Air Canada is cutting five Canada-U.S. routes from its summer 2027 schedule, including two involving Toronto.
The airline confirmed to the Star that it is dropping service between Toronto Pearson Airport and Charleston, S.C., Toronto Billy Bishop City Airport and Boston, Montreal and Seattle, Vancouver and Nashville, and Vancouver and Raleigh-Durham.
“Air Canada regularly reviews its schedule to ensure capacity is aligned with customer demand and travel patterns,” spokesperson Sean Davidson said in a statement. “As part of that process, we have made a commercial decision to adjust some routes next summer.”
The cuts come as Canadian travel to the United States remains well below levels seen two years ago.
Travel to the U.S. fell off sharply in 2025, when Canadian-resident return crossings dropped 25.4 per cent compared with 2024.
Statistics Canada says Canadian residents made about 1.9 million return trips from the U.S. by air and automobile in September 2026, up 6.8 per cent from the same month last year.
Despite that year-over-year increase, air return trips were still 18.7 per cent below September 2024 levels, while automobile trips remained 31.1 per cent lower.
While Air Canada is trimming some routes for summer 2027, it is also adding service elsewhere in the U.S.
The airline announced last week that it will launch new routes between Toronto and Louisville, Montreal and Indianapolis, and Edmonton and Newark next summer. It will also add more capacity between Edmonton and San Francisco.
Davidson said Air Canada will continue serving Nashville, Raleigh-Durham and Seattle from other Canadian hubs, while Toronto Pearson-Boston service will remain.
The airline has also adjusted other U.S. routes this year, including shortening or suspending some seasonal service as demand softened.
