Venezuela revokes the concession to 6 airlines for “joining the actions of terrorism” promoted by the U.S.

The Ministry of Transportation of Venezuela announced this Wednesday the revocation of the concession to six airlines, accusing them of joining “the acts of terrorism” promoted by the United States. The airlines in question are: Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España S.A.
Transportes Aéreos Portugueses S.A. (TAP Portugal)
Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A. (Avianca)
Aerovías de Integración Regional S.A. (LATAM Airlines Colombia)
Turkish Airlines
GOL Linhas Aéreas S.A.
From Caracas, it was reported that the mentioned companies “unilaterally suspended their air commercial operations to and from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela”, based on a notice “issued by an Aeronautical Authority without jurisdiction in the Maiquetía FIR.”

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Alert issued by the U.S. Last week, several international airlines canceled flights to and from Venezuela after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) alerted operators about a “potential risk at any altitude”. In detail, the FAA recommended flights with caution in the region due to the “worsening security situation and increased military activity in Venezuela and its surroundings.” Cabello denounces US objectives.
With his alert, Washington pursued the objective of hitting the Venezuelan economy, declared the Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello. “The warmonger, Marco Rubio, aka leader Marco, ordered the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to issue an international alert to label Venezuelan airspace as a zone of possible aerial combat with the aim of generating terror in international airlines, affecting tourism, suffocating the country’s economy,” as well as harming Venezuelans, “who are moving massively by air on this date to spend Christmas and New Year with their families,” he affirmed. The events take place in the context of a large-scale US military deployment in Caribbean waters under the declared pretext of combating cartels, which Caracas has called a “threat”. Keys to the US aggression. Military deployment Since last August, the US has maintained a significant military force deployed off the coast of Venezuela, justifying it as part of the fight against drugs. Washington subsequently announced ‘Operation Southern Spear’, with the official purpose of “eliminating narcoterrorists” from the Western Hemisphere and “protecting” the US “from the drugs that are killing” its citizens. As part of these operations, bombings have been carried out against alleged drug trafficking vessels, resulting in dozens of deaths and without evidence that they were actually trafficking drugs. Washington has unsubstantiatedly accused the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, of leading a drug trafficking cartel and has doubled the reward for his capture. Venezuela’s Stance
Faced with US accusations, Venezuelan authorities have articulated a unified response that rejects the framework of bilateral confrontation and denounces it as a campaign of multilateral aggression. Maduro described Washington’s actions as a smear campaign against his administration to “justify anything” against the Bolivarian nation. He affirmed that this strategy seeks to tarnish the image of Venezuela and its revolution as a pretext for aggression, something that “they have done many times.”