{"id":225903,"date":"2026-04-10T05:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/225903\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T05:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:40:07","slug":"caracas-to-miami-direct-flights-may-begin-as-early-as-april-30-american-airlines-announces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/225903\/","title":{"rendered":"Caracas to Miami: Direct flights may begin as early as April 30, American Airlines announces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flights between Caracas and Miami are expected to resume by the end of this month, American Airlines <a href=\"https:\/\/news.aa.com\/news\/news-details\/2026\/American-Airlines-updates-timing-for-Venezuela-service-NET-RTS-04\/\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced<\/a> Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump Administration recently sunset a 2019 order that suspended travel between the U.S. and Venezuela. The order was lifted following the capture and arrest of ex-Venezuelan dictator Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>American Airlines is now poised to become the first commercial airline to resume flights from Caracas to Miami with a daily, non-stop service.<\/p>\n<p>If approved by both governments, flights may begin as early as April 30th.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlrn.org\/national-politics\/2026-04-02\/u-s-lifts-sanctions-on-venezuelas-acting-president-delcy-rodriguez\" class=\"Link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. lifts sanctions on Venezuela&#8217;s acting President Delcy Rodr\u00edguez<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are encouraged by the progress we\u2019ve made with both governments,\u201d said Nate Gatten, a top American Airlines executive, in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful for the efforts of U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the entire administration to help us reconnect the U.S. with Venezuela. Our return wouldn\u2019t be possible without this strong partnership,&#8221; Gatten said.<\/p>\n<p>Said American\u2019s Chief Commercial Officer Nat Pieper: \u201cOur commitment to connecting Venezuela with the U.S. spans more than 30 years, and we look forward to the new opportunities for commerce and strengthened ties with family and friends that our service will provide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>American began operating in Venezuela in 1987 and was the largest U.S airline in the country before suspending service in 2019, company officials said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Flights between Caracas and Miami are expected to resume by the end of this month, American Airlines announced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-225903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}