Cuba Must Meet Security Requirements For Flights To The U.S., As Would Any Other Country.

The head of the Transportation Security Administration said Wednesday that scheduled airline flights from Cuba wouldn’t be allowed in the U.S. until security is as tight as any other foreign airport sending flights to this country. The Transportation Department approved flights from 10 Cuban airports, with the first scheduled to arrive in September. But some lawmakers have questioned whether Cuba’s airports will meet U.S. security standards or potentially become a pipeline for bombs and terrorists. ‘Before we allow a flight to come here directly from Cuba, we will ensure that they do in fact meet all the requirements we put in place at last points of departure,’ TSA Administrator Peter Neffenger told reporters after a speech at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.” [USA Today, “TSA says Cuba must meet security standards for flights