The Unit­ed States says while rou­tine do­mes­tic com­mer­cial air trav­el has re­sumed be­tween sev­er­al air­ports in Haiti, US cit­i­zens should on­ly seek to leave the French-speak­ing Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty (CARI­COM) coun­try “when they feel it is safe to do so”.

In a state­ment, the US Em­bassy in Haiti said that Amer­i­cans should al­so seek to leave the coun­try by com­mer­cial or oth­er pri­vate­ly avail­able trans­porta­tion and that they “should mon­i­tor lo­cal news and check reg­u­lar­ly with trav­el agen­cies and com­mer­cial trans­porta­tion providers’ of­fices and web­pages to find de­par­ture op­tions that suit their needs.”

“We are aware of US cit­i­zens trav­el­ling to Cap Hai­tien via he­li­copter from sites oth­er than com­mer­cial air­ports; those flights in­volve po­ten­tial risks cit­i­zens should as­sess be­fore fly­ing,” the Em­bassy said.