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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 ...
On Monday afternoon, Spirit Airlines, which also flies out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, suspended flights to and from Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haitien through March 6 ...
PHOTO: A police officer patrols outside Toussaint Louverture International Airport after airlines suspended flights, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 25, 2024.
On 9 March, gangs attacked and occupied the headquarters of the Institute of Social Welfare in Port-au Prince, while the government of the Dominican Republic announced plans to evacuate its officials and citizens from Port-au-Prince. [32] On 21 March, one of the gang leaders, known only as Makandal, was killed by the bwa kale in Petion-Ville. [33]
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 ...
Flights at Port-au-Prince airport in Haiti’s capital have been disrupted for the second straight day by heavy gunfire nearby, as the Caribbean nation grapples with surging gang violence and ...
Port-au-Prince bound Spirit Airlines flight forced to divert to airport in Dominican Republic after being struck by gunfire over Haiti’s capital on Monday, November 11, 2024.
Street gangs have taken over an estimated 85% of Port-au-Prince and have also targeted the main international airport and Haiti’s two largest prisons. Johnson “Izo” André, considered Haiti’s most powerful gang leader and part of the Viv Ansanm group of gangs, which that has taken control of much of Port-au-Prince , posted a video on ...