WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Venezuela's Simon Bolivar International Airport was partially reopened Saturday and accepting cargo flights carrying aid including a field hospital, the US State Department's top foreign assistance official said.
"I'm really pleased to announce that this morning Simon Bolivar Airport, one of the runways, is operational again and is landing C-17s," Jeremy Lewin said of the country's main international airport serving the capital Caracas. C-17 refers to a type of US military transport plane.