Port-au-Prince Airport to Re-Open

Officials have announced that Toussaint Louverture International Airport (MTPP/PAP) in Port-au-Prince will reopen to commercial carriers on 19 February 2010. The airport has been used primarily for military and relief operations since the country was struck by a devastating earthquake on 12 January. Carriers, including U.S.-based American Airlines as well as Air Canada and Air France, are planning to resume flight operations; the airport was damaged, but structural engineers have assessed the damage and necessary repairs have been made to the western portion of the terminal used by the carriers.