Plus Ultra Resumes Direct Flights to Caracas as Maiquetía Airport Capacity Grows
Plus Ultra is resuming direct flights between Spain and Venezuela as part of a broader recovery in capacity and international airline activity at Caracas' Simón Bolívar International Airport.
Air travel between Spain and Venezuela is gradually returning to normal following the reopening of Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía.
Plus Ultra has announced it will resume direct flights from Madrid and Tenerife to Caracas between September 8 and October 24. The airline will fly between Madrid and Caracas four times a week—on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. The route between Tenerife North and Caracas will operate once a week, departing Venezuela on Saturdays and the Canary Islands on Sundays. Additionally, the airline will continue its regular Monday service between Madrid and Valencia. Plus Ultra stated that these flights are the result of ongoing discussions with Venezuelan aviation authorities to stabilize their services.
This shift is part of a broader recovery at Maiquetía airport. The facility, which has restored a quarter of its capacity using new 10,000-square-meter temporary terminals, is already seeing the return of major carriers like Iberia and Air Europa, both of which resumed flights this week.
Interest in the Venezuelan market is growing beyond European airlines. The aviation sector has seen a significant increase in seat capacity to Caracas, marked by American Airlines resuming direct flights from Miami and Copa Airlines increasing its service to 29 weekly flights to Panama. This expansion reflects a steady recovery in confidence for Venezuela’s primary air hub, which remains a vital link for travel between the two continents.