Southwest CEO casts a wary eye on new Cuba flights

After several other airlines recently announced they were cutting back their flights to Cuba, Southwest, which began flights between Tampa and Havana late last year, is also watching how that new market is doing, said the airline’s CE. “We’re very carefully monitoring our developing markets; Cuba is something we’ll have to continue to watch,” Southwest CEO Gary Kelly said Wednesday. “Havana looks like a normal developing market, and the other two cities have very modest traffic demand at this point," he said. "So that’s something we’ll need to continue to watch. I don’t want to pull the plug yet, but the demand is going to have to pick up to sustain those flights.” Including Havana, Southwest has three destinations to Cuba. <br/>