US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after speaking to troops via video from his Mar-a-Lago estate on Thanksgiving. (AP) US President Donald Trump said on Friday that all airspace over and around Venezuela should be treated as closed.
“To all airlines, pilots, drug dealers and human traffickers, please consider the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela to be closed in its entirety,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social . “Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
Last week, the US aviation regulator warned major airlines of a “potentially hazardous situation” when flying over Venezuela due to a “worsening security situation and heightened military activity in or around” the country.
Venezuela revoked operating rights for six major international airlines that had suspended flights to the country following a warning from the US Federal Aviation Administration.
