The Colombian Government He asked USA review the sanctions against the state airline of Venezuela conviasa, in the framework of resumption of direct flights between Caracas and Bogotá.
(See: This was the first flight from Venezuela to Colombia after 2 years).
“Our president, Gustavo Petro, a couple of weeks ago, in a meeting with the Secretary of State of the United States (Anthony Blinken), and our ambassador in Washington (Luis Gilberto Murillo) have asked the North American authorities to review the issue of Conviasa“he told the press Colombian Minister of Transport, Guillermo Reyes, at the international airport of Maiquetía, which serves Caracas.
Reyes arrived in Venezuela, this Wednesday, November 9, on the inaugural Bogotá-Caracas flight of the Colombian state airline satin, the second between the two countries to take place this week, when direct air connections were resumed almost three years after they were completely suspended due to the covid-19 pandemic.
turpial, a small private airline from Venezuela founded in 2016, covered the Caracas-Bogotá-Caracas route on Monday, November 7.
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It was planned, in principle, to restart operations on September 26, but everything was delayed due to Washington sanctions against Conviasa, which in principle would fly to Colombia, in its offensive against the socialist president Nicholas Maduro, whom he questions about his re-election in 2018, which the opposition denounced as “a fraud”.
“It is a matter of time for our airline Conviasa to start operations with the sister country Colombia“, insisted Ramón Velásquez, Venezuelan Minister of Transport.
Satena flight between Colombia and Venezuela.
The resumption of flights followed the reestablishment of bilateral relations after Petro came to power on August 7.
(See: Inflation in Venezuela fell 22.5 points in October and stands at 6.2%).
Venezuela and Colombia they had broken diplomatic ties in 2019 after the then president Ivan Duke (2018-2022) ignored Maduro and accepted the opposition leader as a peer Juan Guaido.
Minister Reyes also assured that other companies, such as the Venezuelan To be Y Avior and the Colombians Avianca, Latam and Wingo, They hope to reach agreements to cover routes between the two countries.
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Turpial, which also currently operates international flights to Panama and Santo Domingo, started with two frequencies to Bogotá, Monday and Saturday. Satena currently operates a weekly flight to Caracas and would activate another from Barranquilla, next November 28.
AFP
