U.S. limits public charter flights to Cuba - statement

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is limiting the number of public charter flights to Cuba, allowing only a certain number of such aircraft through to Havana's Jose Marti International Airport, in an effort to curb Cuban government's income, the U.S. State Department said in a statement on Friday.

"Today's action will further restrict the Cuban regime's ability to obtain revenue, which it uses to finance its ongoing repression of the Cuban people and its unconscionable support for dictator Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela," U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement.