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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela plans to prohibit Continental Airlines and Delta Air Lines from flying into this South American nation and is restricting flights by a third major U.S. carrier, American Airlines, the head of the nation's federal aviation agency said.
Francisco Paz, president of the National Aviation Institute, said late Thursday the action was taken because the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration had established a similar ban on some Venezuelan carriers serving routes to the United States 10 years ago due to safety violations. Venezuela said the U.S. has failed to recognize improvements since then.
The orders would take effect on March 1, Paz told the local Globovision television channel.
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