Air Canada will suspend service to New York’s JFK International airport from Toronto and Montreal over the summer as the war in Iran creates jet fuel shortages that have sent prices soaring. It will, however, continue to offer 34 flights a day to LaGuardia and Newark from six Canadian cities.
The airline said Friday that its JFK flights will cease June 1 and resume Oct. 25 and that it will reach out to customers who are impacted by the suspension with alternate travel options.
“As jet fuel prices have doubled since the start of the Iran conflict and some lower profitability routes and flights are no longer economic, and we are making schedule adjustments accordingly,” a spokesman for the Montreal-based carrier said.
Additional routes dropped
Air Canada also announced Friday that it is dropping direct flights between Yellowknife and Toronto starting Sept. 1.
“The Yellowknife-Toronto route has unfortunately never reached profitability,” said Air Canada in a statement. “In the current environment of high, sustained and unpredictable fuel costs, we have made the difficult decision to discontinue this route.”
Other routes that got the axe (at least temporarily) include:
- Fort McMurray, Alta.-Vancouver, effective May 28
- Toronto-Salt Lake City, starting June 30 – with plans to resume in 2027
- Montreal-Guadalajara, Mexico – now suspended.
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