Aeropostal Today: What Remains of the Historic Venezuelan Airline After the 2007 Collapse

History and positioning

For decades Aeropostal was Venezuela's main international carrier, a role it almost entirely lost with the 2007 collapse, in a period that coincided with the broader deterioration of the country's economy and aviation sector.

The current situation

The brand is technically still active, but on a much smaller scale than its historic peak, with no way to reliably verify a published fleet or international network comparable to that of 2007. The Venezuelan aviation sector as a whole shows signs of gradual recovery in 2025-2026, with some international carriers having resumed links with Caracas, and Ramiz himself has publicly confirmed his intention to return to Venezuela with a new aviation project.

What to know before you book

Given the scarcity of verifiable information on current schedules and fleet, anyone considering an Aeropostal flight should treat any booking with the same caution reserved for a newly formed carrier, confirming the flight directly with a local Venezuelan agency instead of relying only on an online flight search engine.

Aeropostal is not today a carrier to book blindly the way you would a large, established international airline. Anyone who actually needs one of its flights should check the route and schedule directly before traveling, treating with caution any information published by third parties, given the gap between what can be found online today and the operating scale the airline had before the 2007 collapse.