DALLAS – Amid the reopening of flights between Venezuela and Colombia, and due to Conviasa’s (V0) inability to run the Caracas-Bogota route due to US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions, the Colombian aeronautical authority gave Turpial Airlines (T9) permission to operate the connection as of September 26.
As a result, T9 will be able to operate within the parameters of the fifth freedom of the air, as permitted last week following the diplomatic reconciliation between the two neighboring governments. The first of 27 flights scheduled through December 30.
Despite initial assurances that the Caracas-Bogota operations would be carried out by the Venezuelan flag read more ⇒
Source:: “Airways Magazine”