Several weeks ago, American Airlines vaguely announced plans to resume flights to Venezuela, though initially stopped short of providing details about which route would be operated, and when. There’s now an update, as this route is closer to becoming a reality — the airline has just loaded its first resumed flight to Venezuela into the…
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I wonder if they’ll start flying widebodies on the route and filling up with cheap fuel to tank back.
Emirates could change its fifth freedom route to Venezuela to capitalize on cheaper fuel too.
Bad take. 2-2 seating far superior to 3-3, in economy at least. Unless, you, as a Concierge Key, are too good to possibly sit anywhere but up-front…
We have ample supply of domestically produced jet fuel in the United States already.
Besides, Venezuelan heavy, sulfur-rich crude is not easily refined into the kerosene-based jet fuel. Basically, you suggest a simple, yet infeasible solution to a complex problem.
Oof. Wrong again. The UAE also has ample domestically produced jet fuel. You should suggest a country/airline with no domestically produced oil attempting what you suggest, instead.
The biggest beneficiary of it will definitely be an American public. These flights will be greatly used to remove tren de aragua members from the US, as well as other south Americans that snuck in during Biden's presidency.
You don't have to go to Venezuela! One of the (and yes, this IS a SUPER dumb registration pun...) EX-LASER MD-80's (and the final one that came off the assembly line) was sold and now flies with swapped titles (but the same green base livery) for TezJet in Kyrgyzstan both domestically and to neighboring countries! TezJet also flies 2 of the last passenger BaE-146es in the world (outside of Bolivia, Iran, the Arctic, and Antarctic) in an insanely dense 6-abreast configuration that is so tight that my head has to tilt inwards in the window seats to not contact the fuselage - ping me if you need tips for a review trip adventure for Uzbekistan Airways, Air Astana, and the others in the region 🙂
Glass half full; huge if this route is sustainable & profitable, if AA can prove that is is safe not only for planes and crews to make the daytime turn but more importantly that the passengers can land, process immigration and customs smoothly and friction free and if that the VZ government can put a quabash on the "hassle" of getting from Maiquetía, to downtown, that's progress!
You do know that aircraft are often refueled in countries they transit….. Dubai doesn’t even have any oil - other emirates do.
No other airlines are running a 5th freedom route from Miami to nearby bogota so it just makes sense given just how cheap fuel is in Venezuela.
It would makes sense for a lot of other refueling stops for airlines like Ethiopian that already utilize the strategy - why are you so mad at the suggestion?