Cubana's experience was-..
Some conclusions:
- Cubana service sucks and no way anyone should fly longhaul for 9 hours when UX (air europa) is about the same price.
- Wanna fly Russian? Cubana has no accidents since 1999, so no so unsafe as people think
- Internal flights are fixed and published price, and if they rob someone it is the airline and not the passenger
- Cubana people may be too laid back, but are not incompetent nor bad tempered. If you are patient and polite, things get done. I saw the Captain in several flights talking hapilly with passengers without the "I am the master" attitude
- Add 1 hour extra for check in all flights
- The terminals are not pretty, but are reasonably functional
- The Russian planes are OK, the interior is the drawback. Again, worth the experience. Flights to Canada are operated with 2 leased TACA's A320s, these are surely OK.
- Spotting at the airports is something to be very careful about, the police make you switch it off if they see you. Avoid any proble…