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Venezuela exempts five countries from travel ban

Venezuela has extended the closure of its international airports until February 11, 2021, except for commercial flights from the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Turkey, and Iran.

The extension came into effect on November 11, 2020, and was announced by the country’s civil aviation authority (Instituto Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil - INAC) in a NOTAM.

The listed countries were excluded because of their “sister” status with Venezuela, the INAC statement read.

The ruling affects the following airports: Caracas Simón Bolivar, Maracaibo, Porlamar, Barcelona José Antonio Anzoategui, Barquisimeto, Valencia Arturo Michelena Int'l, Las Piedras, San Antonio del Táchira, Santo Domingo Buenaventura Vivas, Puerto Ordaz/Ciudad Guayana, Maturín, and Charallave.

According to the ch-aviation schedules module, Venezuelan airlines Avior Airlines (9V, Barcelona José Antonio Anzoategui), Conviasa (V0, Caracas Simón Bolivar), and Laser Airlines (QL, Caracas Simón Bolivar) are operating domestic schedules as well as flights to Santo Domingo La Isabela in the Dominican Republic.

Venezuela’s international borders have...

Tussle for control of Venezuela’s Avior Airlines intensifies

A battle for control of Avior Airlines (9V, Barcelona José Antonio Anzoategui), the biggest privately owned carrier in Venezuela in terms of fleet size, has shifted in favour of two businessmen based in the United States who scored a victory at the Miami-Dade County Civil Court last week, the Associated Press news agency reported.

Judge Michael Hanzman rejected a previously unreported lawsuit that had been brought by one of Avior’s owners, Jorge Añez, which alleged that his former Florida-based partners - a group of investors including Carlos Kauffmann and Moises Maionica - had overcharged Avior for parts and services.

In his ruling, the judge found that Añez had no authority to represent the airline, arguing that he had formed an “illegitimate board” to take control of the carrier and that there was significant evidence he had falsified the company’s financial records. The judge added that Añez had lied in testimony and attempted to perpetrate “fraud” through the US legal system.

“Mr. Añez’s claim of 100% ownership of Avior is a complete fabrication, which reeks of...