Licenses revoked. Decision by the Government of Caracas affects several international airlines. They joined “US terrorism”.
O Venezuelan government carried out the threat and revoked the licenses operation of several international airlines, including TAP, accusing them of “joining in the acts of terrorism” promoted by USA.
Hours after the deadline set by Venezuelan authorities for airlines, the Venezuelan Ministry of Transport and the country’s National Institute of Civil Aeronautics (INAC) announced the decision on Wednesday, which affects Iberia, TAP, Avianca, a Latam Colombia, a Turkish Airlines ea Gol.
These companies had to travel to and from Caracas after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recommended, last Friday, that commercial airlines “exercise extreme caution” when flying over Venezuela and the southern Caribbean due to what it considers “a potentially dangerous situation in the region”.
Shortly before the announcement, Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello reiterated that the country’s government “decide who flies and who doesn’t” and “reserves the right of admission”.
“The national government, in a sovereign decision, told the airlines: If they don’t resume flights within 48 hours, don’t resume them at all. You can keep your planes, and we will maintain our dignityand that’s it, no problems”, he declared.
TAP however said that the lack of safety conditionsimposed by its internal standards and the regulator, does not allow flying to Venezuela at the moment, ensuring that want to continue serving the diaspora in that region.
“TAP has been flying to Venezuela for almost 50 years and wants to continue serving the community and the national diaspora in that region. However, it cannot do so at the moment due to a lack of safety conditions, imposed both by its internal standards and by ANAC [Autoridade Nacional da Aviação Civil]”, stated the airline, in a written response sent to Lusa.
For now, Copa Airlines, Wingo, Boliviana de Aviación and Satena, as well as local airlines Avior and Conviasa (the state-owned company), maintain their operations in the country.
In this context, a North American plane carrying 175 deported migrants landed at Venezuela’s main airport, Simón Bolívar International Airport, which serves Caracas.
According to a source from the Ministry of Transport who spoke to the Spanish news agency EFE, this shows that “there is no danger in Venezuelan airspace” and, furthermore, it reveals a “double standard” on the part of Washington.
Subsequently, the Venezuelan Government stated that the US had requested “special authorizations” to operate “repatriation routes with American aircraft”.
Meanwhile, the US Air Force revealed on Wednesday that B-52H bombers carried out attack demonstrations this week in the Caribbean.
The authorities did not specify the location of these demonstrations, which were part of the military operation “Lança do Sul”, announced on November 14 to combat drug trafficking originating in Latin America, three months after the start of military deployment in the region.
Also on Wednesday, Dominican President Luis Abinader and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that the US will use two airports dominicans “temporarily” as part of your fight against drug trafficking through the “Lança do Sul”.
