Panama suspends flights by Venezuelan airlines in tit-for-tat measure

Copa Holdings

13/12/2020 22:52

PANAMA CITY, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Panama's aviation authority
said flights by Venezuelan airlines to Panama would be canceled
from this Sunday until Venezuela withdrew a suspension on
services by Panamanian airline Copa to Venezuela, which was
announced on Saturday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2IS0IU
    In a statement, the authority said flights were suspended
until Venezuela permitted Copa to resume its service and
re-established "fair and equal" treatment under a bilateral
accord.

 (Reporting by Elida Moreno; Editing by Daniel Wallis)
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