Cheves just told delta and continental airlines they are not allowed to fly through their airspace nor land in venezuala any more.
also told american airlines their flights will have to be significantly reduced.
the background, the FAA has restricted for many years which carriers can come into the U.S. from their country. the reason is safety issues. they have dismal aircraft safety proceedures, everything from substandard parts, to no periodical inspections. they are an accident waiting to happen.
there is also the political manuvering from U.S. airline lobbiest. the fewer of their carriers allowed into this country, means the bigger piece of the pie we get form the traffic going back and forth between the two countries.
which plays a bigger part in restricting their carriers from comming here is open to debate.
let the pissing begine.
for those of you who dont fully comprehend, our air traffic going back and fourth to south america is a FRIGGIN HUGE BOOMING industry for our airline industry. so much so, many U.S. carriers are scrapping routes here in the U.S., leaving them for the discount carriers, to expand resources going there.
gona cost us hundreds of millions.,