WestJet is temporarily suspending flights between Canada’s two biggest cities this winter, but plans to resume service between Toronto and Montreal next spring.
Airline says route will start up again in the spring
WestJet is temporarily suspending flights between Canada’s two biggest cities this winter, but plans to resume service between Toronto and Montreal next spring.
The Calgary-based airline confirmed the news to CBC News on Wednesday, after CTV first reported it.
The once-a-day route has been temporarily cut “as a result of performance and in alignment with our strategic direction to expand our presence in Eastern Canada this winter, with increased non-stop connectivity to Western Canada, as well as providing more affordable leisure and sun travel opportunities across Canada,” the airline said.
WestJet says it plans to resume the service in April of next year.
The move is the latest development after a tumultuous year for the airline industry, as WestJet recently gobbled up vacation carrier Sunwing and folded its discount carrier Swoop.
Air Canada has also recently made adjustments to its routes, with the Montreal-based carrier announcing that an ongoing pilot shortage had forced the airline to cut back a variety of routes out of Calgary, including non-stop service to Ottawa, Halifax, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Cancun and Frankfurt.
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