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Haiti's Port-au-Prince Airport reopens after 11-week closure

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People wait in line for a flight at Toussaint Louverture Airport in Port-au-Prince on May 20, 2024. [AFP]

The international airport in Haiti's capital reopened for commercial flights on Monday, some two and a half months after it was forced to close due to gang-fueled violence.

So far just a single airline, Sunrise Airways, has announced a resumption of flights, between Port-au-Prince and Miami, Florida.

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