{"id":157153,"date":"2026-09-09T21:52:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T01:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/maiquetia-airport-projects-partial-reopening-by-the-year-2027\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T21:52:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T01:52:42","slug":"maiquetia-airport-projects-partial-reopening-by-the-year-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/maiquetia-airport-projects-partial-reopening-by-the-year-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Maiquet\u00eda Airport projects partial reopening by the year 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reconstruction of the Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar International Airport: A key process for Venezuela&#8217;s air connectivity<\/h2>\n\n<p>The Minister of Transport of Venezuela, Francisco Garc\u00e9s, has shared details regarding the ambitious recovery plan for the Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar International Airport in Maiquet\u00eda. Following the severe structural damage caused by the earthquakes on June 24th, authorities are working with the goal of rehabilitating the main facilities during the first half of 2027.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current status and infrastructure recovery<\/h3>\n\n<p>Although the central facilities will remain disabled for the remainder of the year due to the magnitude of the damage, the Venezuelan government has confirmed significant progress in critical areas. The airport runway, located in La Guaira, suffered severe damage due to the seismic fault; however, Garc\u00e9s confirmed that this infrastructure has already been fully restored and is operational.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">The goal is for a portion of the Maiquet\u00eda Airport to be available again during the first six months of 2027, taking advantage of the restoration works to improve the connectivity conditions that existed prior to the natural disaster.<\/p>\n<cite>Francisco Garc\u00e9s, Minister of Transport<\/cite>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Temporary operations and international connectivity<\/h3>\n\n<p>Since September 1st, the airport resumed its activities through provisional terminals. These spaces have been fundamental to restoring 49% of domestic flights and 46% of international flights recorded before the earthquake. The official roadmap contemplates exceeding 60% operability before the end of the year, diverting the remaining flow to alternative airports.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Operating airlines<\/h3>\n\n<p>Currently, 19 airlines maintain their operations through the temporary terminals, demonstrating continued interest in the Venezuelan market. Among the companies that maintain their presence, the following stand out:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Air Europa<\/li><li>Iberia<\/li><li>Plus Ultra<\/li><li>TAP<\/li><li>American Airlines<\/li><li>Copa Airlines<\/li><li>Avianca<\/li><li>LATAM Colombia<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>The provisional terminals have an installed capacity for 2,168 passengers, divided between the international departures and arrivals areas, which allows for a constant flow of travelers to be maintained while the definitive reconstruction of the nation&#8217;s main air hub progresses.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reconstruction of the Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar International Airport: A key process for Venezuela&#8217;s air connectivity The Minister of Transport of Venezuela, Francisco Garc\u00e9s, has shared details regarding the ambitious recovery plan for the Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar International Airport in Maiquet\u00eda. Following the severe structural damage caused by the earthquakes on June 24th, authorities are working with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[12994,15418,2918,2182],"class_list":{"0":"post-157153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-earthquakes","9":"tag-maiquetia-airport","10":"tag-transport","11":"tag-venezuela"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}