Venezuelan national airline Conviasa has placed an order for six new Embraer 190 aircraft with an option to buy as many as 14 additional jets.
President Hugo Chavez on Sunday announced that Venezuela will soon receive 20 new Embraer E170s and four Airbus A340-500s procured from Etihad.
A US Embassy report released by Wikileaks reveals that an American Airlines crew was briefly detained in 2008 when a crewmember made a joke about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez after landing in Caracas.
At least 15 people were killed when a passenger plane belonging to Venezuelan state-owned airline Conviasa crashed near an airport in Bolivar State late Monday morning.
