Delta, other airlines cancel Caribbean flights amid ‘ongoing military activity’
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines joined other U.S. airlines Saturday morning in canceling Caribbean flights to comply with FAA airspace closures amid “ongoing military activity” in Venezuela.
The FAA warned all commercial and private U.S. pilots that the airspace over Venezuela and the small island nation of Curacao off its coast was off limits “due to safety-of-flight risks associated with ongoing military activity,” The Associated Press reported Saturday.
Impact at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as of Saturday morning included 15 canceled flights to and from San Juan, Puerto Rico, eight cancellations to and from Aruba and six to and from St. Thomas, according to flight tracking service FlightAware.
Delta said customers would be notified of cancellations via the Fly Delta app.
Atlanta’s second-largest carrier, Frontier Airlines, is offering a travel waiver for Jan. 3-4 flights to five Caribbean destinations.
In 2019, the U.S. government prohibited all American carriers from flying to and from Venezuela.
International airlines almost entirely halted service last month following further safety warnings from the U.S. government.
Delta is offering a waiver for travel to many Caribbean destinations for flights between Jan. 3-6.
About the Author
As a business reporter, Emma Hurt leads coverage of the Atlanta airport, Delta Air Lines, UPS, Norfolk Southern and other travel and logistics companies. Prior to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution she worked as an editor and Atlanta reporter for Axios, a politics reporter for WABE News and a business reporter for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
