Qatar Airways has unveiled new services to Bogotá in Colombia and Caracas in Venezuela with two new weekly flights, starting early summer 2025.

The Colombian border village of Tres Bocas has become a ghost town as residents flee to neighboring Venezuela to escape a new wave of violence in Colombia’s Catatumbo region that has left at least 80 people dead and displaced thousands.

Qatar Airways announced its latest expansion into the Americas with the launch of two new weekly flights on Wednesdays and Sundays, starting early summer

The temporary closure of Venezuelan airspace adds another layer of complexity to the already challenging regional aviation landscape, highlighting the uncertainty faced by both travelers and airlines.

Venezuela's government has closed its borders and airspace to Colombia for a period of 72 hours starting at 05:00 local time (10:00 GMT), the foreign ministry in Bogota said in a statement ...

Officials said the attacks happened in several towns located in the Catatumbo region near the border with Venezuela, with at least three people who were part of the peace talks being kidnapped.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's government is reactivating arrest orders for the top leadership of the nation's largest rebel group following attacks on civilians as part of a deadly turf war with dissident guerrillas from another armed group for control of a coca-growing region bordering Venezuela.

Qatar Airways becomes the second Middle Eastern carrier to serve Colombia, following Emirates’ one-stop daily service to Bogotá via Miami, launched in June 2024. The airline will also be the first from the Middle East to serve Venezuela.

This new service makes QR “the first and only airline to offer non-stop flights from the Middle East to Colombia and the only Middle Eastern carrier operating in Venezuela,” increasing its Americas network to 16 destinations, with BOG and CCS joining Dallas, Miami, New York City, São Paulo, and Toronto.

Colombia's Bogotá and Venezuela's Caracas are the two new destinations to be served by Qatar Airways for Summer 2025.

The World's Best Airline welcomes Bogotá and Caracas as its 15th and 16th destinations in the Americas, launching its second longest flight to the A

Brazil’s GOL Linhas Aéreas is returning to the Venezuelan market after nearly a decade away, addressing the lack of air connectivity between the South American neighbors.