The U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country early Saturday has also disrupted Caribbean travel at a busy travel time for the region.
No airline flights were crossing over Venezuela on Saturday, according to FlightRadar24.com. Major airlines canceled hundreds of flights across the eastern Caribbean region and warned passengers the disruptions could continue for days after the Federal Aviation Administration imposed restrictions.
Flights were canceled to and from Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Aruba and more than a dozen other destinations in the Lesser Antilles island group that lies north of Venezuela. The airlines are waiving change fees for passengers who have to reschedule their weekend flights.
At the Queen Beatrix airport in Aruba, a popular holiday destination for U.S. vacationers just 15 miles off Venezuela’s coast, officials said they expected operations to resume normally on Sunday after a day of canceled flights that stranded travelers or blocked them from flying to the island Saturday.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a social media post that
Caribbean travel disrupted by operation
