More on Ft. Myers' Cuba connection


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Don't break out the Cohiba cigars quite yet, but you can add the Fort Myers airport to the short list of Florida gateways to Cuba.

Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers recently won approval from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for flights between Cuba and the United States.

The Fort Myers airport is one of just 12 airports in the U.S. that have such approval for airlines to fly to the isolated island nation. Fort Myers joins Miami, Tampa and Fort Lauderdale in that select list.

 

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