Major U.S. airlines on Saturday canceled hundreds of flights following a military operation in Venezuela that resulted in the capture of President Nicolas Maduro. American Airlines, Delta, Spirit Airlines and JetBlue Airways began cancelling flights early on Saturday morning in compliance with Federal Aviation Administration airspace closures in the Caribbean.

Major U.S. airlines ‌on ​Saturday canceled hundreds of ‌flights following a military operation in Venezuela ​that resulted in the capture of President Nicolas Maduro.

Venezuela's Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez said the government did not know where Maduro and his wife, First Lady Cilia Flores, were, and demanded "immediate proof of life" for them both.