No flying south this winter.<\/p>\n
Air Canada has axed its once-popular winter route between Toronto and Jacksonville, Florida, adding to a change in flight plans the airline has made in recent years to accommodate a shift in travel demand.<\/p>\n
Trips aboard the Great White North\u2019s flagship carrier between Toronto Pearson International and Jacksonville International will be suspended beginning in November, TheStreet.com reported.<\/a><\/p>\n Air Canada planes sit on the tarmac of Toronto Pearson International Airport on March 31, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n The flights between \u201cYYZ\u201d and \u201cJAX\u201d will return for the spring and summer demand in March 2026.<\/p>\n \u201cIf we can derisk this a little bit and move and be a bit proactive and move capacity into other sectors [where] we see strength, I think that\u2019s the right move right now in this context,\u201d Air Canada executive vice president of revenue Mark Galardo told investors in March, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n Air Canada is the only airline that currently operates direct flights to the northeast corner of Florida from Hogtown.<\/p>\n The two-and-a-half-hour-plus flight is flown aboard a Bombardier CRJ 900 operated by Jazz Aviation, an Air Canada subsidiary.<\/p>\n The plane can seat up to 76 passengers, according to aviation news outlet Simple Flying. <\/a><\/p>\n Demand from loyal Air Canada travelers to \u201cJax\u201d dropped as trade relations between the US and Canada grew rocky, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n An Air Canada plane flies over a Canadian flag at Toronto Pearson Airport on March 31, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n The back-and-forth trade rift took another turn Monday when Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney scrapped a plan to enforce a new digital service\u00a0tax on American tech firms.<\/p>\n The about-face came after President Trump blasted<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0\u201cfoolish\u201d move as a \u201cdirect and blatant attack\u201d on the United States. <\/p>\n Trump ripped the tax and quickly vowed to set a new tariff rate on Canadian goods within the next week, threatening to upend US-Canada\u00a0relations once again.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have just been informed that Canada \u2026 has just announced that they are putting a Digital Services Tax on our American Technology Companies, which is a direct and blatant attack on our Country,\u201d\u00a0Trump wrote on Truth Social<\/a>\u00a0Friday.<\/p>\n Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney talks with President Donald Trump at the G7 Summit on June 16, 2025. AP<\/p>\n Air Canada has already cut other routes between Canada and several prominent American tourist cities this year.<\/p>\n Flights out of Vancouver International to Miami, FL., Houston, Texas, and Washington DC were slimmed down in March, cutting weekly departures for July and August.<\/p>\n WestJet announced in April it would cut its flights out of Vancouver and Edmonton to several <\/p>\n \u201cDue to a downward shift in demand, WestJet has updated its summer schedule to help Canadians fly where they want to go,\u201d the Calgary-based airline said, according to TheStreet.com. \u201cOur schedule is continuously being adjusted based on demand.\u201d<\/p>\n Air Canada has already cut other routes between Canada and several prominent American tourist cities this year. Getty Images<\/p>\n