Canadian airlines revamp offerings as travellers ditch U.S. vacations | CBC News

CBC - 18/04
A steep decline in Canadian travel to the U.S. has dealt a blow to airlines that usually cash in on Florida beach vacations and family trips to Disneyland. That’s left airlines scrambling to adjust their summer schedules, trim U.S. flight capacity and add more seats to destinations within Canada and overseas.

A steep decline in Canadian travel to the U.S. has dealt a blow to airlines that usually cash in on popular Florida beach vacations and family trips to Disneyland.

That's left airlines scrambling to adjust their summer schedules, trim U.S. flight capacity and add more seats to destinations within Canada and overseas.

WestJet, for example, says it has scaled back some capacity between Canada and the U.S. and shifted its summer schedule to redeploy aircraft to "markets of strength," including Europe and sun destinations.

"The current political environment and differences in currency exchange rates are likely contributing to ...
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