Airline says it’s cutting international flight from Sacramento ahead of schedule
Air Canada is suspending a nonstop route between Sacramento International Airport and a major Canadian city, with the change coming soon after the airline said it was dealing with skyrocketing jet fuel costs.
The nonstop route between Sacramento and Toronto Pearson International Airport, a summer seasonal flight, will end “earlier than previously planned this year,” an Air Canada spokesperson said Monday.
The route, which debuted in summer 2023, normally runs between June and early to mid-October, Sacramento International Airport spokesperson Scott Johnston said. The Air Canada spokesperson did not confirm an end date this year, but nonstop flights were not available after Aug. 1, according to the airline’s website.
The route is one of two nonstop flights offered by Air Canada from the capital region — flights between Sacramento and Vancouver will continue.
Other shuttered routes include Vancouver to Raleigh, North Carolina; Toronto to Charleston, South Carolina; and Montreal to Austin. Those flights will also end earlier than planned this year. All four routes are set to resume in summer 2027, the Air Canada spokesperson said.
All affected customers will be contacted with alternate travel options and some will be given the option for a full refund.
Air Canada said in an April news release that jet fuel costs have influenced the airline’s routine route analysis, and adjustments were made due to fuel prices, which the release said had “doubled since the start of the Iran conflict.” In that same release, the airline announced it was cancelling six routes, including three that crossed between Canada and the United States.
