Cubana (Paperback)

Barry Lloyd

ISBN 10: 1802824723 / ISBN 13: 9781802824728

Editore: Key Publishing Ltd, Stamford, 2022

Paperback. In October 2022, Cubana de Aviacion celebrated its 93rd birthday. The flag carrier of Cuba has been on a very colourful journey since its founding on 8 October 1929, when it began as little more than a flying club before entering the world of commercial aviation as a mail carrier. In the 1920s and '30s, Cuba found itself as the first choice for film stars and other celebrities wanting to relax, giving Cubana a steady income from American visitors, who were flown in on its DC-3s, DC-4s and C-46s. Then came the Revolution, which ended in 1959, after which Fidel Castro nationalised the smaller Cuban airlines under the Cubana umbrella. The relationship with the US, which had initially approved of Castro's actions, soon began to sour and the US then imposed an embargo in 1962, choking the Cuban economy. This left Cubana with only the Soviet Union to turn to for new equipment, and thus it became the largest operator of Soviet-built aircraft in the Western world. With more than 100 images, this book records the highs and lows of the airline throughout its 93 years of operations. Following the heady years between the 1940s and 1960s, Cuba in effect, became closed off from the rest of the world. In the 1980s, the country once again began to open to tourism. Throughout all of this, Cubana has sought to keep the island connected to the rest of the world. This book will tell the story from the beginning until the present day. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781802824728

Riassunto:

Cubana has had to adapt to a number of different scenarios, from its early days as a flying club, through the heady days of the 1940s and 1960s, when its nation became America’s party island and the country was taken over by Fidel Castro, which turned the politics of the country on its head. Suddenly, Cuba’s best friend, the Soviet Union was 6,000 miles away and all connections to its nearest neighbor, the USA, were cut, and the country was, in effect, closed off from the rest of the world. In the 1980s, the country once again began to open to tourism, and in more recent years, relations with the US, but, through all this, Cubana has sought to keep the island connected to the rest of the world, with equipment sourced from both the Soviet Union and Europe. This book will tell the story from the beginning until the present day.

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: Cubana (Paperback)
Casa editrice: Key Publishing Ltd, Stamford
Data di pubblicazione: 2022
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: new