This article focuses on the transformation of the carrier Cubana de aviación before and after the 1959 Cuban revolution. By observing Cubana's management, labour force, equipment, international passenger and freight traffic, this article aims to outline an international history of this Latin American flag carrier. The touristic air relationships between the American continent and Spain that could be observed in the 1950s were substituted – in the 1960s and 1970s – by a web of political “líneas de la amistad” [Friendship Flights] with Prague, Santiago de Chile, East Berlin, Lima, Luanda, Managua, Tripoli and Bagdad. This three-decade period allows us to interrogate breaks and continuities in the Cuban airline travel sector and to challenge the traditional interpretations of Cuban history. This work is based on diplomatic and corporative archives from Cuba, United States, Canada, Mexico, Spain and France and the aeronautical international press.

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“Un orgullo de Cuba en los cielos del mundo”。从迈阿密到巴格达的古巴航空（1946-79）

本文重点介绍1959年古巴革命前后航母古巴航空的改造。本文旨在通过观察古巴航空公司的管理、劳动力、设备、国际客运和货运交通，勾勒出这家拉丁美洲载旗航空公司的国际历史。在 1950 年代可以观察到的美洲大陆和西班牙之间的旅游航空关系在 1960 和 1970 年代被与布拉格、智利圣地亚哥、东柏林的政治“友情航班”（友谊航班）网络所取代、利马、罗安达、马那瓜、的黎波里和巴格达。这三个十年的时间让我们能够质疑古巴航空旅行部门的中断和连续性，并挑战对古巴历史的传统解释。