The first commercial flight from the United States to Venezuela in seven years departed on April 30 as American Airlines flew nearly 100 passengers to Caracas from Miami.
“History is being made today,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on X.
“[American Airlines] is now in the air. Thank you to my team … for the quick work to reopen the Venezuela airspace safely and resume these flights! This means a big economic opportunity for America and Venezuela.”
Flight AA3599 departed at 10:11 a.m., about five minutes ahead of schedule, after the airline reinstated flights between Miami International Airport and Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas, using an Embraer 175 aircraft belonging to its Envoy subsidiary….