By ALEX VASQUEZ AND NICOLLE YAPUR | Bloomberg | Published: March 6, 2021
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Last year may have been the worst in the history of the global aviation industry but for Nicolas Maduro's ragtag Venezuelan airline, business boomed.
Conviasa, as the state-run airline is known, says that its operations jumped 85% in 2020, making it one of the few carriers in the world to post any growth after the pandemic wiped out air travel.