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How a ragtag airline that’s banned from flying in the US enjoyed a bumper 2020 – Traveller
Last year may have been the worst in the history of the global aviation industry but for Nicolas Maduro’s ragtag Venezuelan airline, business boomed.
Conviasa Embraer 190BJ (CN 177) takes off from Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport. Photo: Alamy
Last year may have been the worst in the history of the global aviation industry but for Nicolas Maduro’s ragtag Venezuelan airline, business boomed.
Conviasa, as the state-run airline is known, says that its operations jumped 85 per cent in 2020, making it one of the few carriers in the world to post any growth after the pandemic wiped out air travel.
The airline, which is banned from flying to the US as part…
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