They authorize the first flight from Venezuela to Colombia for this Monday

The Civil Aeronautics announced that the Venezuelan airline Turpial Airlines received authorization to landing in Bogota next Monday, September 26, with a route from Caracas.

(See: Border Colombia – Venezuela: the details of the reopening on Monday).

The news was also confirmed by the Colombian ambassador in Venezuela, Armando Benedetti, who, through his Twitter account, indicated that this will be “the first of 27 daily flights planned from Caracas to Bogotá between now and December 30″.

that same monday border crossings will be reactivated between the two countries, announced a day ago by both governments.

In this reopening process, one of the most important points and the one most targeted is the air traffic between the two nations.

(See: This will be the reopening of the border between Colombia and Venezuela).

“As a first step, the air connection and cargo transport between our countries will be resumed. We confirm the Government’s commitment to re-establish brotherly relations“, reported President Petro recently.

“In addition, we will resume flights between Caracas – Bogotá and Valencia – Bogotá. The exchange and cooperation between our peoples restart on the right foot“, said, for his part, Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan president.

(See: Reopening the border: the dispute between the Colombian peso and the dollar).

Diplomatic relations between Colombia and Venezuela had been broken in February 2019 due to the support of the former president’s government Ivan Duke to the opponent Juan Guaido as interim president of Venezuela, a scenario that changed in August with the arrival of Gustavo Petro to power, who recognizes Maduro as his legitimate counterpart.

(See: Entrepreneurs, waiting for a trade framework between Venezuela and Colombia).

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