Haitian airline resumes flights to Miami; emergency flights rescue 35 U.S. residents

Haitian airline Sunrise Airways was set to begin flights to Miami on Monday as more US citizens were evacuated amid gang violence in the island nation. The airline on Sunday announced that direct flights between Cap Haitien and Miami and Les Cayes to Cap Haitien with connections to Miami would be available through April 7. Sunrise Airways had been forced to cancel domestic flights after three planes were struck by bullets amid the gang fighting, but it will operate flights for three days this week, allowing those with U.S. green cards, Haitian nationals and other people with necessary documents to leave the country. US airlines have grounded operations in Haiti after gangs stormed the Port-au-Prince airport on March 4, with charter flights serving as the only option for people to flee. The Florida Division of Emergency Management said Sunday that 21 Americans arrived in Orlando on a state-sponsored flight after they could not get out by other means. It said that flight brought the total of US residents rescued from Haiti to 35. <br/>