ROUGE OPERATIONS GOING ON HOLD AFTER MONDAY

Air Canada is putting all rouge flights on hold as a result of new travel rules brought in by the government last week to scale back non-essential travel even more. The rules targeted flights to sun destinations in the Caribbean, and most Air Canada flights to that area are operated by rouge. “As a result of our suspension of all flights to the Caribbean and Mexico at the request of the Canadian government, we are again pausing our rouge operations effective Feb. 8 as these flights are primarily operated by rouge,” the airline told CBC News in a statement. The last rouge flight is scheduled to run on Feb. 8. After that, there will be no further rouge flights anywhere until further notice. The decision will mean that about 80 people will be placed on temporary layoff.