Venezuela's International Flights Largely Halted as Copa and Wingo Extend Suspensions to Dec. 12

Overview

• Copa Airlines and Wingo, among the last foreign carriers serving Caracas, pushed their two‑day pause into an outage through December 12 after pilots reported navigation‑signal intermittencies.
• Colombia’s state airline Satena and Boliviana de Aviación also halted routes, with Satena calling reported satellite‑navigation interference an operational risk on its twice‑weekly Valencia service.
• A wider pullout by Iberia, Air Europa, Plus Ultra, TAP, Avianca, GOL, LATAM and Turkish Airlines preceded the latest moves, and Venezuela revoked some carriers’ concessions while accusing them of terrorism.
• The FAA’s November 21 advisory urging extra caution over Venezuelan airspace remains in effect, Venezuelan officials say decisions were coordinated with airlines, and Caracas insists it fully controls its airspace.
• U.S. counter‑narcotics operations continue with more than 20 vessels struck and four deaths in the latest Pacific incident, while deportation flights to Caracas have proceeded with 172 arrivals reported on Friday.