Air Canada cancels Trinidad route

On the heels of discussions about how increasing fuel costs are impacting on the Caribbean, Air Canada has announced the discontinuation of its thrice weekly service to Trinidad and Tobago from August 31.

The Toronto to Port of Spain route is just one of ten routes airline will be cancelling thanks to rising fuel prices. The airline has operated this route for 60 years.

"It's a regrettable decision to have to discontinue after so many years, but it is necessary," Air Canada spokesman John Reber said, adding that an almost doubling of the airline's fuel bill over the past year had caused the airline to cut its overall capacity by seven per cent.