Colombian airlines suspended their flights to Venezuela at the end of November after the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an international notice urging “extreme caution” when flying over that country and the southern Caribbean Sea.
The Colombian airline Avianca will resume on February 12, with a daily frequency, flights to Venezuela suspended last November, the company announced this Thursday, February 5.
“The decision responds to a comprehensive evaluation of operational and air safety conditions, carried out in coordination with the competent authorities,” Avianca said in a statement.
Avianca indicated that the air connection will be between the two capitals, with departures from Bogotá at 7:40 in the morning local time and return from Caracas at 12:10 local time.
“With the reactivation of the Bogotá-Caracas route, the airline continues to work to strengthen connectivity in the region, hand in hand with the development of binational commercial and tourist activity,” the statement added.
Colombian airlines suspended their flights to Venezuela at the end of November after the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an international notice urging “extreme caution” when flying over that country and the southern Caribbean Sea.
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As a result of that decision, the Venezuelan Ministry of Transportation and the Institute of Civil Aeronautics (INAC) revoked the flight concession to several companies, which was followed by other restrictions due to US military activity in the waters of the Caribbean Sea as part of the operation that on January 3 captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in Caracas.
However, US President Donald Trump announced on January 29, after a phone call with Delcy Rodríguez, head of the Venezuelan Executive, that air connections with Venezuela would be opened “very soon.”
Wingo, another Colombian airline, resumed its flights from Bogotá to Caracas on January 16 and from March 1 will also resume them from Medellín to the Venezuelan capital, while Latam Airlines Colombia said last week that it is preparing the resumption of connections between the two capitals.
With information from the EFE agency
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