TORONTO — With transborder air traffic still seeing double-digit declines, Canada’s airlines continue to pull back capacity on Canada-U.S. routes.

Aviation consulting firm Ailevon Pacific notes that Air Transat will suspend its Orlando flights from Montreal from May 4 onward, as well as its Fort Lauderdale flights from Quebec City and Montreal from May and June onward.

“With these suspensions Air Transat will have no flights to the U.S. after June 13,” said Ailevon Pacific, with the exception of two flights to Puerto Rico (SJU) in December.

Flights from Canada to a few select U.S. destinations will still operate via Air Transat’s joint venture and codeshare partner Porter Airlines.

Air Transat spokesperson Marie-Eve Vallières confirmed to Travelweek that these are the last of Air Transat’s U.S. flights.

“This decision is part of a strategic review of our program aimed at focusing our resources on markets where we are well positioned and that allow us to optimize the deployment of our resources,” Vallières told Travelweek.

“Florida represents a market where our exposure remains very limited and that is more fragile in the current context.”

Vallières noted that Air Transat has gradually reduced its exposure to the U.S. market since 2022. “Air Transat’s presence in the United States remains very marginal today, representing only 1% of our available seat‑kilometre capacity for the summer.”