Venezuela's Conviasa set to secure first A340-300 - report

The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced it has added Conviasa (V0, Caracas Simón Bolivar) and its aircraft to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list, on the grounds the state-owned airline is used by Nicolas Maduro and his regime to promote its political agenda as well as to shuttle officials to countries such as North Korea, Cuba, and Iran.

In its statement issued on Friday, February 7, OFAC specified Consorcio Venezolano de Industrias Aeronauticas y Servicios Aereos, S.A. as well as two Dash 7s, one ATR42-400, one ATR42-300, three ATR72-200s, one A319-100(X)(CJ), seven Cessna (single turboprop) 208B Grand Caravans (operated by Conviasa Regional), one A340-200, three B737-300s, four B737-200Adv.s (including one VIP variant), and sixteen E190s (including a Lineage 1000). According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, some of the aircraft listed are derelict while some are operational.

Although the state-owned carrier and its fleet were already blocked through the issuance of Executive Order 13884 in August last year, their...