CARACAS - Venezuela has approved a US request to resume migrant repatriation flights, the country's Transport Ministry said on Tuesday.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has granted authorization for aircraft operated by Eastern Airlines of the United States to enter the airspace of Venezuela on the Phoenix-Maiquetia route, said the ministry in a statement.

The Eastern Airlines repatriation flights will land at Maiquetia International Airport near the country's capital of Caracas, it said.

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Last Saturday, Venezuela criticized the US unilateral suspension of regular flights for the return of Venezuelan migrants.

The halt of flights came after US President Donald Trump declared that Venezuela's airspace should be considered to be closed "in its entirety."