Last Updated on March 30, 2020, 8:35 AM AST by Anthony Morris
The Embassy of the United States of America based in Nassau has requested its citizens in The Bahamas over the past few days to leave the country.
The Embassy has insisted that all the available flights to the United States could stop at any moment without prior notice because of the restrictions on incoming international flights.
As of today, six flights were departing from The Bahamas for the United States, including Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Houston and Atlanta.
These flights included a flight from North Eleuthera to Fort Lauderdale at 1.10 pm on Silver Airways; a flight from Bimini to Fort Lauderdale at 2.15 pm also on Silver airways; another flight on the Silver Airways from Freeport, Grand Bahama to Fort Lauderdale at 2.20npm; a flight from Nassau to House at 2.55 pm on United Airways; a Silver Airways flight from Nassau to Tampa at 3.15 pm; and also a flight from Nassau to Atlanta at 3.39 pm on Delta.
The Embassy said in a health alert that the availability of flights to the United States had reduced considerably and may potentially cease at any moment without any prior notice owing to the lack of passenger volume and also the restrictions which are now in effect on incoming international flights.
The Embassy added that if someone is a U.S. citizen in The Bahamas and they need to return to the United States, the Embassy urges you to leave from The Bahamas now.
The Embassy further made it clear that any U.S. citizens who would choose to stay in The Bahamas shall prepare to stay in The Bahamas for an indefinite period of time.
The Embassy added that it could not predict if, or for how long, would the Bahamian Government extend the orders related to restrictions on incoming flights.
However, The Bahamian Government officials have discussed the likelihood of extending the emergency powers orders to fight the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 for the entire month of April, and these powers include airport restrictions.
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