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United Airlines will become the second American-based air carrier to resume nonstop daily flights to Caracas, Venezuela, beginning August 11.
The new route is the first time the airline is flying to Venezuela since it suspended service in June, 2017.
The route will fly between George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston and Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas on a Boeing 737 MAX 8.
In an unusual comment on the new route, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told reporters that “This specific flight will be critical to ferrying oil sector workers into the country as the U.S. and Venezuela work together to expand production and generate new economic opportunities.”
American Airlines was the first to gain government approval to restart nonstop flights from Miami to Caracas earlier this year, announcing plans just weeks after President Trump’s military operations that captured Venezuela’s President Maduro and, due to bombings in Venezuela and operations in Caribbean waters, led to massive flight cancellations and airspace closures around the Caribbean for several days.
The U.S. State Department also improved its travel advisory level for Venezuela this past March from a Level 4 to a Level 3.
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Lacey Pfalz is Associate Editor at TravelPulse. She's a passionate advocate of responsible travel and believes the best travel experiences happen outside of a planned itinerary. Lacey currently lives in rural Wisconsin. She can be reached at [email protected].
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