Air Canada is dropping its non-stop flights from Ottawa to Frankfurt, Germany for the winter season starting October 25, 2014.

An airline spokesman told CTV Ottawa in an email the decision to suspend the flight is due to lower travel demand from Ottawa to Europe during winter months.

Ottawa-Frankfurt service will resume March 28, 2015.

Air Canada is launching new non-stop service this winter from Ottawa-Tampa, Florida twice weekly.

Also, a new weekly non-stop flight is being added from Ottawa-Samana, Dominican Republic in the winter season.