Venezuela announced last week that it has suspended all economic relations with Panama for a period of three months, which includes stopping all Panamanian Copa Airlines flights within Venezuelan territory.

The action is a response to the sanctions ordered by Panama against the government of President Nicolás Maduro and, according to the AVN state agency, reaches “22 individuals and 46 national legal entities of Panama, as a measure to protect the Venezuelan financial system.”

AERIAL CRISIS
With the decision of the Venezuelan government, the number of companies flying to the country is even more limited, since in the last two years a large number of airlines have closed the operations in the place; among them Latam, Gol, Avianca Internacional, Aerolineas Argentinas, Delta, Lufthansa, Tap and United.

They continue to operate in the country American, Iberia, Air France, Turkish and Cubana de Aviación.

Source: Panrotas