Avoiding NATO airspace -- which would mean avoiding 26 countries in Europe and two in North America, including the United States -- could mean Caracas would need to fly Snowden to Venezuela over the Pacific Ocean rather than the Atlantic, ABC said.
A Venezuelan air force Boeing 707 could fly the longer Pacific route without refueling, but Venezuela's military would likely not wish to confront Washington by doing this, the newspaper reported.
Other aircraft could fly from a Russian Pacific coast city such as Vladivostok, making a fueling stop in Nicaragua, the newspaper said.
Kerry told Jaua if Caracas flies Snowden to Venezuela it could not ensure a replay of the diplomatic power play involving Bolivian President Evo Morales unless Maduro himself picks up Snowden, rather than any other Venezuelan official, even if Caracas provides its presidential plane, ABC reported.
"The immunity is not for the plane but the president," unidentified sources quoted Kerry as saying.
The presidential plane carrying Morales home to Bolivia from Russia was rerouted to Austria July 2 after France, Portugal, Spain and Italy denied it access to their airspace due to suspicions Snowden was on board.
Austrian Foreign Ministry officials later confirmed Snowden was not on board.
