PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haiti is welcoming plans by the US-based carrier, JetBlue Airways to begin offering daily non-stop flights to the impoverished French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. Haiti's consul general in New York in a statement noted that JetBlue's service will help the local economy and give Haitian-Americans more opportunities to visit their homeland. The airline says destinations in Latin America and the Caribbean make up nearly a third of its routes. It flies to more than 10 countries, including the Dominican Republic, Aruba, Barbados and the Bahamas.