The Venezuelan airline Santa Bárbara has announced the temporary suspension of flights between the Venezuelan capital and Panama City from September 1.
SBA Airlines said that the decision is due to a restructuring of the itinerary, especially considering the variables in the national and international market.
Due to operational and security limitations, the airline has decided to bring forward the suspension of its flights from Lima and Bogotá to Caracas from July 27, instead of August 16 as originally planned.
From a statement issued by Avianca:
Bogotá, July 27, 2017.Due to operational limitations registered in the last few hours, Avianca is obliged to suspend its operations to Venezuela from today, and NOT from August 16 as scheduled.This includes closing ticket saleson the routes connecting Caracas with Bogotá and Lima.
As of August 16, the Bogota-Caracas-Bogotá and Lima-Caracas-Lima flight routes will cease to operate due to the difficulties experienced in air operations in the South American country.
From a statement issued by Avianca:
Bogotá, July 26, 2017.Following a technical meeting held today in Bogotá with the Aeronautical Authorities, Avianca notified the directors of the National Civil Aeronautics Institute of Venezuela and AEROCIVIL of Colombia, of a decision to suspend flights to and from the neighboring country.
Volaris has announced a new daily flight between San Jose and San Salvador, while the airline Wingo has canceled its flight from San Jose to Guatemala due to "market behavior".
The new air route announced by Volaris will operate every day of the week starting from February 20.The flight from San Jose, Costa Rica to San Salvador is added to the one the airline already operates between San Jose and Guatemala City.
Panamanian authorities are contradicting one another regarding Tocumen Airport's ability to host flight operations from the Emirates and has confirmed they have been delayed due to lack of passengers.
Emirates airline has suspended the opening of the Panama-Dubai flight because of lack of passengers, confirmed Gustavo Him, CEO of the Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP).
Emirates airline has no new date for the intercontinental flight, but said it could be in late 2016 or early 2017.
Although Emirates airline had announced that the 17 hour and 35 minute Panama-Dubai flight would be inaugurated on 31 March, the company has once again postponed the date "until late 2016 or early 2017 as soon as conditions permit."
Due to falling demand the VivaColombia airline expects to reduce the number of weekly flights to the Panama Pacifico terminal from seven to four, and is requesting that airport taxes be lowered.
High rates charged by the Panama Pacific International Airport, and the lack of an agreement with the state administrator of Tocumen, SA, have caused the low cost airline VivaColombia to make preparations to reduce the number of weekly flights to the country from seven to four.
Avianca has announced adjustments to their operations involving layoffs of flight crew based in Costa Rica and the flight from San Jose to Mexico now going via San Salvador.
Avianca has announced that it has removed three of the Embraer aircraft used in flights to Costa Rica also clarified that services from San Jose to Rio de Janeiro and Santiago de Chile, all via Bogotá will not be suspended, only the number of flight will be changed.
The airline will be reducing the number of daily flights between Caracas and Panama from three to two and eliminating the daily frequency from Caracas to Medellin, among other changes.
The difficulties faced by airlines in managing payments for ticket sales in dollars through the Venezuelan currency system has led several companies to reduce their frequencies, as is the case for Panama's Copa Airlines.
Starting July 2nd the number of frequencies to the South American country will be reduced from 48 to 10 per week and flights from New York, Dallas and San Juan, Puerto Rico will be canceled, keeping only the Miami - Caracas route.
The reason behind the decision of the U.S. airline is the $750 million that the Venezuelan government owes, as it does to other airlines in the world, such as Alitalia, Copa Airlines and Air Canada, among others.
The airline announced that as of April 7 it will not fly between the cities of San Jose and Caracas.
Avianca announced that from April 7 it will temporarily stop making flights from San Jose to Caracas and vice versa. The decision was taken in order to make adjustments to the capacity of traffic volumes on this route.
Claudia Arenas, Avianca's communications director said, "passengers interested in connecting to and from the capital of Venezuela have the option of arriving or departing from Caracas through the hub of Avianca in Bogota, Colombia."
Flights from San Jose to New York, Los Angeles, Havana, Quito and Guayaquil will now stop in El Salvador or Colombia.
Avianca announced the cancellation of five direct flights from San Jose, as part of a restructuring program that the company is undertaking. Flights to Los Angeles, New York, Havana, Quito and Guayaquil, will leave the country but will now stop in El Salvador or Colombia.
United Airlines, American Airlines and Air Canada have also suspended the sale of tickets for international flights to Venezuela.
The international airlines American Airlines, United Airlines and Copa Airlines have decided to temporarily cancel the sale of air tickets in Venezuela. The measure was taken due to the uncertainty generated over a multi million-dollar debt the government holds with some airlines and the changes that have been made relating to foreign exchange.
Because of a lack of foreign exchange for commercial operations Venezolana de Aviación has suspended domestic and international flights to Panama and Santo Domingo.
The airline Venezolana de Aviación has suspended several flights due to lack of foreign exchange for the payment of insurance, including the route between Caracas and Panama City, confirmed William Posada, president of the company.
The new airline route now includes a stopover in San Salvador.
Starting January 16th the airline will be rearranging its operations from San Jose, Costa Rica to Miami, Florida with flights from Monday to Sunday with stops in San Salvador, El Salvador.
From a press release by Avianca:
In order to optimize its global route network, ensuring connectivity for its passengers to various parts of the Americas and Europe and ensuring business sustainability, Avianca has taken the decision to suspend the operation of its direct route San Jose - Miami - San Jose, and offers two choices daily for passengers flying through the Connections Center in El Salvador.