6 Airports in Northern Haiti Are Reopened to U.S. Flights

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 capital.That flight diverted instead to an airport in the Dominican Republic.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 its 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.Haiti has been in a state of chaos for more than three years, since its last president, Jovenel Moïse, was assassinated.Gangs filled the power vacuum, taking over roads and ports, killing and kidnapping at will.The crisis worsened this year, when rival gangs joined forces and attacked police stations, freed inmates from prisons and took over entire neighborhoods.

The United Nations has said gangs control 85 percent of the capital....