Passengers hold astatine Luis Munoz Marin International Airport arsenic each flights are cancelled pursuing US subject enactment successful Venezuela, connected January 3, 2026, successful Carolina, Puerto Rico.
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United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and different carriers began restoring flights to Puerto Rico and different parts of the Caribbean aboriginal Sunday aft U.S. aviation authorities lifted impermanent airspace restrictions imposed pursuing U.S. strikes connected Venezuela.
The impermanent restrictions were acceptable to expire astatine midnight Eastern time, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said successful a post connected X, clearing the mode for airlines to resume astir scheduled work connected Sunday.
"Airlines are informed, and volition update their schedules quickly," Duffy said.
Thousands of travelers astatine the extremity of the New Year vacation play were affected aft the Federal Aviation Administration ordered commercialized craft to debar parts of the portion connected Saturday, triggering hundreds of formation cancellations.
President Donald Trump said Saturday the strikes resulted successful the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife.
United Airlines said it would restart work opening with flights to San Juan and planned further departures connected Sunday to accommodate disrupted passengers. Delta Air Lines said it was resuming Caribbean service and moving to rebook affected customers arsenic schedules normalize.
Frontier Airlines besides confirmed with CNBC that it has resumed mean operations.
Other airlines impacted by the impermanent restrictions included American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways.
Carriers waived alteration fees and fare differences for customers affected by the closures if they rebooked flights aboriginal successful the month. More than a twelve airports successful the portion were included successful the waivers.
The little shutdown underscored however rapidly subject enactment tin disrupt civilian aerial travel, forcing airlines to suspend operations good beyond the contiguous struggle zone.
Major U.S. airlines person not served Venezuela straight for years. American Airlines was the past large bearer to halt flights to the state successful 2019 amid unrest.
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