(VOVworld) - The first US commercial flight to Cuba's capital since 1961 landed in Havana on Tuesday.

An American Airlines plane arrives at Havana's Jose Marti International Airport on Nov. 28, 2016, becoming the first regular US airline flight to Havana in 50 years  (photo: YAMIL LAGE, AFP/Getty Images)

 
The American Airlines flight departed from Miami, Florida and the next flight is scheduled to depart from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Havana on Wednesday.
In July, the US government allowed 7 airliners to fly to Cuba including Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Airlines, and Frontier Airlines, operating a total of 20 regular flights to Havana.