Air Canada to increase flights

Jamaica's tourism industry has received another boost with the announcement that Air Canada is to double its weekly flights to Kingston.The airline says by the end of summer it will fly five times weekly from Toronto to the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston.

Air Canada says the move is in response to increased business, tourism and personal travel between the destinations.The airline already flies more than a dozen times weekly to Montego Bay, St. JamesCanada's Number Two airline and Air Canada's stiffest competition, WestJet, says it flew more passengers to Jamaica last month and its focus on Caribbean vacations has paid off.The Calgary-based airline first announced its southern expansion last fall.Air Canada's fleet is fixed until the second half of 2013 and in the meantime the company is expected to turn its attention toward debt repayment.