Article ID: CBB293307758

“Un orgullo de Cuba en los cielos del mundo”. Cubana de aviación from Miami to Bagdad (1946–79) (2019)

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Etienne Morales (Author)


The Journal of Transport History
Volume: 40
Issue: 1
Pages: 62-81


Publication Date: 2019
Edition Details: Special issue: Flying the history of commercial aviation in Latin America
Language: English

This article focuses on the transformation of the carrier Cubana de aviación before and after the 1959 Cuban revolution. By observing Cubana's management, labour force, equipment, international passenger and freight traffic, this article aims to outline an international history of this Latin American flag carrier. The touristic air relationships between the American continent and Spain that could be observed in the 1950s were substituted – in the 1960s and 1970s – by a web of political “líneas de la amistad” [Friendship Flights] with Prague, Santiago de Chile, East Berlin, Lima, Luanda, Managua, Tripoli and Bagdad. This three-decade period allows us to interrogate breaks and continuities in the Cuban airline travel sector and to challenge the traditional interpretations of Cuban history. This work is based on diplomatic and corporative archives from Cuba, United States, Canada, Mexico, Spain and France and the aeronautical international press.

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Authors & Contributors
Dierikx, Marc
Kirk, John M.
Bilotkach, Volodymyr
Diego Barría Traverso
Arun Chandu
Melina Piglia
Concepts
Aviation, commercial
Transportation
International relations
Business history
Business and commerce
Aviation
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
19th century
Places
United States
Cuba
Latin America
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Southern states (U.S.)
Argentina
Institutions
Australasian Aerial Transport
Svenska Lufttrafikaktiebolaget
British Airways
Compañía Mexicana de Aviación
Línea Aérea Nacional
Pan American World Airways
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