Amid a tense political climate, a Canadian airline says it is canceling flights between Canada and a Tennessee city already targeted by the country’s tariffs.
Recent reports show Canadians are also avoiding any trips to the U.S. According to the Canadian Press, they have been canceling travel plans. Data from travel agency Flight Centre Travel Group Canada showed leisure bookings to U.S. cities dropped 40 percent in February over last February, with one in five customers canceling U.S. trips over the previous three months.
Canadian airlines have taken note. One in particular, Flair Airlines, recently announced it would end flights to Nashville.
During a Monday meeting of the Tennessee House Finance, Ways and Means Committee, Department of Tourist Development Commissioner Mark Ezell said it’s a loss of about 18,000 seats.
Air Canada has also said it would reduce flights to Arizona, Florida, and Las Vegas starting this month, while WestJet told the Canadian Press that it had seen bookings shift from the U.S. to places like Mexico and the Caribbean. Sunwing Airlines has dropped all of its U.S. flights while Air Transat has reduced service to the country, the outlet reported.
Another Canadian airline, Porter Airlines, told the National Post it was pulling back on its advertising of American destinations because “some Canadians may view this negatively.”
Amid economic turmoil, high-profile plane crashes, and consumer uncertainty, major U.S. airlines like Delta, Southwest, and American Airlines have issued warnings about falling travel demand.
Posted by John3262005
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i support air trans(port) rights and people who want to throw planes under the airbus are disgusting people
high-profile crashes leading to lower air travel demand despite no actual increase in high profile crashes worldwide? wow, it’s almost like I was correct and this is going to kill people who will end up taking cars, sometimes even for long journeys. fun!!!