Canadian airline WestJet is drastically cutting its flights to the US.
The Calgary, Alberta-based airline will not resume seasonal flights to North Carolina’s Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU), one of 16 routes it is cutting, scheduling data from aviation analytics firm Cirium shows. WestJet confirmed the route cuts.
Most of the affected routes were seasonal ones that ended last year but were previously scheduled to resume this summer.
Canceled routes include:
- Calgary International Airport (YYC) to RDU, completed October 2025
- Edmonton International Airport (YEG) in Alberta to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), completed January 2026
- YEG to Nashville International Airport (BNA), completed October 2025
- YEG to Orlando International Airport (MCO), ends in April 2026
- YEG to San Francisco International Airport (SFO), completed October 2025
- YEG to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), completed October 2025
- Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) in Nova Scotia to MCO, completed October 2025
- Kelowna International Airport (YLW) in British Columbia to SEA, ending in April 2026
- Toronto Pearson Airport (YYZ) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), completed October 2025
- Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), completed October 2025
- YVR to BNA, completed October 2025
- YVR to San Diego International Airport (SAN), completed October 2025
- YVR to SFO, completed October 2025
- YVR to Tampa International Airport (TPA), completed October 2025
- Winnipeg Richardson International Airport (YWG) in Manitoba to ATL, ending in April 2026
- YWG to BNA, completed October 2025
With the cuts, WestJet will fly 13% fewer seats to U.S. destinations this year than in 2025, Cirium data shows.
“We saw a notable decline in demand for cross-border travel throughout 2025,” a WestJet spokesperson said. “As a result, we made timely decisions to modify our network to stay aligned with where Canadians want to go.”
The spokesperson added that WestJet sees “no indication that this trend will change in the foreseeable future.”
The flight reductions come as fewer Canadians travel to the U.S. During the first 11 months of 2025, the number of travelers arriving from Canada by air fell 12.5% year over year to 7.8 million, the latest data from the International Trade Administration shows.
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Rising political tensions between the United States and Canada, including tariff threats from President Donald Trump, have irritated some Canadians traveling to the country’s southern neighbor.
Mark Galardo, Air Canada’s chief commercial officer, told TPG in October that the airline saw a slowdown among leisure travelers to the United States, but no change in demand for business travel.
Air Canada is notably expanding into the US this year, including through its First non-stop cross-border stopover from downtown Toronto. Toronto Billy Bishop City Airport (YTZ). Flights to New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA) from YTZ begin in March.
A slowdown in leisure travel, but not business travel, fits with WestJet’s cuts. The airports where seats are projected to fall the most in absolute terms are Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas and MCO, two of the largest leisure markets in the US.
WestJet is also making significant cuts at ATL, where its equity partner Delta Air Lines is based. The airline’s seats at Delta’s largest hub will decline 24% year over year, or 54,276 seats, Cirium data shows.
Delta owns a 13% stake in WestJet and the airlines have a business partnership that includes reciprocal loyalty and elite benefits.
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