Under the coordination of the United States Embassy in Santo Domingo, an average of around five flights a day are arriving from Haiti bringing United States citizens to the Las Americas International Airport (SDQ), where they are able to take connecting flights to the United States. These helicopter flights originate in Port-au-Prince.
Each flight brings in a dozen or more persons, and these folks are processed at a special office that was set up by the US Embassy in the terminal where the necessary formalities of immigration are dealt with. All these efforts are coordinated with Dominican personnel, especially agents from the Civil Aviation Board (CAB).
The efforts have been appreciated by the government of the United States as expressed by the message from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to President Abinader recently. The US Secretary of State told the President that the US appreciated the assistance of Dominican authorities in the rescue of its citizens residing in Haiti, and Abinader expressed the willingness of the Dominican government to continue to work together with the United States in these efforts.
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Listin Diario
15 April 2024