Trinidad welcomes return of Air Canada

Brent Pin­heiro

brent.pin­heiro@guardian.co.tt

In Au­gust 2023, Air Cana­da axed plans to op­er­ate flights to Trinidad cit­ing crew short­ages. Now, just over a year lat­er, the Mon­tre­al-based car­ri­er is an­nounc­ing plans to re­sume flights be­tween Toron­to and Port of Spain come May 1st, 2025. Ac­cord­ing to a me­dia re­lease, the air­line will op­er­ate year-round 4x week­ly flights on Sun­days, Mon­days, Thurs­days, and Fri­days. AC984 de­parts Toron­to’s Pear­son In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port at 8 pm ar­riv­ing at Pi­ar­co Int’l Air­port at 1:35 am the next morn­ing. AC985 de­parts Port of Spain at 2:35 am, ar­riv­ing back in Toron­to at 8:25am. The air­line will use its…