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American Airlines to add second destination in Haiti

Ben Mutzabaugh
USA TODAY
The tail of an American Airlines 737-800 is seen at Chicago O'Hare Airport on Jan. 29, 2013.

American Airlines will add a second destination in Haiti.

Beginning Oct. 2, American will start daily nonstop service between its Miami hub and the city of Cap-Haitien on Haiti's north coast. American will fly one daily round-trip flight on the route using Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

American has long flown to Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The service to Cap-Haitien still must be OK'd be regulators.

"We have proudly served Haiti for more than 40 years and believe this new service is important not only for our customers, but also as an important catalyst to develop the north coast and open up this historically significant destination," Art Torno, American's SVP–Mexico, Caribbean and Latin America, says in a statement.

"We are thrilled that American Airlines has decided to launch the first nonstop service from the United States to Cap-Haitien," Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe adds in the statement. "This new route represents a tremendous opportunity for significant economic impact for our country by connecting Miami directly to the second city of Haiti."

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