DR will not open airspace with Haiti

The Dominican President, Luis Abinader, reaffirmed this Monday, March 31, 2025 that air traffic between the Dominican Republic and Haiti will remain suspended until further notice. This statement, made at the weekly conference "LA Semanal", underlines the will of his government to maintain this measure for reasons of national security. This firm position of President Abinader follows the comments of Fritz Alphonse Jean, coordinator of the Transi…

Luis Abinader, Dominican President rejects the Haitian request for partial reopening of air traffic and refers to enhanced security measures The President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, confirmed that air traffic between his country and Haiti will remain closed due to the continued insecurity and instability in the neighbouring country. This statement comes after Fritz Alphonse Jean, President of the Haitian Transitional Presidential …

On Monday, March 31, 2025, the President of the CPT, Fritz Alphonse Jean, expressed his hope to resume the discussions interrupted in September 2023 with the Dominican Republic, because of the construction of an irrigation canal that would divert the waters of the Massacre river from the Haitian side. "For our part, we will put all our efforts so that this commission can develop a plan to avoid further deepening the crisis," he stressed during t…

President Luis Abinader reiterated on Monday that he will keep airspace with Haiti closed, in response to the desire expressed by the president of the Haitian Transitional Council, Fritz Alphonse Jean, for commercial and cargo flights between the two countries to resume. “We are not going to open airspace even through Cap-Haitian, which would be the only possibility right now because of the very delicate situation in Port-au-Prince... We will ev…