fairviewroad
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Even a $500 r/t flight from New York to Cuba would be competitive with land transport. The Cuba ferry service linked to above is talking about r/t fares of over $300, and that's not even from Miami...that's from Marathon Key. Then you have to get to Miami (let's say a shuttle bus can do it for $50 r/t) and then on Amtrak to New York, which is gonna run at least $250 r/t.True, but the question is where that price point lands vis-a-vis the ferry...and no, this isn't an idle question. Let's not forget the "border penalty" with Canada...it isn't hard to see something similar emerging where a round-trip fare to/from Havana ends up being something like $500 (the same way it has often been for places like Montreal).
So $500 for a non-stop or even a connecting flight versus a ferry to a bus to a train for roughly the same price...well, that might appeal to people like US who like that sort of adventure, but not to a typical traveler. Now, competition may drive down the ferry price, but it won't affect the Amtrak price.