A record 4,276 flights are scheduled this month between Canada and Europe, marking a 5% increase from last year and over 40% from a decade ago. Air Canada has expanded its offerings with an additional 112 flights this month, opening five new routes. While US-Europe flights have increased, they did not match Canada's growth. Concerns have risen about declining US interest among travelers since Donald Trump's second presidency, leading to a 3.5% cut in US-Canada flight capacity. Forward bookings for Europeans to the US have dropped by a quarter.
According to data from the aviation analytics firm Cirium, a record-breaking 4,276 flights are scheduled between Canada and Europe this month. That's up 5% since the same period last year, 14% since before the pandemic, and more than 40% over the past decade.
Airlines have raised concerns that fewer people are interested in visiting the US since Donald Trump began his second presidency in January. For July and August, airlines cut capacity by 3.5% on routes between the US and Canada.
This sharp drop suggests that travelers are holding off on making reservations, likely due to ongoing uncertainty surrounding the broader trade dispute.
More Europeans are now choosing Canada instead of the US for a transatlantic vacation. In April, the CEO of hotel giant Accor told Bloomberg that forward bookings for Europeans visiting the US this summer have fallen by a quarter.
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