Air Europa and Plus Ultra have suspended their scheduled flights on Tuesday between Madrid and Caracas, following the warning issued last Friday by the US aviation authority, which urged “extreme caution” when flying over the South American and southern Caribbean country before then. “Potentially dangerous situation in the area”.
Sources from Globalia Airlines, which offers five weekly flights to the Latin American country, explained to Efe on Monday that following the decision to cancel its operations with Venezuela, flights between Madrid and Caracas will resume. “When conditions are right”. For its part, sources from Plus Ultra, which operates between Madrid and Caracas with three weekly flights, said that, for the time being, they will suspend the flight that they were going to operate this Tuesday, and tomorrow they will watch the rest of the operation between the two capitals.
Therefore, No flights to Venezuela will depart this Tuesday From Madrid Barajas Airport, just like on Monday, neither of them operated that day, while Iberia, which operates (it has 5 flights a week), announced last Saturday that it had canceled its operations with Caracas. This Monday morning Yes, the Plus Ultra has landedwhich left the Latin American country on Sunday, and another plane from Air Europa, according to sources from the airport director, Aina.
Air Europe and Plus Ultra, in addition to Iberia, join Portuguese airline Tap, Colombian airline Avianca, Trinidadian Caribbean, Brazilian Gol, Chilean Latam and Turkish Turkish Airlines. In addition, Venezuelan airlines announced a temporary suspension of their activity on the Caracas-Madrid route. excellent (Between 24 and 28 November) and Laser (Halifa Plus Ultra), which rescheduled its departure from Madrid, scheduled for Monday to Thursday. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan state company Conviasa She stated, in a statement on Instagram, that all of her national and international flights “are proceeding completely normally.”
Last Friday, the US Aviation Authority urged airlines to “exercise caution” in the face of what it considers… “Potentially dangerous situation in the area”This notice coincides with the military deployment ordered by North American President Donald Trump in Caribbean waters near Venezuela to pressure the government of Nicolas Maduro.
For its part, Enair published, at the request of the State Aviation Safety Agency (AESA), that until next December 1st, it is strongly recommended for Spanish civil aviation operators Do not take any flights In the airspace within the Spruce Maiquetía Zone (SVZM), which covers the entire Venezuelan territory and extends to the Caribbean Sea.
This recommendation is due to the potential risks to civil aviation due to increased military activity, Anti-aircraft weapons It is capable of all heights and the lack of coordination between the parties to the conflict, according to the text that Effie reviewed.
A meeting of the Integrated Risk Assessment Group (IRAG) will be held on Tuesday where the situation in the aforementioned airspace will be discussed as one of the topics on the agenda. AESA indicates this You will continue to monitor the situation In order to provide operators with all the necessary information for their risk analysis.