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es:Aeropuerto Internacional José Martí
José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, is Cuba's main international and domestic getaway. It is a hub for Cubana De Aviacion and Aerogaviota, also Aero Caribbean. Its IATA Airport Code is HAV. The airport is named for Cuban patriot and poet José Martí.
There are currently four terminals in use at the airport. Terminal 1 serves domestic Cubana flights. Terminal 2 serves Corsair and Miami charters. Terminal 3, the modern main terminal, serves most traffic and was built with Canadian assistance. Terminal 5 serves Aerocaribbean. Note, though, that terminal 4 has not yet been built.
Because of the US Embargo on Cuba, no airlines from the United States are permitted to land there. However, on special occasions, airlines such as United Airlines, Delta Airlines and Continental Airlines have transported passengers from Miami to Havana. Because of Cuba's relationship with the Soviet Union, the airport during the 1970s and 1980s enjoyed the presence of many Eastern Bloc airline companies.
The airport has seen its share of tragedies, as many of the older Russian built jets that Cubana and some of the other communist airlines (such as the Soviet Union's Aeroflot and the East German Interflug) used have crashed either going from or to this airport.