Venezuela to Bolster Airlines Despite US Sanctions, State Media Says
Venezuela said it is “not intimidated” by recent U.S. designations against its airline and plans to ignore the sanctions by more than doubling its international destinations, according to an unofficial translation of a Feb. 12 report from Venezolana de Television,…
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a state-owned news outlet. Even before U.S. sanctions were announced against the Venezuelan airline and its fleet of more than 35 planes (see 2002070041), the country said it received warnings from other countries that they would no longer supply the fleet with fuel, the report said. But Venezuela said its planes can fly up to 14 hours “without needing to be supplied at another airport that is not in national territory.” The report added that the country is working on manufacturing “the first aircraft on Venezuelan soil” and wants to add hundreds of planes.