6 Airports in Haiti Are Reopened to U.S. Flights: FAA

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it was allowing U.S. flights to resume to six airports in northern Haiti.

On Nov. 12, the F.A.A. had barred U.S. airlines from operating in Haiti for 30 days after three commercial jetliners were struck by gunfire, including a Spirit Airlines flight as it was trying to land at the country’s main airport in Port-au-Prince. 

The stoppage of flights had stranded passengers all over the world and also affected the flow of aid into Haiti, as even humanitarian flights were grounded.

The agency said it's bar on flights to Port-au-Prince would remain in place until Dec. 12, but it was allowing American carriers and general aviation pilots to fly to six airports in Haiti: Port-de-Paix, Cap-Haïtien, Pignon, Jeremie, Antoine-Simon and Jacmel.