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Venezuela's aviation authorization said connected Wednesday (November 26, 2025) that it banned aggregate airlines accused of "terrorism" aft they suspended routes, heeding warnings from the United States astir subject enactment successful the region.
The affected airlines — Spain's Iberia, Portugal's TAP, Colombia's Avianca, Chile and Brazil's LATAM, Brazil's GOL and Turkish Airlines — volition person their operational permits revoked for "joining the actions of authorities coercion promoted by the United States authorities and unilaterally suspending aerial commercialized operations," the civilian aviation authorization said successful an Instagram post.
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Washington had warned of accrued subject enactment successful the Caribbean amid a deployment to people narcotics operations, which Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro insists is intended to overthrow his government.
Last week, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration urged civilian craft operating successful Venezuelan airspace to "exercise caution" owing to the "worsening information concern and heightened subject enactment successful oregon astir Venezuela."
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Washington has sent an craft bearer onslaught radical and different Navy warships, arsenic good arsenic stealth aircraft, to the portion — deployments it says are aimed astatine curbing cause trafficking but which person sparked fears successful Caracas that authorities alteration is the goal.
The Venezuelan Ministry of Transport gave a 48-hour deadline connected Monday (November 24, 2025)to resume flights to the six companies. The deadline expired astatine noon Wednesday (November 26, 2025). All maintained the suspension.
The formation suspension has truthful acold affected much than 8,000 passengers connected astatine slightest 40 antithetic flights, according to information from the Venezuelan Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies (AVAVIT).
