Haiti - FLASH : JetBlue Airways extends suspension of flights to Port-au-Prince
JetBlue Airways, which operates the only nonstop flights between Port-au-Prince’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport and South Florida and New York, which had hoped to return its aircraft to Haiti in late April 2025, is now announcing that its flights will remain suspended until at least June 11, 2025.
"Due to the ongoing civil unrest in Haiti, we have made the decision to suspend all flights to and from the country through at least June 11, 2025 [...] Our top priority remains the safety and well-being of our customers and crew members [...] We will continue to monitor the situation closely and update our plans as necessary," the airline’s spokesperson said.
A decision that comes a week before the expiration of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ban on American commercial and cargo airlines, initially set for March 12, 2025.
Recall that on March 3rd, Dennis Hankins, the United States Ambassador to Haiti, participated in an important meeting on the security aspect of the airport perimeter of Toussaint Louverture International Airport https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-44407-haiti-news-zapping.html . Strengthening security around the airport is an essential prerequisite for the resumption of international flights.
For the moment in Haiti, only Cap-Haïtien International Airport allows entry and exit from Haiti via Sunrise Airways to Miami, and flights operated by airlines between Haiti and the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
