(VOVworld) – The United States and Cuba have reached a bilateral arrangement to re-establish scheduled airline services between the two countries, the US State Department said Thursday.

The new arrangement comes one year after the two sides began normalizing their diplomatic relations, ending a failed policy of isolation that had lasted for more than five decades. Under the pact, US airlines will be able to sell tickets on their websites for flights to Cuba. The agreement will be signed by the end of 2015.