Trump Orders Reopening of Venezuelan Airspace for Commercial Flights

On Jan. 29, President Donald Trump announced he had instructed the Transportation Secretary to reopen Venezuela’s airspace to commercial flights. Trump ordered Venezuela’s airspace “closed in its entirety” on Nov. 29, 2025, as he ramped up pressure against then-Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Now, almost a month after Trump ordered U.S. forces to capture Maduro to face prosecution in the United States for narcotics trafficking, the U.S. president is relaxing airspace restrictions. Speaking to the press during a White House Cabinet meeting on Thursday, Trump said he spoke with interim Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez and “informed her that we’re going to be opening up all commercial airspace over Venezuela.”...