United Airlines stop flights to Venezuela from July

United Airlines stop flights to Venezuela from July

United Airlines Inc. next month it will suspend flights to Venezuela, which will lead to the increased isolation of the Latin American countries involved in violent political protests and economic chaos.

Daily flights between Houston (TX) and Caracas will be cancelled due to low demand, said the representative of United Airlines’ Charles Hobart. «As the service direction of the Houston-Caracas does not meet our financial expectations, we decided to suspend it, since July 1,» he said.

The government of Venezuela has faced nearly two months of anti-government protests. As is known, the volume of oil production in the country fell to 15-year low, and the bulk of passengers on this flight were just oil and Venezuelans living in the United States. Their number became less and flight gradually became unprofitable.

United Airlines is not the only airline, suspended flights to Venezuela, it was only the last link in the chain of failures from a variety of carriers service the Venezuelan flights. Among other airlines, significantly reduced the number of flights in this country or completely abandon them in 2014-2015 — American Airlines Group Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., Transportes Aereos Portugueses, Latam Airlines Group, Deutsche Lufthansa, Air Canada, Grupo Aeromexico.

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