The rush to leave Venezuela has caused airfare prices to skyrocket by 300%, as it is becoming increasingly difficult, and much more expensive, to find a Flight out of the country in the wake of the electoral controversy after which the government of Nicolás Maduro banned Flights to several countries in the region.
The Chavista leader cancelled Flights to some countries that questioned his self-proclaimed electoral victory, including from Panama, Copa’s operations center, and the Dominican Republic, as well as Peru, where Latam connected Lima with Caracas, as he had revealed. REPORTUR.co (Copa: special Flights to Cúcuta after being banned from reaching Caracas).
In response, the Venezuelan Airline Association (ALAV) has asked the National Institute of Civil Aeronautics (INAC) to consider temporarily suspending Flights between the country and Panama, the Dominican Republic and Peru.
“ALAV respectfully requests the competent authorities to consider the inconveniences that are being caused to passengers and airlines, with unfavorable consequences for the entire tourism value chain, and to allow the connectivity that is so important for the country to be maintained,” the alliance said in a statement.
ALAV president Marisela De Loaiza warned that 95 weekly Flights will be lost: 41 to the Dominican Republic; 47 to Panama and seven to Peru. She also added that these are “historically fundamental destinations in the recovery of the country’s connectivity, after overcoming the pandemic” (Venezuela: “civil war or insurrection” is already warning Tourism).
Thus, the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) recorded a 37% growth in international air connectivity in Venezuela, but with the suspension of Flights “it will decrease again.” This INCA measure became effective on the night of Wednesday, July 31, leaving at least 15,000 weekly passengers.
Venezuela has tightened entry controls into the country following protests against the official result of the presidential elections last Sunday, July 28. According to the information provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Preferentialthe Government of Nicolás Maduro is carrying out strict control of passengers entering the Caracas airport from Spain.
Specifically, it is requiring airlines that operate Flights from Madrid (Iberia, Air Europa and Plus Ultra) to send the list of passengers at the close of their marketing. It seeks to know in advance the names of the people who are preparing to Travel to the country (Maduro: strict control of passengers of Iberia, Air Europa and Plus Ultra).
Iberia is adapting to the chaos in Venezuela following the election results in which Nicolás Maduro claimed victory. Although it is currently maintaining operations in the country, it has decided to relax the conditions for those customers with tickets purchased to fly to Caracas.
Cuba, for its part, is monitoring the elections in Venezuela with a focus on oil and cooperation agreements, and is putting the tourism industry on alert given the close relations with the country governed by Nicolás Maduro, which supplies the island with one-tenth of all the crude oil exported (Cuban tourism may turn around due to Venezuelan chaos under Maduro).
