American Airlines flies to Venezuela for the first time since 2019

American Airlines It plans to resume service to Venezuela from the United States for the first time since 2019, weeks after the United States arrested Venezuela’s president.

American will be the first American airline to resume services to Venezuela, which has become isolated after airlines cut off their services to the country in recent years, due to the unrest there.

“American will share additional details about its return to service in the coming months as it works closely with federal authorities on all necessary authorizations and security assessments before resuming service,” the carrier said Thursday.

American suspended service to Venezuela in March 2019 after its pilots union asked its members to refuse flights to the country after the State Department advised US citizens to leave the country and to withdraw its diplomats from Venezuela due to the unrest.

Delta Airlines and United Airlineswhich paused the service in 2017, did not immediately comment.

Federal officials temporarily closed airspace in the Caribbean earlier this month following U.S. strikes in Venezuela, an action that disrupted air travel and forced airlines to cancel hundreds of flights at the end of the holidays.