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Iberia cancels flights to Venezuela until 31 December

Last weekend, US President Donald Trump said Venezuela's airspace would be "completely closed." However, it is not closed, as this matter concerns only the Venezuelan authorities.

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Airbus A320neo de Iberia.



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04/7/2022
A plane from Iberia, in a stock photo. Photo: Europa Press

Iberiahas suspended its operations to Venezuela until 31 December, following the recommendation made on Monday by the Air Safety Agency (AESA), thus extending the suspension of flights agreed with that country on Saturday, airline sources reported on Monday.

According to Iberia sources, its intention is to resume flights to Venezuela "as soon as all security guarantees are restored".

Iberia has been the first Spanish company to announce a suspension until 31 December , but other airlines are valuing doing the same, while at Madrid-Barajas airport dozens of passengers are still unable to return home, waiting for a connection to Venezuela through connections to other capitals, especially Colombia.

Last weekend, US President Donald Trump said Venezuela's airspace would be "completelyclosed. "However, airspace is not closed, as it belongs only to the Venezuelan authorities, as Susana Romero, spokesman for the local control union, told the media.

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