Following a strategic review and "realignment" of its investment in airlift, the Tobago Tourism Agency (TTA) said the return on investment of the publicly-funded airlift subsidy it has been paying Virgin had steadily deteriorated to the point it was now "no longer financially viable".
Virgin Atlantic will cease operating its weekly direct flight from Heathrow to ANR Robinson International airport in Tobago from 11 January 2023.
TTA executive chair Alicia Edwards said that although it had been a difficult decision, the subsidy could not be justified in the current operating climate "as Virgin’s flight had not performed as well as other carriers for the region".
