Statement of American Airlines
Monday April 3, 4:54 pm ET
MIAMI, April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines released the following statement regarding the decision by the Venezuelan aeronautical authorities not to allow a fourth daily flight between Miami and Caracas to begin today.
The fourth Miami-Caracas, Venezuela, daily flight, which had been scheduled to resume service today after being cancelled in January due to road conditions between the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia and Caracas, will not operate as previously scheduled.
American will continue to operate the rest of its schedule between the U.S. and Venezuela. Currently, in the Caracas market, American operates three daily flights from Miami; one daily flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico; one flight five times per week from Dallas/Fort Worth and one flight two times per week from New York/Kennedy. Additionally, the airline has one daily flight between Miami and Maracaibo, Venezuela.
The fourth Miami-Caracas flight was scheduled to operate with Airbus-300 equipment with capacity for 267 passengers. Flight 903 was scheduled to depart Miami today at 4:15 p.m. and arrive in Caracas at 7:27 p.m. Flight 902 was scheduled to depart Caracas tomorrow, April 4, at 7:20 a.m. and arrive in Miami at 10:43 a.m.
"American Airlines would like to apologize to our passengers for the inconvenience that this flight cancellation may cause. Due to heavy passenger traffic between these two destinations, the ability to re-book customers is limited.
"We were under the impression that once an agreement between the U.S. and Venezuelan governments had been reached last week to allow service by U.S. airlines to continue as previously scheduled, that American would be able to restore this service.
"We are proud of the service we have provided to Venezuela for more than 18 years and of our more than 200 Venezuelan employees. We are hopeful that this situation will be resolved shortly and that American's service will continue as scheduled."
Monday April 3, 4:54 pm ET
MIAMI, April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines released the following statement regarding the decision by the Venezuelan aeronautical authorities not to allow a fourth daily flight between Miami and Caracas to begin today.
The fourth Miami-Caracas, Venezuela, daily flight, which had been scheduled to resume service today after being cancelled in January due to road conditions between the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia and Caracas, will not operate as previously scheduled.
American will continue to operate the rest of its schedule between the U.S. and Venezuela. Currently, in the Caracas market, American operates three daily flights from Miami; one daily flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico; one flight five times per week from Dallas/Fort Worth and one flight two times per week from New York/Kennedy. Additionally, the airline has one daily flight between Miami and Maracaibo, Venezuela.
The fourth Miami-Caracas flight was scheduled to operate with Airbus-300 equipment with capacity for 267 passengers. Flight 903 was scheduled to depart Miami today at 4:15 p.m. and arrive in Caracas at 7:27 p.m. Flight 902 was scheduled to depart Caracas tomorrow, April 4, at 7:20 a.m. and arrive in Miami at 10:43 a.m.
"American Airlines would like to apologize to our passengers for the inconvenience that this flight cancellation may cause. Due to heavy passenger traffic between these two destinations, the ability to re-book customers is limited.
"We were under the impression that once an agreement between the U.S. and Venezuelan governments had been reached last week to allow service by U.S. airlines to continue as previously scheduled, that American would be able to restore this service.
"We are proud of the service we have provided to Venezuela for more than 18 years and of our more than 200 Venezuelan employees. We are hopeful that this situation will be resolved shortly and that American's service will continue as scheduled."