Overview
- Venezuela said the presidents spoke by phone and agreed to bring back the Caracas–Istanbul service on Turkish Airlines as soon as possible.
- Turkish Airlines had halted Venezuela operations in November after a U.S. FAA advisory urged extreme caution over Venezuelan airspace and the southern Caribbean.
- Following the suspensions, Caracas revoked concessions or permits for multiple foreign carriers, including Turkish, Iberia, TAP, Avianca, LATAM Colombia, Gol, Plus Ultra and Air Europa.
- International links are currently being maintained largely by state carrier Conviasa and local airline Laser, with no published restart schedule for Turkish Airlines.
- In the official readout, Erdoğan voiced concern over threats to Venezuela and Maduro denounced those threats as illegal and disproportionate, a context shaped by a recent U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean.