United Airlines will resume nonstop daily service between George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston and Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas starting August 11, the carrier announced this week — its first flights to Venezuela in nearly a decade after suspending service in June 2017.
The route will operate on a Boeing 737 MAX 8, and tickets are on sale now.
“After nearly a decade, United welcomes the opportunity to resume service between Houston and Venezuela thanks to the leadership and support of the Department of Transportation and the U.S. government,” said Patrick Quayle, senior vice president of global network planning and alliances at United Airlines. “This flight will help strengthen cultural and economic ties across the Americas and further reinforces United’s Houston hub as a leading gateway to the region.”
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy also weighed in on the resumption.
“United’s first flight to Venezuela in eight years marks another exciting development in the relationship between our two countries,” Duffy said. “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.”
Houston currently serves as United’s Latin America and Caribbean hub, with up to 100 daily flights to more than 50 destinations in the region and onward connections to more than 180 destinations worldwide. United also announced it will open a newly transformed Terminal B at George Bush Intercontinental later this year, a $2 billion project delivering 22 new mainline gates and the carrier’s largest United Club lounge in its system.
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