Originally Posted by
Halo117
Aua is staying and was always a standalone route...the tech stop was only done for crew to not overnight at ccs. This means only ccs will be suspended. I wonder what write off UA will have as the issue at ccs was the Venezuelan govt would not allow us carriers to offshore all their revenue and had to give approval for only partial due to hyperinflation. This could be lost if service is discontinued.
Depending on how much of a hole the route was becoming due to the financial issues, it's quite probable that UA decided that a straight write-off made more sense. I would not be surprised to see AA and DL follow suit.
I have to wonder if this might not be a precursor to some sort of legal action: Though I'm not sure what UA might or might not be able to do in terms of a lawsuit over that money being effectively impounded, I suspect that not having a plane on the ground in CCS on a regular basis would effectively deny the Venezualan government the ability to retaliate.