By Connor Hart
United Airlines will once again offer flights to Venezuela.
The airline said Tuesday it will resume daily nonstop flights between George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston and Simon Bolivar International Airport in Caracas, effective Aug. 11, subject to government approval.
United previously offered flights between the U.S. and Venezuela for more than 20 years before suspending service in June 2017.
The announcement comes just weeks after an American Airlines jet completed the first direct commercial flight between the U.S. and Venezuela since 2019, which was hailed as the most visible symbol yet of President Trump's rapid normalization of ties with Venezuela.
Since capturing Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro and removing him from power early this year, the Trump administration has embarked on an unusual arrangement to attract American investors to Venezuela while solidifying ties between the two governments, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the new United flight marks another development between the two countries. "This specific flight will be critical to ferrying oil sector workers into the country as the U.S. and Venezuela work together to expand production and generate new economic opportunities," he said.
Write to Connor Hart at connor.hart@wsj.com
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05-12-26 0904ET
