The Venezuelan airline Laser reported this Thursday that canceled its Caracas-Madrid trips and vice versa until December 8 by “force majeure”after the Spanish Aviation Safety Agency (AESA) threw a “high recommendation” not to fly over Venezuela.
“In compliance with the NOTAM B9272/25 and B9273/25 issued by the Spanish Aviation Safety Authority (AESA)we are unable to operate our flights QL2920 and QL2921 CCS-MAD-CCS dated December 5 and 8, 2025“Laser said in a statement updated on Instagram.
Previously, the airline had reported on the suspension of the itinerary until December 7.
The Colombian airline Wingo suspended preventively flights this Thursday and Friday Bogotá-Caracasjust as its parent did, the Panamanian Copa Airlines.
Wingo noted that, due to “intermittents” in a navigation signaldecided temporarily suspend flights to and from Caracas on Thursday, December 4 and Friday, December 5, 2025.
Copa Airlines He explained that he also made this decision because intermittent navigation signalsan announcement that adds to the suspension of other airlines after the warning of the US President Donald Trumpthat the Venezuelan airspace should be considered “completely closed”.
The decision of Laser, Wingo and Copa Airlines arrives in a critical momentin the middle of the growing tension between Washington and Caracas for him US air-naval deployment in the Caribbean Seawhich Trump defends as part of his fight against drug traffickingbut what Nicolas Maduro consider a attempt to bring about a regime change.
Both rulers have confirmed that they had a telephone conversation in recent days.
He November 21the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States urged “extreme caution” when flying over Venezuela and the southern Caribbean before a “potentially dangerous situation”.
Airlines They canceled their flightsand in response the Ministry of Transportation and the National Institute of Civil Aeronautics (INAC) from Venezuela They revoked the flight concession to Iberia, TAP, Avianca, Latam Colombia, Turkish Airlines, Gol, Air Europa and Plus Ultra.
