Flights between Colombia and Venezuela will resume next Monday

The Colombian ambassador to Venezuela, Armando Benedetti, announced on Wednesday on his social networks that flights between his country and Venezuela will restart on November 7.

“Watch out! The Venezuelan government informs us that as of Monday the air operation begins to work between Colombia and Venezuela. Our state airline Satena will fly Bogotá-Caracas, and the Venezuelan airline Turpial will fly the Caracas-Bogotá route,” the ambassador wrote. .

The incident occurs one day afterPresidents Gustavo Petro and Nicolás Maduro met in Miraflores to address various issues of a migratory, economic, border and security nature, and little more than a month after the border between the two nations was reopenedalso the day on which the National Institute of Civil Aeronautics of Venezuela (INAC) authorized flights between Venezuela and Colombia.

Almost two weeks ago, the Colombian Ministry of Transport had assured that five companies were authorized to operate; three from Colombia (Avianca, Wingo and Satena) and two from Venezuela (Laser and Conviasa).

Five years ago, the Colombian airline Avianca announced the suspension of flights between Venezuela and Colombia.

The Colombian ambassador had already announced in September that the Venezuelan airline Turpial Airlines had received authorization from the Colombian authorities to fly.

Although initially the airline that would fly to Colombia was the state-owned Conviasa, US sanctions prevented this operation.

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