Venezuela’s Conviasa suspends Caracas-Buenos Aires route
CARACAS, July 9 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Venezuela’s flag carrier Conviasa has announced it will halt its Caracas-Buenos Aires route at least until September in light of the refueling problems all its aircraft face for belonging to a company blacklisted by the US Treasury.
The decision came in the aftermath of the seizing of the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 at Buenos Aires’ Ezeiza airport. Emtrasur is a Conviasa cargo subsidiary and the airplane was previously registered under Iran’s Mahan Air, also linked to terrorist activities.