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Venezuela bans six major airlines after tensions with US escalate
2 days ago
Vanessa Buschschlüter
RONALD PENA R/EPA/Shutterstock People queue to board a flight at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, near Caracas, Venezuela, 26 November 2025
Thousands of passengers have been affected by the suspension and many more are expected to be hit by the ban
RONALD PENA R/EPA/Shutterstock
Venezuela has banned six major international airlines from landing in the country after they failed to meet a 48-hour deadline to resume flights there. ... The airlines had temporarily suspended their routes into the capital, Caracas, after the US warned of "heightened military activity" in the area.
Angered by this, the Venezuelan government issued the carriers with an ultimatum that expired on Wednesday. While a number of smaller airlines continue to fly to Venezuela, thousands of passengers have been affected.
The US has deployed a large force to waters off Venezuela, which it says is to combat drug trafficking but which Venezuela's leader has denounced as an attempt to overthrow him.
Venezuela's civil aviation authority, which reports to the country's ministry of transport, announced on Wednesday that Iberia, TAP Portugal, Gol, Latam, Avianca and Turkish Airlines would lose their landing and take-off rights with immediate effect.
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2 days ago
Vanessa Buschschlüter
RONALD PENA R/EPA/Shutterstock People queue to board a flight at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, near Caracas, Venezuela, 26 November 2025
Thousands of passengers have been affected by the suspension and many more are expected to be hit by the ban
RONALD PENA R/EPA/Shutterstock
Venezuela has banned six major international airlines from landing in the country after they failed to meet a 48-hour deadline to resume flights there. ... The airlines had temporarily suspended their routes into the capital, Caracas, after the US warned of "heightened military activity" in the area.
Angered by this, the Venezuelan government issued the carriers with an ultimatum that expired on Wednesday. While a number of smaller airlines continue to fly to Venezuela, thousands of passengers have been affected.
The US has deployed a large force to waters off Venezuela, which it says is to combat drug trafficking but which Venezuela's leader has denounced as an attempt to overthrow him.
Venezuela's civil aviation authority, which reports to the country's ministry of transport, announced on Wednesday that Iberia, TAP Portugal, Gol, Latam, Avianca and Turkish Airlines would lose their landing and take-off rights with immediate effect.
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