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Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport () is an international airport located in Tabarre, a commune of Port-au-Prince in Haiti. The airport is currently the busiest in Haiti. == History == * 1940s: A military and civil airfield, Bowen Field, was established near Baie de Port-au-Prince providing passenger air service by Compagnie Haitienne de Transports Aériens. * 1950s and 1960s: It served as an airbase for the U.S. military in Haiti. * 1965: Developed with grant money from the United States Government and mostly money collected from the People of Haiti (taxes, lottery, and else...), the current airport opened as François Duvalier International Airport, named after then Haitian president François "Papa Doc" Duvalier. * 1986: Duvalier's son and successor Jean Claude Duvalier resigned. The airport was renamed Port-au-Prince International Airport. * 2003: President Jean Bertrand Aristide renamed the airport again as Toussaint Louverture International Airport, in honour of Toussaint Louverture, the Haitian revolutionary Leader. * 12 January 2010: It was badly damaged by the 2010 Haiti earthquake: see Damage to infrastructure in the 2010 Haiti earthquake#Toussaint Louverture International Airport. * 25 November 2012: President Michel Joseph Martelly opened the newly repaired arrival terminal. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Toussaint Louverture International Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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