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DEFENCE Minister Wayne Sturge assured the public that commercial airlines will not face any disruptions in Trinidad and Tobago's airspace, following the recently declared no-fly zone over Venezuela by US President Donald Trump. He emphasised that commercial flight operations will continue as usual.

In a media release issued on November 29, Sturge described an uptick in social media chatter by people expressing concern over US President Donald Trump’s post on X as “misinformation” and “fearmongering being created by politically aligned social media influencers whose agenda is to create chaos and instability.”

Trump posted on November 29, "To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP."