Venezuela Bans Six International Airlines That Observed US Airspace Warning

The US authority warned of a potential hazard in Venezuelan airspace due to a ‘worsening security situation and heightened military activity.’

A Russian airplane delivers medicines and disposable medical supplies to the government of Nicolás Maduro at Aeropuerto Internacional Simon Bolivar in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 29, 2019. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images

Venezuela has revoked the operating permits of six international airlines after they suspended flights to the South American country following a United States warning that pilots should use caution when flying through Venezuelan airspace.

Venezuela’s civil aviation authority announced on Nov. 26 that it was canceling permits for Brazil’s GOL, Colombia’s Avianca, Colombia’s LATAM Airlines Colombia, Portugal’s TAP, Spain’s Iberia, and for Turkish Airlines. The agency accused the carriers of participating in “the actions of state terrorism promoted by the United States government.”