The US president said on Saturday that the airspace over and around it would be completely closed.
Trump’s post on Venezuela
Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said: “To all airlines, pilots, drug traffickers and human traffickers, please consider the AIR SPACE OVER AND AROUND VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED TOTALLY.”
Last week, the US aviation regulator warned major airlines of a “potentially dangerous situation” when flying over Venezuela, due to the “deteriorating security situation and increased military activity in or around” the country, as Reuters recalls.
Venezuela has revoked the operating rights of six major international airlines that had suspended flights to the country following a warning from the US Federal Aviation Administration.
