Due to the constant restrictions in different countries regarding the limitation of entry of tourists, as well as mobility within the cities, and the high uncertainty that passengers still have, the airline decided to suspend some routes in Central America.
The airline will temporarily suspend some international routes, which will be resumed according to the evolution of the pandemic, in some cases during the first quarter of the year, in other cases during the second semester, informed the Colombian airline on March 1.
Due to the alert that health authorities have issued for the appearance of a new SARS-CoV-2 strain and in line with the decision made by El Salvador, the governments of Panama and Guatemala will also ban the entry of people from the United Kingdom and South Africa.
Due to the new variant of Covid-19, the National Operation Center decided to temporarily suspend as of 11:59 p.m.
Arguing that the South American country is not safe, American Airlines decided to temporarily suspend flights to Caracas and Maracaibo.
"... The safety of our employees and customers is always our top priority and American will not operate to countries not considered safe," the airline explained in a statement.
The Mexican airline Volaris will be suspending its services as of July 1, and the luxury resort hotel Mukul, in Guacalito, has announced the indefinite closure of its operations.
The crisis that has been going on in the country for the last month continues to harm the tourism business sector.The airline Volaris reported that it will temporarily suspend services to Managua from next week, and the luxury hotel Mukul Auberge Resorts Collection, in the South Pacific, announced on Friday that it will close its operations indefinitely.
An announced has been made of a definitive deprogramming of the weekly flight that operated between Buenos Aires and Caracas, citing operational reasons.
Already in August the airline operating under the Argentine flag had announced the suspension of the tickets sales for this flight.Now the company has announced the deprogramming of its weekly flight in definitive form.
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.
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."
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.
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.
The struggling airline has stopped operating one of its three flights between Mexico and Guatemala City.
The flight 377-376 operated three days a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
"Sergio Armado Sierra, general manager of Guatemala City's La Aurora airport stated that Mexicana's operation of the remaining flights is unchanged," reports Prensalibre.com.
The carrier has announced that it will continue to fly, in order to protect passengers that already have tickets and scheduled flight itineraries.
The Mexican Airline, Mexicana (CMA), has announced that it has filed a request to initiate bankruptcy proceedings with Mexico City's district judge, as well as a request for the proceedings to be authorized by a New York court.
Spanish airline Air Comet temporarily suspended its three weekly flights to between San Jose, Costa Rica and Madrid in order to renew its fleet.
Luis Brenes, airline manager for Central America, explained to the La Nacion newspaper that the suspension is mainly due to the renovation of the planes that are used to provide the service and ensured that the flights will be restarted next year in May since it is a a profitable route.
US Airways will cancel all its flights to Guatemala, starting september the 2nd.
The company's reservations office informed that passengers with tickets to travel after this date will be served by Continental.
US Airways started operations in Guatemala in 2005, with flights to North Carolina.