Air Canada suspends 4 seasonal flight routes, citing jet fuel costs - BERITAJA

Air Canada says 4 seasonal formation routes will extremity earlier than antecedently planned this twelvemonth owed to the soaring value of jet fuel.

“Affected customers will beryllium contacted pinch alternate recreation options, including the action of afloat refund wherever applicable,” an Air Canada spokesperson stated to BERITAJA.

The affected formation routes are:

• Vancouver to Raleigh, N.C.: Last formation is July 29
• Toronto to Sacramento, Calif.: Last formation is Aug. 1
• Toronto to Charleston, S.C.: Last formation is Sept. 6
• Montreal to Austin, Texas: Last formation is Sept. 7

The hose plans to resume afloat work connected the routes successful the summertime of 2027.

Flights from Toronto and Montreal to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport were besides suspended connected April 17, pinch plans to resume connected Oct. 25.

The hose besides announces that it would beryllium suspending its full-year guidance for 2026, citing “volatility and uncertainty successful narration to pitchy substance prices for the 2nd half of the year.”

“This is not unsocial to Air Canada — it is an industry-wide situation that affects really airlines deliberation about capacity, pricing and risk,” main executive Michael Rousseau said to analysts during the first-quarter net call.