Air Canada will end Toronto City (Billy Bishop)–Boston service on Dec. 1, 2026, and drop four more Canada–U.S. routes from its summer 2027 schedule while planning three new cross-border services, AeroRoutes' schedule review says.
The other routes slated for removal are Montreal–Seattle, Toronto Pearson–Charleston, Vancouver–Nashville and Vancouver–Raleigh-Durham. The Boston service ends in 2026; AeroRoutes lists the other four removals for summer 2027.
Air Canada told The Points Guy the cuts were for “commercial reasons.” The airline said it periodically reviews its schedule as customer demand and travel patterns change, but gave no route-specific explanation. Its statement included no passenger or profitability figures for the affected routes.
Passengers will lose Air Canada service on the affected city pairs. Travel Market Report said Charleston is the only affected U.S. destination without Air Canada service from another Canadian gateway; it said the other cities retain connections through other Canadian airports.
Air Canada announced Oct. 16 that it plans summer 2027 routes from Toronto to Louisville, Montréal to Indianapolis, and Edmonton to Newark. The airline lists Montréal–Indianapolis as daily from June 1 to Sept. 30, 2027, and Edmonton–Newark as four times weekly from June 1 to Oct. 17. Air Canada lists Toronto–Louisville as operating up to daily from April 28 to Oct. 31, 2027. Mark Galardo, Air Canada's executive vice president and chief commercial officer and president of Cargo, said the new routes would offer customers more direct travel options.
The routes are part of Air Canada's transborder joint business agreement with United Airlines, whose expansion is subject to regulatory approval. Air Canada said the partnership began in 2022 and has produced 20 new Canada–U.S. routes since.
Statistics Canada's preliminary figures show Canadian residents made 1,889,652 return trips from the United States by air and automobile in September 2026, up 6.8% year over year. Air return trips rose 11.6% from September 2025 but were 18.7% below September 2024. The agency advises caution when comparing the combined travel total with earlier periods because it is phasing NEXUS Highway traveler data into its land-travel indicator from August 2026 through January 2027. The national figures do not show demand on the specific routes Air Canada is cutting.
