Air Transat Postpones Restart of Cuba Flights

Air Transat has postponed the restart of its flights to Cuba until June 20, 2026 and has adjusted its summer schedule accordingly. Affected bookings will receive notice starting Thursday, March 19.

The update is “due to the current fuel shortage in Cuba and the uncertainty around when operations will fully return to normal,” the company said in a statement.

In the absence of short-term operational alternatives, all bookings with departures scheduled from Canada between May 1st and June 17, 2026, inclusively, will automatically be cancelled and refunded to the original form of payment on file.  No action is required for your clients.

Refunds are also processed automatically. 

For credit card payments, processing is generally completed within a few business days. However, depending on the client’s financial institution, it may take up to two weeks for the refund to appear on the account, the company said.

“Agents who wish to protect their clients on a later departure in June or July may do so by calling our Contact Centre,” the company said. “We will then guarantee the original price, subject to availability.”

The fare class, length of stay, destination city, hotel, room category, and number of occupants must remain the same.

Air Transat had initially suspended all flights to Cuba until April 30.

Considering the situation, Air Transat is revising its program for the remainder of the summer season.

Currently, it plans to continue serving all destinations while adjusting operating days, primarily Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays, from Montreal (YUL) and Toronto (YYZ) to Cayo Coco (CCC), Varadero, (VRA), Holguin (HOG), and Santa Clara (SNU).

“Passengers will be automatically reprotected on Air Transat flights. They may also choose to decline the proposed alternative and receive a full refund to their original form of payment.”

To request a refund instead of the alternative flight, passengers simply need to decline the option in the notification they will receive later this week.

The announcement comes as the country suffered an island-wide blackout earlier this week and Canadian airlines suspended flights to the destination.