Air Canada To Sharply Cut International, US Flights

Air Canada To Sharply Cut International, US Flights

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Air Canada announced today that it would be shutting down the vast majority of its international and transborder flights effective April 1, 2020, as well as curtailing some of its domestic flights.

US Flights

Beginning April 1, Air Canada’s 53-airport transborder network will be reduced to 13. Flights will continue to service New York (both LaGuardia and Newark), Boston, Washington DC (both Dulles and Reagan), Chicago, Houston, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Orlando, and Fort Lauderdale.

International Flights

Overseas, the drop is even sharper. Air Canada will continue to operate a limited number of flights to only six of its 101 international destinations — London, Paris, Frankfurt, Delhi, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.

Notably, even these flights are only slated to run from April 1 to “at least April 30,” and Air Canada’s announcement suggests that their continuation is mostly focused on bringing Canadians home during the COVID-19 crisis, not anything resembling business as usual.

Domestic Flights

On the home front, Air Canada will continue to serve all 13 provinces and territories, but the domestic network will drop from 62 airports to 40. There was no immediate announcement of which airports would see services eliminated.

Affected Passengers

The reductions will ease in between now and March 31, as demand continues to decline. If you are booked on a flight or Air Canada Vacations package that is cancelled due to these changes, Air Canada will contact you directly, and will provide a full credit valid for 24 months. We don’t recommend reaching out to the airline at present – wait times for all the airline customer service centres are beyond.

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  1. Harprit Guest

    Air Canada cancelled my flight to India, why credit? It should offer full refund at least. It cannot keep my money for its own cancellation.

  2. karen post Guest

    agree, airlines should be giving full cash refunds, not credit refunds! what if you cannot reschedule your trip at a later date??

  3. Canuck Guest

    There are 10 Provinces and 3 Territories.

  4. Paul Member

    Air Canada does not fly to Nunavut so I don't understand their press release nor this article when it says it will keep flying to all provinces and territories.

    ???

  5. @hanchicago Guest

    Too bad they don’t simply give you your money back in such a case. That would be preferable to getting credit, even if it lasts 24 months.

  6. Jack Guest

    These shady ass airlines need to stop providing credits and give people their damn money back. You cancel my vacation and pull that I’ll do a chargeback.

  7. Reginald Guest

    Shocking

    ~ The Honorable Reginald

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Harprit Guest

Air Canada cancelled my flight to India, why credit? It should offer full refund at least. It cannot keep my money for its own cancellation.

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karen post Guest

agree, airlines should be giving full cash refunds, not credit refunds! what if you cannot reschedule your trip at a later date??

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Canuck Guest

There are 10 Provinces and 3 Territories.

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