Venezuela was practically isolated For the international weather map on Thursday after 12 airlines have already suspended their flights for safety reasons. In the midst of growing tension between Caracas and Washington and the unusual military deployment of the United States in the Caribbean.
He was the last to join on Thursday Satina, from Colombia, Bolivian Airlines (BoA)two of the few companies that still maintain active tracks.
Both reported that they stopped working after the revelation Malfunctions and interference in satellite navigation systemsThis is a problem that pilots have been reporting for days and consider it an operational risk.
“Satina” explained that it recorded “interferences in satellite navigation systems.” This affected their trips to Valencia, the third largest city in Venezuela. He warned that these conditions “represent a danger to the operation and require taking preventive measures while verifying the stability and reliability of navigational services in the region.”
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– SATENA, the Colombian airline 🇨🇴 (AerolineaSatena) December 4, 2025
BoA, the Bolivian state companyThe company took a similar decision and stopped two flights between Caracas and Santa Cruz. He said it was a “precautionary” measure based on “Reports of instability in navigational signals It has been reported by other airlines operating the route that it aims to “maintain high safety standards.”
The two companies followed the path already set by the Panamanian hours earlier. Copa Airlines And its low Colombian cost com. WingoIt had warned on Wednesday night of “an interruption in one of the navigational signals” reported by its pilots. Although they initially announced a 48-hour suspension, This Thursday, they decided to extend it until December 12.
Venezuela’s National Institute of Civil Aeronautics (INAC) confirmed that the suspension occurred “in coordination” with the airlines, and that it expects a restart within 48 hours, although for now the airlines have chosen to maintain the brakes.
On November 21, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) asked aircraft to “exercise extreme caution” when flying over Venezuela and the southern Caribbean due to increased military activity in the region.
The warning led to a chain reaction. First they halted operations Iberia, Air Europa, Ultra Plus, TAP Air, Avianca, GOL, LATAM, Turkish Airlines. The Venezuelan regime ended up canceling their concessions, accusing them of “joining the acts of state terrorism promoted by the United States.”
Meanwhile, Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela’s main air gateway, was operating almost on autopilot. For Thursday, there were only 11 flights scheduled between departure and arrival, most of them operated by Venezuelan airlines such as Laser, Avior and Conviasa to nearby destinations such as Curacao, Bogotá and Havana. The six canceled Cuba flights and other flights from Wingo also appeared on the screens.
Another company that has made the extension of the stop official until December 9 is the Spanish airline Plus Ultra In response to the recommendation of the Spanish Aviation Safety Agency (AESA) not to fly over the airspace of Maiquetia Island.
The decision of these companies comes at a critical moment in Venezuela, in the midst of growing tension between Washington and Caracas over the US naval air presence in the Caribbean Sea, which Donald Trump defends as part of his fight against drug trafficking, but which Chavista leader Nicolas Maduro sees as an attempt to promote regime change in the country. They both confirmed, separately, that they had a phone conversation in recent days, without going into details.