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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s main international airport reopened Monday for the first time in nearly three months after relentless gang violence forced authorities to close it.
The reopening of the Toussaint-Louverture airport in the capital of Port-au-Prince is expected to help ease a critical shortage of medications and other basic supplies. The country’s main seaport remains paralyzed. Gangs control 80% of the capital. U.S.-based airlines are not expected to start using the airport until late May or early June.
Before Monday’s reopening, the sole airport operating in Haiti was the one located in the north coastal city of Cap-Haitien. However, it was out of reach for many seeking to flee the country since the roads leading from Port-au-Prince to Cap-Haitien are controlled by gangs that have opened fire on cars and buses passing through.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s main international airport reopened on Wednesday to commercial flights, one month after gangs opened fire on planes. It was the second closing this year because of gang violence.
The recent reopening of Haiti’s main international airport and seaport after more than two months of gang blockades is finally allowing aid workers to get more hot meals, water and medical ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti's government hailed the reopening of the capital's international airport on Wednesday, touting it as a "turning point" for the economy after the hub was shut down ...
The USMC built Bowen Field (also known as Chancerelles Airport [3]), a small civilian and military airport located near Chancerelles area near the Baie de Port-au-Prince. [4] Bowen Field was used by Haiti Air Corps for mail (1943) and passenger (1944) services, [5] then succeeded by the Compagnie haïtienne de transports aériens [6] beginning ...
Antoine Simon Airport (IATA: CYA, ICAO: MTCA) is a commercial airport in Haiti. It is the fourth largest airport in Haiti for passenger traffic [ 4 ] and is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of Les Cayes , a Caribbean coastal city in Haiti's Southern peninsula.