Haiti: Flight disruptions to and from Haiti likely to persist through mid-March /update 4

Major flight disruptions will likely continue at airports across Haiti to include Port-au-Prince's Toussaint Louverture International Airport (PAP) and Cap-Haitien International Airport (CAP) through at least mid-March. As of March 7, nearly all commercial flights at the airports have been canceled. Air Caraibes (TX), Air Century (Y2), American Airlines (AA), InterCaribbean Airways (JY), JetBlue Airways (B6), Spirit Airlines (NK), and Sunrise Airways (S6), as well as cargo airline Amerijet International (M6), have all suspended flights following an upsurge in gang violence, that included gunfire reportedly striking aircraft on the tarmac at PAP. While some services may be intermittently restored, airlines will likely delay, cancel, or otherwise modify scheduled flights on short notice in response to the situation in Port-au-Prince.

As a result of the violence, the Canadian and US governments reiterated their advice to their respective citizens not to travel to Haiti, and civil aviation authorities in the Dominican Republic recommended that airlines avoid all service to PAP. These warnings may prompt additional flight cancellations should violence remain at elevated levels in the capital.