ย HAVANA, Sept. 28 ย  (Reuters) ย  U.S. airline JetBlue will add a second charter flight from New Yorkโ€™s John F. Kennedy airport to Havana, expanding charter service ahead of an expected opening of commercial air travel between the two countries, the company said on Monday.

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The new round-trip, non-stop flight will operate every Tuesday starting Dec. 1 in partnership with Cuba Travel Services, a travel provider licensed by the U.S. government to arrange flights to Cuba.
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The two companies currently operate one of two other JFK-to-Havana charter flights. Several other charter flights take passengers to Cuba from Florida.
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Under new rules initiated by U.S. President Barack Obama in January a month after he announced detente with the former Cold War adversary, U.S. airlines are permitted to fly to Cuba without the need for special permission from the Treasury Department.
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However, U.S. and Cuban officials first need to negotiate a new civil aviation agreement.
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Representatives of both countries are scheduled to hold aviation talks on Monday and Tuesday in Havana.
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Normal airline service was interrupted by the U.S. trade embargo imposed on Cuba in 1962.
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U.S. tourism to Cuba is still banned but certain U.S. citizens and Cuban-Americans are allowed to go on specially sanctioned travel, which has been further relaxed by Obama, creating a larger market for U.S. travel to the Communist-governed island.
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The Cuba travel market is expected to grow further should the United States lift either the tourism ban or the embargo. Legislation proposing both is pending in the U.S. Congres
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