Caracas, August 19 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan Ministry of Transportation has reported that the airline Conviasa carried out 6,309 flights inside and outside the country, between commercial operations and humanitarian support missions in the first half of 2023, and is currently advancing a route expansion plan, which includes destinations such as Barbados and Algeria, to increase these figures.

Consorcio Venezolano de Industrias Aeronáuticas y Servicios Aéreos S. A. (Conviasa), allowed in that period of time the transfer of 261,884 passengers inside and outside the national territory, guaranteeing travelers better connection with other points in Venezuela and the world.

According to the portfolio, from 2018 to date the Venezuelan flag carrier airlines contributed to the transfer of 1,953,978 passengers on domestic and international commercial flights.

Additionally, the operator highlighted through its account on the social network X (formerly Twitter) that during the first six months of the current year it exceeded 212 tons of cargo transported on domestic flights and 192 on flights abroad.

Conviasa is also an instrument of the Venezuelan State to undertake humanitarian support missions in countries affected by earthquakes or climatic events.  In addition, it leads the governmental plan Vuelta a la Patria (Return to the Homeland), with which Venezuela helps the return of Venezuelan nationals who emigrated in the midst of the economic crisis caused by the unilateral coercive measures applied by the governments of the United States and the European Union on the country. This mechanism has benefited more than 300,000 people.

The airline was also subject to sanction measures in 2020, during Donald Trump's presidency in the United States.

Conviasa's main international destinations include Brazil, Cuba, Nicaragua, Mexico, Russia, Iran and Syria. According to media reports, the company has a total of 28 domestic and 13 international routes.