Iberia cancels its commercial flights to Venezuela due to the situation in the country.

BarcelonaIberia has canceled all its commercial flights to Venezuela starting this Saturday – the first flight was scheduled for Monday – following a warning issued yesterday by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA advises civil aircraft operators to exercise extreme caution due to the security situation and increased military activity in and around the Caribbean country. The area deemed unsafe by the U.S. federal agency is called Maiquetía and is a flight information region defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) that essentially encompasses Venezuelan airspace. This warning to airlines coincides with Washington's military deployment in the area, aimed at pressuring the Venezuelan government of Nicolás Maduro. In fact, the Trump administration has recently considered several options for a possible military intervention in Venezuela, including direct attacks on military units protecting President Nicolás Maduro and measures to seize control of the country's oil fields, according to several U.S. officials.

"The threats could pose a potential risk to aircraft at all altitudes, including overflight, the arrival and departure phases of flights, and airports and aircraft on the ground," states the official advisory from this U.S. federal agency. Iberia has adopted this decision in line with what other airlines are doing, which are also canceling their flights to Venezuela due to the situation in the country, the company informed EFE.

In an FAA document regarding funding for this flight information region, the U.S. federal administration reports that since September 2025, an increase in interference with the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), which is used for commercial aviation, has been observed. "Some civil aircraft have recently reported GNSS interference while transiting the SVZM FIR, which, in some cases, caused persistent effects throughout the flight," the FAA states. It also says that Venezuela has conducted "multiple military exercises" since September, but also points out that the Caribbean country "has never expressed any intention of targeting civil aviation." The Spanish airline is following in the footsteps of Brazil's Go, Colombia's Avianca, and Portugal's TAP Air Portugal, which also canceled their flights departing from Caracas this Saturday, according to Flightradar24 and the official website of Maiquetía International Airport, the agency reports. In fact, if you check the Flightradar24 website, you can see in real time how few planes were flying through Venezuelan airspace on Saturday night.