United Airlines has launched weekly, non-stop service from Newark/New York to Saint Lucia on a Boeing 737-800 aircraft for the added convenience of travelers in the Northeast and many of the island's top US markets. The new service commenced on Saturday, July 13, 2013 and is expected to continue on that same day of the week.

Copa Airlines will start flights between Tampa International Airport and Panama in December, giving customers a direct link to Central and South America. The new route with one of the world's leading airlines would fulfill Tampa International's long-standing goal to serve Copa's hub in Panama City for flights throughout Central and South America.

Sunrise Airways, a new start-up airline based in Port-au-Prince, recently opened a dedicated Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility located at Cibao International Airport (STI) in Santiago, Dominican Republic, becoming the only Haitian airline with its own, in-house maintenance capabilities.