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Gents, Let's be real here! No airline will invest that much money into a country without assuring maturity of the flights as well as generating constant income and profit for a long period of time. i.e. American Airlines
With Delta flying into Haiti now, it increases competition and pushes American to lower their fares on the route.

Lower ticket price means, more people will travel to and from Haiti.

So the main question is, what's being done with all the taxes being collected by the airport authorities.

If I can remember, we pay ~$100 or more in taxes per person to travel to Haiti.

I clearly understand that the airline (AA) has to take its cut but what happens to the rest (whose pocket does it go into).

Taxes to the Dominican Republic on a round trip ticket from the US is about $90 plus a $10 tourist card (Expensive tax) but you can see that the tax money is being used to renovate the airport and building additional gates and runways.

Monclas Noel, February 12 2009, 2:39 PM

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By the way, a couple years ago I sent a letter to American Airlines to request that the build an airport for Haiti... read more >
Greg Peters, 10-Feb-09 5:20 pm
Greg, I doubt that my grandchildren will have a chance to see an airport or terminal build by a dedicated airline in... read more >
Monclas Noel, 10-Feb-09 5:39 pm
I totally agree with you on this point. read more >
Garry Dupre, 11-Feb-09 8:49 pm
Greg I hear you, but it is not the job and the responsibility of the airlines to build airports in Haiti. It is the... read more >
Tiba, 12-Feb-09 8:31 am
Gents, Let's be real here! No airline will invest that much money into a country without assuring maturity of the... read more >
Monclas Noel, 12-Feb-09 2:39 pm
An airline can build an airport. See example: What ever happened to the money Chavez said he was going to to Haiti to... read more >
Greg Peters, 12-Feb-09 7:32 pm
Monclas, I am all for competition and low fares. I applaud Delta for joining the bunch and I think it was long over... read more >
Tiba, 12-Feb-09 9:21 pm
I hope in the near future Delta will open new route to cap haitien.Delta is a component of Northwest and Mesaba... read more >
Tony St Festin, 16-Feb-09 7:47 am
I have flown Air Lynx from Fort Lauderdale to cap-Haitian many times before and Caribano from P-A-P to Cap-Haitian as... read more >
Tiba, 16-Feb-09 10:28 am
The saab 340B and Lynx air international are both prop liners.They are equipped with a twin turboprop engine.The... read more >
Tony St Festin, 16-Feb-09 4:17 pm
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