American Airlines Vice President of International Operations Jose A. Freig speaks beside Venezuela's Transport Minister Jacqueline Faria during a press conference at Simon Bolivar International Airport in La Guaira, La Guaira state, Venezuela, ahead of the arrival of a flight from Miami on April 30, 2026. The first direct flight between the United States and Venezuela in seven years took off on April 30, a new sign of a thaw after Washington deposed leftist leader Nicolas Maduro. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP via Getty Images)