Canadian airline cancels all US-bound flights for summer season

Air Transat — a Canadian airline based in Montreal, Quebec — will now no longer fly passengers to the United States, according to a new report.

Canadian news outlet Globe and Mail reported Friday that Air Transat is planning to wind down flights to Fort Lauderdale and Orlando, Florida beginning in Spring 2026, and will eventually eliminate flights to those destinations altogether ahead of the summer travel season. The airline said the decision to do so was based on a desire to "better manage its resources," per the Globe and Mail.

Air Transat currently flies to 67 destinations in approximately 25 different countries, though Fort Lauderdale and Orlando are the only two U.S. cities it serves. The airline has not said whether it will eventually restore service to the United States.

The decision comes as President Donald Trump's administration has ramped up its rhetoric toward Canada. Earlier this week, Trump threatened to block the planned opening of the new Gordie Howe Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario to Detroit, Michigan unless Canada made significant concessions.

Trump demanded Canada allow the U.S. to have 50 percent ownership of the bridge, even though Canada shouldered the full $5.7 billion cost of the bridge's construction. Canada plans to recoup its investment through toll fees. The Atlantic's Jonathan Chait recently argued that Trump's planned blockade may be due to billionaire Republican donor Matthew Moroun owning the Ambassador Bridge, which is currently the only way trucks can cross the U.S.-Canada border from Windsor to Detroit.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney promised the "situation will be resolved," saying in French that Trump's threats would not stop the bridge from opening.

"I explained that Canada paid for the construction of the bridge … that the ownership is shared between the state of Michigan and the government of Canada, and that in the construction of the bridge, obviously there’s Canadian steel and Canadian workers, but also US steel, US workers that were involved," Carney said. "This is a great example of cooperation between our countries."