American Airlines Is the First U.S. Carrier to Return to Haiti

American Airlines will restart service to Haiti in November, making it the first major U.S. airline to do so since travel to the country was effectively halted in late 2024.

American will fly to Cap-Haitien International Airport (CAP) from Miami International Airport (MIA) starting November 1, 2026. It will do so on its Boeing 737 aircraft.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) initially banned all U.S. flights into Haiti in November 2024 after three commercial jetliners were struck by gunfire near Port-au-Prince. It eased the restriction on November 21, 2024, allowing airlines to operate into six airports in northern Haiti, but it maintained a strict prohibition on flights into Port-au-Prince.

The FAA’s ban on flights into Port-au-Prince’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport remains in effect and was recently extended through at least September 3, 2026.

The U.S. Department of State still has a Do Not Travel warning for Haiti, a warning that’s been in place since that violence erupted in late 2024.

Aside from the airlines, the travel company with the biggest investment in Haiti is Royal Caribbean, which has regularly made calls to its private Haitian port of Labadee for years prior to 2024. Royal had paused visits to Labadee for about seven months in 2024, then briefly resumed visiting the port in late 2024 and early 2025. Earlier this year, Royal said that all calls through the end of the year are off the table.