This Order, issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, addresses a petition filed by Air Canada to confirm an arbitral award rendered against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, alongside Venezuela’s corresponding motion to dismiss.

In evaluating the procedural posture, the Court considered the parties' respective briefings, noting specifically that Venezuela’s motion to dismiss relied exclusively on merits-based defenses. The Court also reviewed the petitioner's opposition, which requested that the Court construe the respondent's motion to dismiss as an opposition to the underlying petition for enforcement.

Relying on the reasoning set forth in a contemporaneously issued memorandum opinion, the Court denied Venezuela’s motion to dismiss and granted the petition to confirm the arbitral award. In its operative directions, the Court ordered the parties to meet, confer, and jointly file a proposed final judgment by September 14, 2026. The Court expressly mandated that the proposed judgment must encompass all elements of the underlying arbitral award, as well as a current calculation of any applicable pre-judgment and post-judgment interest.