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In Images: Aircrafts are Losing Up to One Hour to Avoid Flight Over Venezuelan Airspace

February 19, 2019

Several planes have lost up to an hour of travel because they have avoided making their usual flights over Venezuela’s airspace.

This was reported by the journalist and correspondent of HispanTV in Caracas, Marcos Salgado, through a message posted on his Facebook account, where he explained that among the airlines that have modified their routes are: Avianca, from Colombia; Iberia, from Spain, as well as several Argentine companies, whose flights are destined for the cities of Madrid and Barcelona.

 

Although until now none of the companies or aeronautical entities have issued any official statement on these restrictions, the social communicator said that “clearly, there is an order not to fly over Venezuela.”

Avión de Avianca de Bogotá a Madrid pierde tiempo (una hora) por no volar en su recorrido habitual, sobre espacio aéreo…

Posted by Marcos Salgado on Sunday, February 17, 2019

 

Source URL: La IguanaTV

Translated by JRE/EF

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