US EditionUS attack on Venezuela disrupts air traffic over Caribbean
U.S. strikes led to temporary Caribbean airspace closures causing major U.S. airlines to cancel hundreds of flights, including about 215 by JetBlue, officials said.
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump announced U.S. strikes on Venezuela, prompting Caribbean airspace closure and reported removal of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, with Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport affected.
- Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport said the restriction was due to a security situation related to military activity, while the Federal Aviation Administration imposed temporary airspace limits.
- JetBlue Airways said it canceled about 215 flights due to Caribbean airspace closures, while Delta began canceling flights Saturday and U.S. carriers halted dozens to Puerto Rico and Aruba.
- Passengers slept on floors after delays at Rafael Hernández International Airport, while most U.S.-operated commercial airlines suspended or canceled flights and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced charges against Maduro and Cilia Flores.
- It was not immediately clear if President Donald Trump consulted Congress or the legal authority for the strike, while the duration of disruptions remains uncertain and often temporary.
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced overnight that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would allow airlines to resume flights in the Caribbean after flights were canceled amid U.S. strikes in Venezuela on Saturday. “The original restrictions around the Caribbean airspace are expiring at 12:00am ET and flights can resume,” Duffy wrote on the social media platform…
Washington, Jan. 3 (EFE).- The main US airlines were forced to cancel hundreds of flights in the Caribbean this Saturday due to the attack by the U.S. military in Venezuela to capture Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Early in the afternoon, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, confirmed in a social media message that U.S. aeronautics authorities had imposed restrictions on air space in the Caribbean and Venezuela “to ensur…
Airlines KLM and TUI are reporting that they will resume flights to and from the Caribbean islands tomorrow. Efforts are being made to re-route passengers whose flights were canceled today to the next available flight. Flights to and from Curaçao, Aruba, and Bonaire were canceled today due to the US attack in Venezuela, a direct neighbor of the islands. US President Trump hinted at a second attack at his press conference today, but also said he …
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