American Airlines will restart flights to and from Caracas next week, about two months after a pair of earthquakes killed thousands of people and badly damaged Venezuela’s main international airport.
The carrier confirmed to AirlineGeeks that service between Miami and Caracas will resume Sept. 3, provided Maiquetía International Airport is open and operating as normal. Flights will operate daily, as they did before the suspension of service on June 24.
American had only recently relaunched service to Venezuela when the earthquakes struck. It became the first U.S. carrier to return to the country on April 30, following the semi-normalization of relations between Washington and Caracas.
Prior to that, no U.S. passenger or cargo airline had served Venezuela since 2019 due to a federal ban.
American launched service to Maracaibo, Venezuela, on July 14, and has continued to operate that connection. It also flew humanitarian aid into Caracas on July 2.
No other U.S. passenger airline currently serves Venezuela. United had planned to revive its Houston-Caracas connection in August, but the route was put on hold after the earthquakes.
