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Haiti - Economy : A great day for Haiti
02/10/2014 09:46:19

This Thursday in Cap-Haitien, the Prime Minister, Laurent Lamothe will be joined by President Michel Martelly at the inaugural ceremony of the maiden flight of American Airlines #1632 which will leave Miami in a few minutes (departure 9:50 am) and will arrive at the Hugo Chavez International Airport of Cap Haitien at 11:50 a.m.

Should be noted that the President Martelly left the country yesterday Wednesday for Miami to be on board the this first flight with passengers the Minister of Tourism, Stéphanie Balmir Villedrouin will also be on board.

In the presence of several government officials, including Jacques Rousseau, Minister of Public Works, the engineer Philippe Cinéas, Secretary of State for Public Works, Stéphanie Balmir Villedrouin, the Minister of Tourism, and the Ambassador of Venezuela to Haiti, Pedro Antonio Canino Gonzalez and Art Torno, Vice President of American Airlines, the two heads of the executive will also proceed the inauguration of terminal of the Hugo Chavez Airport.

The international airport of Cap-Haitien, completely restored and renovated, has a runway 2,652 meters long and 42 meters wide (built by the firm Estrella), and a fire station whose construction works are underway https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-11854-haiti-politic-inspection-visit-of-prime-minister-to-cap-haitien-international-airport.html

The construction of the Cap-Haitien International Airport estimated at more than $30 million, funded by the Petrocaribe funds, "Marks a historic turning point in the socio-economic reality of the North. A new portal open to the world. A dream come true," stated the Prime Minister.