out off gatwick >>> as i am flying them on the 22th of november to Havana for 6 days >>>

thanks for any information you can give me

The flying cobra
greets

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 27 Oct 2003, 14:42

I have never flown with Cubana, but as far as I know they operate the IL62 from Gatwick to Havana.

Captain · Post by **Captain** » 27 Oct 2003, 14:49

I was told that Cubana Airlines are partly administered/serviced by a Canadian company who has more know-how and experience than Cubans.

Go to: http://www.cubana.cu/ for more info. They also have pictures and descriptions of their fleet.

Some info on the plane you might be flying:

http://www.avsim.com/pages/1198/il62/il62review.htm (seems like an old Russian plane: noisy, bumpy, not very comfortable, 3 * 3 seat configuration like on a 737 for example). Hope your on the Airbus instead.

Post by **sn26567** » 27 Oct 2003, 15:01

It should be an A330. Retrieved from the OAG:

Flight details for Cubana CU 401

Depart London, London Gatwick Apt
Depart time 2:15pm Saturday Nov 22, 2003
Terminal South Terminal

Arrive Havana, Havana
Arrive Time 10:05pm Saturday Nov 22, 2003
Terminal
Total Time 12 Hrs, 50 Mins

Aircraft Stops Stop 1: Holguin

Business Class Meal information not available
Economy Class Meal information not available
Day of Operation Sa *Valid Nov 1 2003 until Oct 24 2004
Aircraft Airbus Industrie A330

vflies · Post by **vflies** » 27 Oct 2003, 16:07

Hello,

Didn't they use to fly to BRU a few years ago?
What AC did they fly back then?

VFlies

Post by **sn26567** » 27 Oct 2003, 16:10

vflies wrote:Didn't they use to fly to BRU a few years ago?
What AC did they fly back then?

Indeed, they were flying to BRU, initially with an Il-62, later with a DC10. These were initially fortnightly flights (a rarity) before they became weekly. At periods, the flights continued to Moscow in the Soviet Union (to situate the time period).

vflies · Post by **vflies** » 27 Oct 2003, 16:28

sn26567 wrote: Indeed, they were flying to BRU, initially with an Il-62, later with a DC10.

Thank you for this fast and precise answer, Andre!

VFlies

Allnipponairways · Post by **Allnipponairways** » 28 Oct 2003, 00:08

Thank for the information ... it will be fine i hope with an airbus 330 ... lol ... hope soo

greets

flying cobra

Allnipponairways · Post by **Allnipponairways** » 29 Oct 2003, 11:54

We will see i will fly them next month hopefully come back ontime to start working agaiun because only 9 days off ... darn

greets

flying cobra

TWA · Post by **TWA** » 14 Nov 2003, 20:27

Dear flying cobra ,

In case your cubana airlines flight gets cancelled, you can still jump
onto the Virgin Atlantic IL-62M service to Havana

http://www.cardatabase.net/modifiedairl ... d=00000073
buen viaje y mucha suerte

TWA

Allnipponairways · Post by **Allnipponairways** » 14 Nov 2003, 22:48

that thing is actually cool in these colors ...lol

thanks

flying cobra

Allnipponairways · Post by **Allnipponairways** » 29 Nov 2003, 21:44

Well got back from cuba and the country is very nice but the airline conpagny , my god , rude , bad mannerd ..., quality well non existing , no inflight entertainemant , in short worst airline iwas ever one all my life ....

greets

flying cobra

TWA · Post by **TWA** » 29 Nov 2003, 22:41

So I can hear you are looking forward to be on your ANA B744 again.

Can you tell us if the A330 was operated by cubana crew?

TWA

Allnipponairways · Post by **Allnipponairways** » 30 Nov 2003, 19:53

it was operated by Novair

and it had 2 novair crew on and the rest was cubana crew ...

B737229 · Post by **B737229** » 30 Nov 2003, 20:14

Does anybody know if the IL62's are still in active service? And if so where do they fly to?

Allnipponairways · Post by **Allnipponairways** » 01 Dec 2003, 22:07

Yes they are still in service in the caribian areas and south america , no longer long haul ...so i seen them at international airport in cuba , they still look really nice although so old already ...

so thats the information i can give u ,

greets
flying cobra

B737229 · Post by **B737229** » 04 Dec 2003, 18:38

Thx!

Just 1 more excuse to go on a holiday to cuba! IL62-hunting!

Allnipponairways · Post by **Allnipponairways** » 13 Dec 2003, 00:46

haha yeah , youll find some more russian planes to there ... turbopropsetc ... hope you will get the chance to go there and take pictures ... but i warn yuo , cu8stoms to get out of cuba is horrible ... lol

greets

flying cobra

jumpjet · Post by **jumpjet** » 21 Nov 2005, 19:05

On a recent trip to Cuba I was scheduled to take a Cubana domestic flight from Santiago de Cuba to Havana - and as half expected the sceduled service was cancelled and we ended up travelling a day earlier on an Antonov AN 26 from santiago to a little known [to me] airport of Playa de la baracoa about 35km from havana on an even less known airline Aerogaviota [which I believe is the charter arm of cubana].

It was my first encounter with the An26 and whilst not the most sophisticated of aeroplanes, and with a shortage of windows for passengers to lookn out of, it was surprisingly comfortable and not too noisy.

Despite the flight being at 1 am [2 hours late] the stewardess provided the 16 passengers with an in flight drink and boiled sweets [you don't get those much any more] and did a bi-lingual safety announcement without the assistance of any microphone. Ten out of ten to the stewardess and the crew - not quite so many points to Cubana for messing about with my holiday!

regi · Post by **regi** » 21 Nov 2005, 23:57

How should we call the modified picture of the Il-62 in Virgin colours? An insult to Virgin, or an insult to Ilyushin?

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