WestJet Cuts Flights to Four Atlantic Canada Cities

WestJet announced it will be suspending operations to Moncton, Fredericton, Sydney and Charlottetown while significantly reducing service to Halifax and St. John's.

The move will eliminate over 100 flights weekly or almost 80 percent of seat capacity from the Atlantic region starting on November 2.

The Atlantic provinces will retain three routes Halifax-Toronto, Halifax-Calgary and St. John's-Halifax. Service between Halifax and St. John's will remain with 11 weekly flights.

"It has become unviable to serve these markets and these decisions were regrettably inevitable as demand is being obliterated by the Atlantic bubble and third-party fee increases," said Ed Sims, WestJet President and CEO. "Since the pandemic's beginning, we have worked to keep essential air service to all of our domestic airports, but we are out of runway and have been forced to suspend service in the region without sector-specific support."