First Direct U.S.-Venezuela Flight Lands in Caracas
Envoy Air flight AA3599 resumed nonstop Miami–Caracas service after a seven-year suspension, with a second daily flight scheduled to begin May 21.
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Overview
Envoy Air flight AA3599 departed Miami at 10:11 a.m. EDT and arrived in Caracas roughly three hours later, marking the first nonstop U.S.-Venezuela commercial flight since 2019.
The resumption ends a seven-year suspension ordered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in 2019, which had barred U.S. carriers from flying to Venezuela.
Jarrod Agen of the U.S. National Energy Dominance Council traveled on the inaugural flight and said the U.S. team would push agreements with Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA.
Aviation analytics firm Cirium shows about 680 scheduled Miami–Caracas flights this year.
American said it will add a second daily Miami–Caracas flight beginning May 21.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources frame the reopening as a pragmatic, business-driven restoration tied to U.S. policy shifts, emphasizing airline benefits and diaspora travel while underrepresenting Venezuelan government or civilian perspectives. Language choices ('reclaimed a route'), heavy use of industry data and airline quotes, and placement of U.S. regulatory context foreground American interests.