Trough this video you can more or less experience a flight in an Aerogaviota An-26B. I say "more or less" because nothing beats the true experience of doing it yourself. But here I leave some information about the trip in case that you want to try it out.
I booked a flight from Miami to Havana trough Marazul (www.marazul.com/). As soon as I booked that flight (personally at a local office), I proceeded to book the flight from Playa Baracoa to Holguin online trough www.cubatur.cu/or Cuba Travel and paid with a VISA Debit Card. In Cubatur's website I chose Havana as departure location and Holguin as destination. Then I chose the flight offered by Aerogaviota. There were flights with Cubana and Aerocaribbean, but Aerogaviota is the one that flies the Antonov-26B and An-24RV, so I selected Aerogaviota. Notice that by choosing Aerogaviota, your flight will most likely depart from Playa Baracoa Airport and not from Jose Marti Intl. Wether your flight is flown with an An-24RV, An-26B, or ATR-42-500 is up to the company to decide. So for you it's a matter of luck if you want to fly in the Russian birds. In this video you can see an An-26B painted in Cubana colors and then at the end an An-24RV in Cubana colors as well. Those two airplanes were retired from Cubana's fleet and given to Aerogaviota, so even tho they have Cubana colors they fly for Aerogaviota.
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1 окт 2013
