American Airlines Suspends Flights to Nicaragua over Widespread Violence
HAVANA TIMES – American Airlines has suspended flights between the cities of Managua and Miami for security reasons due to the serious crisis that is shaking Nicaragua, the company said in a statement today, reported dpa news.
The airlines posted a travel alert on its website and also sent the notice to passengers traveling to Miami on Sunday and today, who were relocated on other flights.
According to the notice, American canceled flight AA993 that was to arrive to Managua last night from Miami, and the flight AA994 foreseen to take off today in the morning from the Nicaraguan capital to the Florida city.
AA informed passengers that both flights will resume as of June 19. “All passengers are being relocated and protected on the following flights,” he said. However that actually happening will obviously depend on the situation on the ground in Managua.
The Nicaraguan capital dawned on Monday virtually besieged by a joint operation of heavily armed police and government paramilitaries who attacked protesters who had installed cobblestone barricades in the eastern neighborhoods of the city. The scenes broadcast on social media resembled urban warfare.
Government operations continue in at least five neighborhoods in Managua by plain clothed gunmen operating in conjunction with the police, residents of those places said.
Meanwhile, paramilitaries detained journalists Jorge Cabrera, of the British news agency Reuters, and Arnaldo Arita, of Reuters and the US network CNN, stealing their cameras, while covering events in the San José Oriental neighborhood, on the east side of Managua. The theft was registered in a video recorded by the newspaper “El Nuevo Diario”.
It’s unfortunate that the suffering has extended to SJdS,,
“OMG, the tourists are not coming” . . . . . .
The airlines not flying are the least of the issue,,, just getting to the airport from somewhere in the country can now be a long and dangerous journey.
Even after Ortega and the Chamu leave there will be a long period of destabilization.
Few had confidence in the PN before,, less have confidence now. The entrenched corruption that supported the Ortegas will have to be rooted out,,, many will not want to give up that illicit source of enrichment. The economy will take its good time returning to a level prior to April, 2018.
In the meantime,, hungry stomachs will make for a dangerous situation,, especially in the (few) major cities.
The business community and the Catholic church have stepped away from the Ortegas,, a huge step in the right direction. If the Ortegas leave, we could be back to where we were in a couple of years.
If they don’t,, there will be no end to this. The mothers will not forget their dead children, the individual PN responsible will be hunted by the fathers, and the JS turbas unleashed by Rosario will rule the country.
Nicaragua is not going to be a peasant place to live,, or to visit. There are plenty of nice beaches in Guanacaste.
Travel is witness to the unspeakable truths of political and social chais in third world countries
Thunk befre you go there..is it worth your cheap journey to be a witness to suffering. Or are you blind and outraged when your trip gets derailed by the reality of the environment. Tourism in tandem with unpredictable revolutionary agendas is not acceptable or appropriate. PASSPORTS ARE NO LONGER PROTECTION..IN THE 21ST CENTURY.DONT BE AN ADRENALIN JUNKIE.
don’t listen to that idiot. i live in astillero but in san juan for 9 years. yes all this is happening. john is clueless only cares about money not the people.
My girlfriend was murdered here the good ole USA and the government did NOTHING. It’s no different here as far as justice goes.
There is something bigger happening here
There is more focus on the 100 people in Nicaragua then the 1500 that were killed in Honduras
In salvador., 240 a week are killed by violence and crime from gangs!!
I would send everyone home including the students and shut down everything from 6pm to 5 am. Till the streets are cleaned and back in order
Do the dialog with the govt and come up with a peaceful solution
Either side is not winning , bring in the UN and establish order so people can go back to work
The only time we are getting from this method of control is more people dying
If you keep doing the same thing you will get the same result!!!!
Don’t be idiots. Do it with the oea and dialog with the church!!!!
What false headlines. All this is true and if you are in San juan del sur you should know better than to trash talk. Que Se rinda tu madre!!!
If you are trying to further destroy tourism & local jobs with false headlines like this you are successful.
Those unfortunate people say thanks but no thanks.
Clarification , As of now only 2 flight have been canceled American flight AA993 that was to arrive to Managua last night from Miami, and the flight AA994 foreseen to take off today in the morning from the Nicaraguan capital to Miami.
There are still 2 flights a day arriving and departing on American , although this could depend on the conditions on the ground in Nicaragua.
The above canceled flight was a over night layover for the airplane and crew which conditions on the ground were considered unsafe .