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Delta Air Lines plans to dramatically reduce flights to Cuba from JFK International in New York, just over a year after launching them. Delta's Flight 448 from New York-JFK to Havana was launched Dec 1, 2016. It was Delta's first regularly scheduled flight to depart from the US to Cuba in 55 years. But in a Dec 8 filing with the US DoT, Delta says it "has invested significant resources to establish and support its new service to Havana. However, recent regulatory changes have resulted in lower demand for travel to Cuba from areas outside of South Florida. In particular, traffic on Delta’s service to Havana from JFK has diminished substantially." The airline goes on to say that, "Effective Feb 1, 2018, Delta will terminate service Sunday to Friday and return those frequencies to the Department." <br/>

Aeroflot has taken the prestigious World’s Leading Aviation Brand 2017 prize at the World Travel Awards, the first time the nomination has been awarded. The World Travel Awards are given every year to leading tour firms, hotels and airlines. Winners are decided by an online vote that attracts hundreds of thousands of travel professionals and millions of travellers to take part. The key criteria are product quality and level of service. Aeroflot took the World’s Leading Airline Brand nomination in a highly competitive field. Earlier this year Aeroflot won 2 key categories at the regional World Travel Awards: Europe’s Leading Airline Brand and Europe’s Leading Airline – Business Class. This result meant the carrier was able to advance to the global awards, something no other Russian company has previously achieved. <br/>