BOLDUAN: New this morning, for the first time in more than half a century, there will soon be commercial air travel once again between the United States and Cuba. The U.S. official says the two countries reached the deal last night. The official announcement came from the State Department just a short time ago.</s>BERMAN: U.S. airlines have not had regularly scheduled flights to Cuba since the 1960s. But this doesn't mean you should be packing your bags to Havana just yet. CNN aviation and government regulation correspondent, Rene Marsh, joins us. Rene, how is this going to work?</s>RENE MARSH, CNN AVIATION & GOVERNMENT REGULATION CORRESPONDENT: A U.S. official tells me we are still months away before people can book a trip and hop on a commercial flight from the United States to Cuba. But the breakthrough here is that we are only months away from this, not years away. So this will be a reality pretty soon. I spoke with several airline executives today who say they're ready to launch. But before that even happens, airlines like JetBlue, American Airlines, they have to apply to the department the transportation for rights for specific routes. So it's the DOT that decides which airlines can operate routes. Many airlines say once they do open up Cuba to commercial flights, essentially, it will mean a boost in competition and will lower the price for consumers to fly there. Just a short time ago, we heard from President Obama, reminding the American public that just a year ago today, he announced changes between the United States and Cuba as far as the relationship goes. And they've been taking several steps to hold that up. And this is just one example of that -- John and Kate?</s>BOLDUAN: Rene, thank you so much. Great to hear from you. And thank you all so much for joining us</s>AT THIS HOUR. BERMAN: "Legal View" with Ashleigh Banfield starts right now.
Air Traffic Between U.S., Cuba Coming Soon.