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MalevTU134 wrote:Significant, no doubt, if true. However, not entirely true that CM is the ony link to the rest of South Amerca from Venezuela. Wingo still flies to BOG, and 9V (Avior Airlines) flies to MAO, BOG, MDE, GYE and LIM. Apart from PTY flown on 3 airlines. And Estelar in cooperation with a Chilean airline (the name of which escapes me right now) to LIM and SCL.
MalevTU134 wrote:Significant, no doubt, if true. However, not entirely true that CM is the ony link to the rest of South Amerca from Venezuela. Wingo still flies to BOG, and 9V (Avior Airlines) flies to MAO, BOG, MDE, GYE and LIM. Apart from PTY flown on 3 airlines. And Estelar in cooperation with a Chilean airline (the name of which escapes me right now) to LIM and SCL.
peterinlisbon wrote:You'd think that with every airline dropping services they'd change their policies, but no... are they going to wait until there's nothing left at all and then blame the "yanquis imperialistas"?
LTU932 wrote:CM may not drop CCS, but the big problem will be the new visa requirements Panama is imposing on Venezuelans, especially for other airlines serving flights between Venezuela and Panama. Since in PTY you never leave airside on a connecting flight, it's also unclear how the possible transit visa question may be handled.
tommyarias wrote:LTU932 wrote:CM may not drop CCS, but the big problem will be the new visa requirements Panama is imposing on Venezuelans, especially for other airlines serving flights between Venezuela and Panama. Since in PTY you never leave airside on a connecting flight, it's also unclear how the possible transit visa question may be handled.
There is no transit visa in Panama. As you said, you don't leave airside at PTY to connect, and the Government of Panama acknowledge this. CM already changed the times of the flights to CCS so the crew and plane returns to PTY instead of staying overnight for a morning flight and there has been rumors that CM in Venezuela were told to start looking for new jobs.
jmmadrid wrote:peterinlisbon wrote:You'd think that with every airline dropping services they'd change their policies, but no... are they going to wait until there's nothing left at all and then blame the "yanquis imperialistas"?
I believe it's all part of a planned strategy to isolate Venezuela from the rest of the world, and to make it increasingly more difficult to leave the country.
For some time I thought the government were just a bunch of pathetic useless morons, but the way they have managed the situation has convinced me that there is more to it. Their goal is to hurt what is left of the middle class, as the vast majority of venezuelans cannot travel out of the country, and they could not care less if an airline comes or goes.