Air Canada announces changes to service out of Calgary

Air Canada might be ceasing a lot of flights from Calgary International Airport starting this winter, the airline introduced Wednesday.

Starting on the finish of October, continuous service to Ottawa, Halifax, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Cancun and Frankfurt will stop.

“We apologize for the impact on customers on affected routes, who will be offered alternate travel options, including re-routing over other airports, or a full refund,” the Montreal-based provider stated in a press release.

“No layoffs are expected as a result of these changes.”

The airline says it is all a part of its plan to “improve the overall stability of the carrier.”

It additionally stated that an industry-wide scarcity of pilots has resulted in “resource pressures” for Air Canada.

“Additional constraints are arising from challenges in the overall supply-chain in the complex aviation environment, including in maintenance parts supply chains, sometimes resulting in delays to return aircraft to service. This has led to a review of the network schedule to ensure resources are deployed most efficiently and productively against these current, ongoing industry considerations,” officers stated.

Despite these adjustments, Air Canada says it would enhance its whole flying capability for winter 2023/24 by 12 per cent over 2022/23.

In its assertion, Air Canada stated it would stay dedicated to Calgary and the Western Canadian market and there might be no change to its one-stop connections from town to hubs in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal.