Aer Lingus, the Irish-based carrier, has said that it is stopping its services on the route from Dublin to Los Angeles from the month of November. This is not a surprising news due to the fact that fuel prices are rising and lots of airlines around the world are forced to drop many flights and routes, which is further creating problems for passengers as the travel fare is rising.

The carrier mentioned concerns over record levels of fuel prices as well as doubt over the stagnating international economy and the weakness of the US dollar as the main reasons for the suspension of its services.

On Friday, the prices of oil reached historic high levels, increasing by around 9 per cent to $139.12 per barrel, prior to slipping slightly during trading on Monday morning. So, the problems of the airlines and passengers are still not solved.

The five times a week service to LA is one of the oldest on the long-haul network of Aer Lingus, having been started in the year 1999. So, this will be a sort of shock for the passengers of this route.

Even though the route is very popular with travellers, the chief executive of the carrier, Dermot Mannion said that the long-haul route was just too fuel-intensive to continue to operate at current levels of oil prices.

The carrier revealed last week that it hoped to break even at best in the current year, in the face of the declining economic and commercial atmosphere.