Our Employees have worked hard to open this route and a new chapter for people who want to connect with Cuba in ways that matter most to them," said Steve Goldberg, Southwest Airlines' Vice President of Ground Operations who is also Southwest's executive ambassador to Florida. Goldberg also announced Southwest intends to begin once daily service from Fort Lauderdale to Santa Clara, Cuba (SNU) on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, subject to requisite approvals of the Cuban government. "By the end of this year, we'll offer six daily roundtrips between two Florida gateways and three Cuban cities as the work continues to open a new, five-gate international concourse here in Fort Lauderdale next summer.