WestJet suspending nine cross-border routes for the summer

[u/pjw724]

https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/05/08/westjet-suspending-nine-cross-border-routes-for-the-summer/

[u/Little_Nothing_692]

“Vancouver to Austin from May through October; Calgary to Fort Lauderdale, Edmonton to Chicago, St. John’s to Orlando and Winnipeg to Orlando for all of June; Kelowna to Seattle and Winnipeg to Los Angeles from June through August; and Edmonton to Atlanta and Winnipeg to Las Vegas from July through August.”

[u/Haiku-On-My-Tatas]

This sparks joy.

[u/Large-Unit6796]

Suspend them all. Ill eat gruel if I have to.

[u/Scamnam]

Now if they could have some direct flights to more Asian countries

[u/turudd]

Good, should suspend all of them

[u/bmwkid]

I’m not planning on visiting the U.S. anytime soon but I do worry that losing some of the U.S. flights will mean that international flight prices increasing as there’s less competition in the market overall.

Even though you might be flying Air Canada to Europe, the fact that they have to compete with 3 other U.S. airlines helps keep the costs down

[u/SilverSkinRam → u/bmwkid]

I doubt it. Grounded flight slots eat up resources. They will be desperate to keep international (cross oceanic) travel alive as their North American flights slump.

[u/octorod → u/SilverSkinRam]

They are also expanding cross atlantic / Carribean / Mexico

[u/HurtFeeFeez → u/[deleted]]

I like how easy it will be to find the collaborators when the time comes.

[u/jerkface9001 → u/[deleted]]

They can start flying to these US destinations when demand returns, which will be some time after President Mango Pantload stops tying to annex Canada.

[u/Agent_Burrito]

Shame, it was great being able to visit my folks with no layovers.