Air Canada Route Cuts Hit Travelers As Fuel Shock Pushes Canadian Fares Higher
Air Canada is trimming more U.S. routes. The airline has shortened its Toronto-Charleston and Toronto-Sacramento seasonal flights, with Vancouver-Raleigh/Durham now wrapping up ahead of schedule. Montreal-Austin flights are also dropped for part of the fall, as higher jet fuel prices continue to pressure Canadian carriers. According to AeroRoutes, these adjustments were filed last week; the schedule update appeared Tuesday. Timing is critical here, with airlines scrambling to adjust summer schedules. Air Canada flagged a sharp jump in jet fuel costs—up twofold since the Iran conflict began—that’s turned several marginal routes into money-losers. The carrier is pulling service from JFK, Salt Lake City, Guadalajara, Algiers, and two domestic routes within Canada. It expects the changes to trim available seat miles by