Sunrise Airways, a Haitian-owned airline, announced that it will resume operations and flight service to and from Port-au-Prince on May 20.
All domestic flights will depart from Toussaint Louverture International Airport. International service to Panama, Saint Maarten, and Guadeloupe will gradually resume “pending the opening of airspace to the Dominican Republic.”
In March, Sunrise Airways suspended its flights following an incident at Toussaint Louverture International Airport where gunfire hit a plane preparing to depart for Cuba. The incident, orchestrated by gangs in Port-au-Prince, led all airlines to cancel flights in Haiti.
A few weeks later, Sunrise Airways resumed flights between Miami and Cap-Haïtien despite continued security risks caused by escalating gang violence in Port-au-Prince.
JetBlue and American Airlines announced earlier this month that they’d resume flights in Port-au-Prince in May after a two-month hiatus. However, according to the Miami Herald, they have since delayed the resumption of their daily service.
“The safety and security of our customers and crew members is our top priority. As a result of the recent civil unrest in Haiti, we have canceled operations through Tuesday, June 4,” JetBlue spokesman Derek Dombrowski said. “We continue to monitor the situation and are working closely with the U.S. embassy and our team in Haiti to determine next steps.”
Sunrise is registered in Haiti, but I am no too sure it is a haitian company-My ticket payment goes to a company in Tanzania, africa—-No haitian banks available.