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 News from Around the Americas | February 2006 
Cloudy Sky Ahead: Venezuela Bars Two U.S. Airlines
 ABC News
| | Venezuela is limiting flights by U.S. carriers Delta Air Lines, Continental Airlines and AMR Corp.'s American Airlines after U.S. authorities failed to comply with aviation accords, officials and an industry group said on Friday. (Reuters/Larry Downing) |
Caracas, Venezuela Feb 24, 2006 (AP)— Venezuela has prohibited Continental and Delta Airlines from flying into this South American nation, Francisco Plaz, the president of the National Aviation Institute, said.
Speaking late Thursday, Plaz said that the measure, which also will restrict American Airlines flights, was taken because the U.S. Federal Aviation Agency had established a similar ban on commercial jets registered in Venezuela 10 years ago due to safety violations.
The ban would take effect on March 1, Plaz told the local Globovision television channel.
Delta Airlines currently services a daily route from Simon Bolivar international Airport to Atlanta while Continental Airlines has daily flights to Houston and weekly flights to New York. American Airlines services daily routes to Puerto Rico and Miami.
A spokesperson for the Venezuelan Association of Airlines, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press the three U.S.-based airlines received notification of the ban on Thursday. |
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