Airline News - Latin America / Caribbean.Venezuela ready to proceed with ban, official says. Venezuelan Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel said Thursday his country is prepared to go ahead with a ban on flights by most American carriers if U.S. regulators don't agree to upgrade their safety rating on Venezuelan airlines. Mar 3, 2006 Venezuela plans to ban Delta, Continental flights. Venezuela restricts access of four US carriers. Venezuela's Instituto Nacional de Aeronautica Civil said in a statement on its website Friday that it is reducing dramatically the number of flights US carriers American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the , Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines and FedEx will be allowed to operate into the country beginning March 30. The four carriers had not canceled any flights as of Friday afternoon, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. press reports. Continental (daily service to Caracas from Houston and weekly from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ) and Delta (daily Atlanta-Caracas service) will be prohibited pro·hib·it tr.v. pro·hib·it·ed, pro·hib·it·ing, pro·hib·its 1. To forbid by authority: Smoking is prohibited in most theaters. See Synonyms at forbid. 2. from flying to Venezuela. American, which operates daily flights from Dallas/Ft. Worth, Miami, New York JFK and San Juan San Juan, city, Argentina San Juan (săn wän, Span. sän hwän), city (1991 pop. 353,476), capital of San Juan prov., W Argentina. It is a commercial and industrial center in an agricultural region. , will lose 70% of its frequencies, according to Financial Times. The effect on FedEx was unclear. Feb 27, 2006 |
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