American Airlines has received approval to become the first U.S. airline to resume flights to Venezuela. Even though the State Department continues to warn Americans not to travel to the South American country, the government cleared the way for the airline to begin scheduling flights there.
Details of the flight schedule are not yet available.
American Airlines was the last U.S. airline flying to Venezuela when in 2019 it suspended flights between Miami and the capital, Caracas, as well as the oil hub city of Maracaibo.
The airline announced its intent to restore service to Venezuela in January on the same day that the U.S. Transportation Department re-opened commercial airspace over that country in the wake of the U.S. military raid that ousted then-President Nicolás Maduro.
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