Air Canada cuts routes as fuel costs surge

Air Canada is adjusting its network in a bid to soften fuel crisis impact

Friday, 17 Apr, 2026 0

Air Canada continues to monitor the fuel situation. Canada’s national carrier is adjusting capacities while reviewing its network to ensure that routes are meeting profitability targets. Jet fuel prices have doubled since the start of the Iran conflict, affecting some lower profitability routes and flights which now are no longer economically feasible. Schedule adjustments including some frequency reductions are being made in response.

Here are Air Canada latest adjustments with the following route suspensions:

Domestic Canada:

Fort McMurray-Vancouver: route suspended effective May 28, 2026.
Yellowknife-Toronto: route suspended effective Aug. 30, 2026.

Transborder:

Salt Lake City-Toronto: temporary route suspension effective June 30, 2026, with plans to resume in 2027.
New York JFK-Toronto: temporary suspension effective June 1, 2026, with plans to resume Oct. 25, 2026.
New York JFK-Montreal: temporary suspension effective June 1, 2026, with plans to resume Oct. 25, 2026. However, both Montreal and Toronto continue to provide services to New York LaGuardia and Newark.

International:

Guadalajara-Montreal: route planned to launch now suspended.

Affected customers will be contacted with alternate travel options. The total impact to Air Canada’s planned capacity is approximately 1 per cent of annual ASMs.