These airlines are suspending flights due to rising fuel costs

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CTV National News: Airlines cut flights as Iran conflict drives fuel costs up

Air Transat cutting hundreds of planned flights amid soaring jet fuel prices

The cost of jet fuel has doubled since the Middle East war led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, delivering a major blow to global aviation that some experts have called an “unprecedented crisis.”

Several airlines have slashed service, including the following:

Transat:

The parent company of Montreal-based Air Transat announced a six per cent capacity cut, reducing the frequency on some routes to Europe and the Caribbean. It also extended a suspension of service to Cuba until October.

Air Canada:

Canada’s largest carrier has suspended six routes.

Domestic

• Fort McMurray, Alta. to Vancouver: route suspended effective May 28, 2026
• Yellowknife to Toronto: route suspended effective Aug. 30, 2026

International

• Guadalajara, Mexico to Montreal: route planned to launch now suspended

Transborder

• Salt Lake City to Toronto: temporary route suspension effective June 30, 2026, with plans to resume in 2027
• New York’s JFK to Toronto: temporary suspension effective June 1, 2026, with plans to resume Oct. 25, 2026
• JFK to Montreal: temporary suspension effective June 1, 2026, with plans to resume Oct. 25, 2026

WestJet:

The Calgary-based carrier is consolidating flights on lower demand routes and adjusting the summer travel offering.

Lufthansa:

The German airline is cancelling 20,000 short-haul flights in Europe, leading to jet fuel savings of more than 40,000 metric tons.

Routes that have been cancelled include:

• Frankfurt, Germany to Poland’s Bydgoszcz and Rzeszów
• Frankfurt to Stavanger, Norway