Caribbean Airlines is cutting routes across the region after heavy losses, reversing a 2023 expansion and showing how hard small-market flying can be.
Caribbean Airlines scrapped 2023 regional routes after $18.84m losses, cutting Dominica, St Kitts, Guyana–Suriname and halving French service. Island routes lack inherent economics—low density and seasonality demand government support or codeshare models to survive.
Trinidad & Tobago · Aviation
Key Facts
—The reversal. Caribbean Airlines is pulling out of several regional routes it launched in a 2023 expansion.
—The bill. The flights racked up combined losses of about $18.84m, or more than TT$128m, by April 2026.
—The cuts. From June 1 it dropped Dominica, St Kitts and the Guyana–Suriname link, and halved Martinique and Guadeloupe.
