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After days of delays and cancelations, flights to the hard hit island of Jamaica are slowly starting to resume from South Florida following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.

Miami International Airport pursues nonstop flights to Singapore, Tokyo, Riyadh, and Asuncion to bolster global connectivity and long-haul competitiveness.

Icelandair begins direct flights between Miami and Iceland, operating three times a week with Airbus A321LR jets.

Avianca, Colombia’s largest airline, is adding as many as 39 new weekly flights this December as it seeks to strengthen connections between North America and Central and South America. One new route just began in the 305. Avianca started daily non-stop flights between MIA and Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Oct. 26.

Fifteen days after the federal government shutdown began, Miami International Airport had so far escaped any impact, Aviation Director Ralph Cutié said last week while warning that during a longer shutdown impacts would surely come.

The Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners is pushing county officials to explore securing passenger flights to Miami International Airport (MIA) to destinations in Asia.

I do not have an explanation as to how that made it to our budget, but do ask that it be removed,” one MIA administrator wrote.

Officials say at least 15 JetBlue passengers were injured after a sudden drop in altitude forced an emergency landing in Florida.

Two relief flights did land at MBJ on Oct. 30. Both relief and commercial flights arrived at Jamaica’s two other international airports, Kingston’s Norman Manley International Airport (KIN) and Ocho Rios’ Ian Fleming International Airport (OCJ).

At least 19 people have died in Jamaica as a result of Hurricane Melissa, Information Minister Dana Morris Dixon has said, as search and rescue efforts continue and authorities try to get aid to hard-hit areas.