Madrid/Caracas/Iberia’s first flight landed this Tuesday in Venezuela, after the airline kept its flights suspended since November 29 on the recommendation of the Aviation Safety Agency (Aesa), following an alert from the United States about instability in the South American country.
The plane arrived at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, which serves Caracas, from Madrid, around 5:00 p.m. local time and took off back to the Spanish capital at 7:00 p.m. local time, EFE found.
The flight, served with an Airbus 330-200, was practically full, with 275 seats occupied, airline sources explained to EFE, while at the Maiquetía Airport dozens of people were queuing to board the plane to Madrid.
The flight, served with an Airbus 330-200, was practically full, with 275 seats occupied
Sources from the airline earlier told EFE that the operation is resuming with four weekly frequencies, one less than Iberia had with the South American country before November 29, when it decided to suspend services following the recommendation of the Aviation Safety Agency, following the alert from the United States Aviation Authority (FAA) about the instability in the country and in the southern Caribbean.
Iberia had already announced its intention to resume links with Venezuela this April, once the president of the United States, Donald Trump, assured that commercial air connections would be opened “very soon” after opening the airspace over the country.
The announcement of extreme caution made by the FAA on November 21 and the recommendations of the air safety agencies of Europe and Spain led airlines that month to stop their operations with the South American country.
