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The Guardian - US
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Ruaridh Nicoll in Havana, Pjotr Sauer and Oscar Lopez in Mexico City

Air Canada cancels all flights to Cuba as US oil blockade cuts off fuel access

a woman walks past a closed gas station
A person walks past a gas station that is closed due to a lack of fuel in Havana, Cuba, 09 February 2026. Photograph: Ernesto Mastrascusa/EPA

Air Canada has cancelled all flights to Cuba after the island’s authorities said they were running out of aviation fuel, as a consequence of the US oil blockade on the Caribbean country.

The airline, one of a dozen who serve the island, said it would begin repatriating 3,000 customers. Cuba’s beaches are a major holiday draw for Canadian tourists in winter, and one of the government’s most important sources of hard currency.

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