Air Canada cuts capacity from YVR to YHZ, YQB and MIA, and from YYZ to SXM: report

MONTREAL — Air Canada’s capacity cuts are set to impact more routes.

According to aviation consulting firm Ailevon Pacific, Air Canada has reduced capacity in summer and fall from Vancouver to Halifax, Quebec City and Miami, and from Toronto to St. Maarten.

These latest capacity reductions come on the heels of Air Canada’s suspended service between Toronto and Yellowknife at the end of August, and between Fort McMurray and Vancouver in late May. To the U.S., Air Canada is suspending its YYZ-SLC effective June 30, with an eye to resuming the route next year. Internationally, Air Canada has called off its new nonstop service to Guadalajara out of of YUL, set to begin June 2.

The cuts also follow yesterday’s report that Air Canada has removed its Montreal-Algiers service launch from its schedule. Flights were set to begin June 1 and run through Sept. 23.

Airlines worldwide are making capacity cuts and in some cases suspending routes amid concerns about jet fuel shortages and ongoing tensions affecting oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.

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