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17 June 2026
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Caribbean Air­lines has an­nounced the in­tro­duc­tion of dai­ly non-stop flights be­tween Toron­to, Cana­da, and George­town, Guyana, ef­fec­tive 1 Ju­ly 2026, ex­pand­ing its re­gion­al net­work amid ris­ing de­mand for trav­el be­tween North Amer­i­ca and South Amer­i­ca.

The en­hanced sched­ule, which will take ef­fect ahead of the peak sum­mer trav­el pe­ri­od, is ex­pect­ed to pro­vide pas­sen­gers with greater flex­i­bil­i­ty and in­creased ca­pac­i­ty on one of the air­line’s fastest-grow­ing routes.

The ex­pan­sion comes as trav­el de­mand be­tween Cana­da and Guyana con­tin­ues to strength­en, dri­ven by busi­ness ac­tiv­i­ty, leisure trav­el and sus­tained fam­i­ly and di­as­po­ra con­nec­tions. The air­line said the dai­ly ser­vice is in­tend­ed to im­prove con­nec­tiv­i­ty while sup­port­ing tourism flows, trade link­ages and broad­er eco­nom­ic en­gage­ment be­tween the two coun­tries.

Act­ing Chief Ex­ec­u­tive Of­fi­cer of Caribbean Air­lines, Var­ma Khillawan, said Guyana re­mains a key growth mar­ket for the car­ri­er and that the ex­pand­ed ser­vice re­flects ef­forts to match ca­pac­i­ty with ris­ing de­mand.

“Guyana re­mains one of the air­line’s most im­por­tant and fastest-grow­ing mar­kets. The in­tro­duc­tion of dai­ly Toron­to to George­town flights re­flects our com­mit­ment to meet­ing cus­tomer de­mand and strength­en­ing con­nec­tiv­i­ty be­tween Guyana and North Amer­i­ca,” Khillawan said.

He added that the in­creased fre­quen­cy will of­fer trav­ellers im­proved con­ve­nience across a range of pur­pos­es, in­clud­ing busi­ness, ed­u­ca­tion, leisure trav­el and fam­i­ly vis­its.

The route links Toron­to, Cana­da, with George­town, Guyana, a key hub for eco­nom­ic ac­tiv­i­ty and in­ter­na­tion­al trav­el in the re­gion.

Caribbean Air­lines said the ser­vice al­so sup­ports Guyana’s on­go­ing eco­nom­ic ex­pan­sion and grow­ing in­ter­na­tion­al pro­file, while fa­cil­i­tat­ing trav­el for mem­bers of the Guyanese di­as­po­ra re­sid­ing in Cana­da.

The car­ri­er, which po­si­tions it­self as the re­gion’s lead­ing air­line, said it con­tin­ues to in­vest in its net­work and fleet as part of a broad­er strat­e­gy to im­prove re­li­a­bil­i­ty and strength­en con­nec­tiv­i­ty across the Caribbean, North Amer­i­ca and South Amer­i­ca.