Скачать или смотреть Passengers in Puerto Rico prepare to travel after Caribbean airpace reopens

(4 Jan 2026)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico - 4 January 2026
1. Pan of air strip and sunrise
2. C-130 plane flying overhead
3. Chinook helicopter flying overhead

ASSOCIATED PRESS
San Juan, Puerto Rico - 4 January 2026
4. Exterior of Luis Muñoz Marin international airport
5. Various of crowded airport
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Adam Sanchez, passenger:
"First they (airline) sent us a note saying that there would be a 2-hour delay and then 2 hours more, so I am traveling from here to Massachusetts to Boston, so almost 24 hours, and I will arrive at night in Boston."
7. Crowded airport lounge
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Haiser Rojas, passenger:
"When I came yesterday, almost everything was cancelled. There was only one flight from Puerto Rico to Santo Domingo. And with overbooking, the lines were just for pre-bookings. There were no flights all week."
9. Passengers inside airport
10. Passenger getting suitcases from car
11. Exterior of airport
12. Man looking at airport tarmac from terrace
13. Plane taxing
14. Planes waiting to take off
15. People outside airport looking at airplanes from behind fence
STORYLINE:
Puerto Rico's Aguadilla airport on Sunday showed little sign of the busy movement of military aircraft observed on Saturday and in the past few months.

A couple of planes and a helicopter flew out of the airbase during the morning, while the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration announced the reopening of the Caribbean airspace after it had shut down throughout Saturday due to the U.S. military operation in Venezuela that captured President Nicolás Maduro.

No airline flights crossed over Venezuela that day, according to FlightRadar24.com. And major airlines canceled hundreds of flights across the eastern Caribbean region.

Flights were canceled to and from Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Aruba and more than a dozen other destinations in the Lesser Antilles island group north of Venezuela. Airlines waived change fees for passengers who had to reschedule flights.

Restrictions ended at midnight EST on Saturday, and airlines resumed normal operations on Sunday.

San Juan's Luis Muñoz Marin international airport was busy with passengers battling flight delays on Sunday.

Passenger Adam Sanchez said he received several notifications that his return to the U.S would be delayed. He was expected to reach his final destination of Boston 24 hours later.

This weekend was already past the peak 13-day holiday period when AAA projected that 122.4 million Americans would travel at least 50 miles (80 kilometers) from home, but there were plenty of travelers still trying to squeeze in some more time on tropical beaches before heading back to colder temperatures.

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