PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – America has prolonged its flight ban to Port-au-Prince till September 8, citing worsening safety circumstances and escalating gang violence within the Haitian capital. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) made the choice following an in depth evaluation of ongoing threats to civil aviation.
Initially imposed in November 2024 after three industrial plane had been struck by gunfire whereas touchdown at Toussaint Louverture Worldwide Airport, the restriction was initially set to run out this previous Wednesday. Nevertheless, as a result of deteriorating circumstances in Port-au-Prince, officers decided that the dangers stay too excessive to permit the resumption of business flights.
Main airways together with American Airways, Spirit Airways, and JetBlue have already suspended flights to Haiti indefinitely, with JetBlue confirming in a March 6 assertion that flights to Port-au-Prince will stay halted till no less than June 11, 2025. “Our high precedence stays the protection and well-being of our prospects and crew members,” a JetBlue spokesperson informed The Miami Herald.
With the closure of Port-au-Prince’s foremost airport to industrial visitors, Haiti’s authorities has shifted its focus to regional airports to take care of worldwide journey entry. Cap-Haïtien Worldwide Airport is at present the one choice for direct industrial flights between Haiti and the USA, with carriers reminiscent of Dawn Airways offering service. Moreover, Haitian authorities introduced in early March that Antoine Simon Airport in Les Cayes has accomplished a runway extension to accommodate worldwide flights, and an analogous growth at Jacmel’s airport was finalised in January 2025.
US and Haitian officers have been in discussions about potential measures to securely restore industrial air journey, although no concrete timeline has been set. Earlier this month, US Ambassador to Haiti Dennis Hankins met with Réginald Guignard, Director of Haiti’s Nationwide Workplace of Civil Aviation, to debate plans for enhancing safety round Toussaint Louverture Worldwide Airport.
Whereas the airport stays closed to industrial operations, it continues to obtain navy and diplomatic flights, together with these linked to the Kenya-led multinational safety mission helping Haiti in its combat towards gang violence.
