Air Canada Halts Flights to Cuba Amid Fuel Shortage
"Air Canada said that effective today it is suspending its service to Cuba due to an ongoing shortage of aviation fuel on the island. Over the following days, the airline will operate empty flights southbound to pick up approximately 3,000 customers already at destination and return them home," the airline stated.
The suspension follows government warnings regarding the unreliability of aviation fuel at Cuban airports, with commercial fuel projected to be unavailable from Feb. 10. "Air Canada will continue to monitor the situation to determine an appropriate restart of normal service to Cuba at a future date," the airline added.
The move comes after the Cuban government indicated that international airlines may no longer be able to refuel on the island, following US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on any country selling oil to Cuba. Since the January 3 military operation in Venezuela aimed at capturing President Nicolas Maduro, a key Cuban ally, the US has been intensifying pressure on Cuba.
In a late January executive order, Trump described the Cuban government as posing "an unusual and extraordinary threat" and justified a declaration of a national emergency.
Cuba meets about one-third of its energy needs through domestic production. For the remainder, it relies mainly on imports from Mexico, with smaller contributions from Russia and Venezuela, the latter providing roughly 30% of Cuba’s total energy supplies in 2025.
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