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FILE: Aerial view of Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, taken from an airplane on April 3, 2025. Photo by YAMIL LAGE /AFP via Getty ImagesArticle contentCuba is at risk of losing vital airline service as it prepares to run out of aviation fuel, while an allied nation cut off an important escape valve for migrants amid increasing pressure from the US aimed at toppling the regime in Havana.

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The communist government warned international airlines they can no longer refuel at its main airport in Havana for the next month after Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any nation that supplies Cuba with oil. A-1 jet fuel won’t be available at Jose Marti International Airport beginning Tuesday through March 11, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a notice Sunday.

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Russia’s largest airline, Aeroflot, cancelled its Monday commercial flight to Cuba and instead sent the empty plane to pick up stranded tourists, Russia’s tour operators association said in a statement. Aeroflot flights to Cuba have been suspended until late March, it added. The group estimates there are about 4,500 Russians vacationing on the island at present.

Nicaragua, meanwhile, altered its immigration rules to block Cuban citizens from entering the Central American country without a visa. Nearly one in five Cuban residents has fled the island over the past decade amid a worsening economic crisis.

Cuba is served by US, Canadian, European and Latin American airlines. In previous times of economic distress, including after the fall of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, airlines rearranged schedules to allow for refueling in Mexico or the Dominican Republic.

In addition to tourists that provide a critical source of hard currency for Cuba’s government, travelers often bring much needed supplies to the cash-strapped island. Food, medication and consumer goods are often imported via so-called mules who load up their luggage to bring in on commercial flights.

Cuba signals openness to U.S. talks as fuel supplies run short Cuba begins shutting resorts as fuel crunch hits tourism Advertisement 1Story continues belowThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.document.addEventListener(`DOMContentLoaded`,function(){let template=document.getElementById(`oop-ad-template`);if(template&&!template.dataset.adInjected){let clone=template.content.cloneNode(!0);template.replaceWith(clone),template.parentElement&&(template.parentElement.dataset.adInjected=`true`)}});Article contentWashington effectively cut off fuel shipments to Cuba from its top ally Venezuela in early January, when it whisked socialist leader Nicolas Maduro away to face trial in New York on narco-terrorism charges.

The government in Havana said last week it’s open to talks with the US but insists its one-party system of government isn’t up for negotiation. It unveiled contingency measures to deal with the crisis Friday night that included reducing public transportation routes, shortening the work week to Monday through Thursday and moving some university classes online.

It has also begun shutting down resorts in its crucial tourism industry, opting to consolidate visitors in a smaller number of hotels in hopes of capturing as much external revenue as possible during the high season.

Mexico on Sunday dispatched two navy ships loaded with more than 800 tons of humanitarian aid for the island, including food and personal hygiene products.

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