An American Airlines airplane arrives at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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American Airlines is planning to resume service to Venezuela from the United States for the first time since 2019, weeks after the U.S. captured Venezuela’s president earlier this month.
American would be the first U.S. carrier to restart service to Venezuela, which had become isolated after airlines cut service to the country in recent years, citing unrest there.
“American will share additional details about its return to service in the coming months as it works closely with federal authorities on all necessary permissions and security assessments prior to resuming service,” the carrier said Thursday.
American halted service to Venezuela in March 2019 after its pilots’ union told its members to refuse trips to the country after the State Department told U.S. citizens to leave the country and pulled its diplomats from Venezuela because of unrest.
Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, which had paused service in 2017, didn’t immediately comment.
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