ER Alerts

PORT AU PRINCE ACCESS ** *PAP Airport is still very limited access. US flagged aircraft cannot land. A leased DC8F from South America operates 1-2 weekly from MIA as a cargo flight.   Ports are open in Lafiteau, Port Au Prince.

Prohibition on US flag airlines operating to Port Au Prince remains. The only freighter option ex Miami in on a foreign flagged registered freighter to PAP airport.  Possible to get air freight capacity but services are subject to cancellation and…

All US airline commercial ops (pax + freighter) are indefinitely suspended to Port Au Prince. Some foreign airlines have chosen to land at CAP (Cap Haitien) on charter basis which was exempted from US FAA initial ban. Reputational/insurance risk likely…

Commercial scheduled airline OPS into PAP remain suspended.  The US FAA has extended the flight ban until March 2025 at earliest for US carriers.  Port operations are ongoing on the island but difficulties to exit containers from ports & congestion.

Ports in HT continue to receive vessels however Port areas are not secure enough to allow gate-out/gate-in of carrier containers.  International flights to Haiti with US carriers remain cancelled under FAA notice, unless exempted.

HT UPDATE 11/26. Flights still grounded to PAP. Only missionary/evac flights operating through Cap Haitien/CAP. SDQ remains open for air cargo to be sent via SDQ/DR. Possible to offer bonded trucking solutions ex SDQ to destinations in Port Au Prince…

Possible under some circumstances to truck humanitarian aid cargo from DR/Santa Domingo port of access (airport/ocean port) into parts of Haiti. Cap Haitien/North is currently not serviceable but parts of South-Eastern Haiti possible, dependent security.  South West Haiti not possible.

Further clarification on Haiti USA FAA ban. All US aircraft operations are banned from operating into Haiti after the security incidents. This includes regular commercial pax services, cargo services and any charter flights involving US registered aircraft.

Update from our HT agent 11/19 >>  The security situation has worsened with various areas under attack. Port Lafito and HTPAP received vessels, but containers could not leave yards and be delivered > For this morning, the police and the army…

PAP- All flights remain cancelled. US FAA has imposed min 30-day ban on US airlines operating into Haiti, includes Cap Haitien.  Most capacity is/was from USA.    CAP – Flights from USA cancelled, flights from Providenciales with regional carrier Inter-Caribbean…

Per our Haiti agent, all 3 ports in HT are operational & receiving vessels. Lafito & PAP Ports are not delivering containers locally since Monday due insecurity.  Too risky to deliver, even with police escort.

On 12 Nov – The United States Embassy in Haiti issued a travel warning saying that the city’s airport was shut down due to “gang-led efforts to block travel to and from Port-au-Prince which may include armed violence, and disruptions…

**NEW SITREP HAITI NOV-24 ** Commercial flights remain CANXX to PORT AU PRINCE. US FAA has banned all US airlines from operating into PAP due security concerns.  Possible entry route to send air cargo to SDQ and organise bonded trucking…