Lacsa, the Costa Rican airline that is part of the Grupo Taca Central American airline consortium, announced it will discontinue the Santo Domingo-Havana route as of 12 April. Grupo Taca said it will concentrate on flights within Central America. Lacsa had begun operating the route 26 November with flights to Santo Domingo-San Juan and Santo Domingo-Havana as part of an expansion program to the Caribbean. Executives say problems with scheduling, equipment, and government procedures motivated the company to close the routes. Other airlines part of the TACA group are Aviateca, Guatemala; Lacsa, Costa Rica; Nica, Nicaragua; Taca, Honduras and Taca of El Salvador. Overall, they fly to some 35 destinations in America and 60 in Central America. With its Santo Domingo-Havana flight, the airline provided travelers with an alternative for flying to Cuba. The discontinuation of the flight leaves only Cubana, the Cuban state airline, providing service fro the DR to Cuba.
