Latest Transborder Flight Cuts

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Jen Mallia
by Jen Mallia
Last updated: 2:55 PM ET, Tue May 27, 2025

Airlines continue to rejig and tweak schedules based on the continued reluctance of Canadians to visit the U.S. 

Aviation A 2 Z is reporting five routes have been cut from Air Canada’s winter 2025-2026 schedule, with the changes expected to take effect in the early autumn. 

The flights on the chopping block are:

  • Montreal-PET (YUL) – Detroit (DTW)
  • Montreal-PET (YUL) – Minneapolis (MSP)
  • Toronto (YYZ) – Indianapolis (IND)
  • Vancouver (YVR) – Nashville (BNA)
  • Vancouver (YVR) – Tampa (TPA)

 

WestJet Suspensions

For its part, WestJet is opting to pause several flights over the next few months. Many of these have been previously reported. See: WestJet Transborder Flights From the Prairies Take a Hit

WestJet is pausing these flights for the month of June:

  • Calgary (YYC) - Fort Lauderdale (FLL) 
  • St. John’s (YYT) - Orlando (MCO) 
  • Winnipeg (YWG) - Orlando (MCO)
  • Edmonton (YEG) - Chicago (ORD)

 

WestJet is pausing these flights for July and August

  • Winnipeg (YWG) - Las Vegas (LAS)
  • Edmonton (YEG) - Atlanta (ATL)

 

The following WestJet flights are suspended for June, July and August

  • Kelowna (YLW) - Seattle (SEA)
  • Winnipeg (YWG) - Los Angeles (LAX)

A planned route between Vancouver (YVR) and Austin (AUS) is delayed until October.



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Jen Mallia

Jen Mallia

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Jen Mallia is an Edmonton-based writer, editor, and Oxford comma apologist. She is a former senior editor of the CAA/AMA Insider magazines and has written for a host of publications, including The Globe and Mail. National Post, The Guardian, Today's Parent, and InStyle. 

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