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Air Canada discontinues service on 30 routes across the country.

Air Canada has announced it’s discontinuing service on 30 domestic routes and closing eight stations at airports across the country amid weakened demand for travel due to the novel coronavirus and measures put in place to limit its spread.

Canada’s largest airline said in a statement Tuesday that most of the route suspensions will occur in the Maritimes, Ontario and Quebec, with a handful of closures affecting western routes between Saskatchewan and Ottawa.

“Air Canada expects the industry’s recovery will take a minimum of three years,” the airline said in a statement. “As a consequence, other changes to its network and schedule, as well as further service suspensions, will be considered over the coming weeks.”

READ MORE: Air Canada has more refund complaints in U.S. than any other foreign airline

The airline industry has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic as governments implemented travel restrictions, which included limiting non-essential travel.

Since the pandemic began, Air Canada reported a net loss of $1.05 billion in the first quarter of 2020, including a net cash burn in March of $688 million. The carrier also announced in mid-May that it would have to lay off about 20,000 employees, representing more than 50 per cent of its staff.

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Air Canada said affected customers will be contacted and offered options by the airline.

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Here are the routes affected:

Maritimes/Newfoundland and Labrador
Deer Lake-Goose Bay
Deer Lake-St. John’s
Fredericton-Halifax
Fredericton-Ottawa
Moncton-Halifax
Saint John-Halifax
Charlottetown-Halifax
Moncton-Ottawa
Gander-Goose Bay
Gander-St. John’s
Bathurst-Montreal
Wabush-Goose Bay
Wabush-Sept-Iles
Goose Bay-St. John’s

Quebec and Ontario
Baie Comeau-Montreal
Baie Comeau-Mont Joli
Gaspé-Iles de la Madeleine
Gaspé-Quebec City
Sept-Iles-Quebec City
Val d’Or-Montreal
Mont Joli-Montreal
Rouyn-Noranda-Val d’Or
Kingston-Toronto
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London-Ottawa
North Bay-Toronto
Windsor-Montreal

Western Canada
Regina-Winnipeg
Regina-Saskatoon
Regina-Ottawa
Saskatoon-Ottawa

Source: globalnews.ca
Website: http://bit.do/fHo4X
Date: June 20, 2020

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PlatinumPearl Member How Do You Identify?: Femme, Human Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Canada Posts: 1,150 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 966 Thanked 2,418 Times in 890 Posts Rep Power: 21474846	Air Canada Updates Flight Schedule img Globe and Mail Air Canada discontinues service on 30 routes across the country. Air Canada has announced it’s discontinuing service on 30 domestic routes and closing eight stations at airports across the country amid weakened demand for travel due to the novel coronavirus and measures put in place to limit its spread. Canada’s largest airline said in a statement Tuesday that most of the route suspensions will occur in the Maritimes, Ontario and Quebec, with a handful of closures affecting western routes between Saskatchewan and Ottawa. “Air Canada expects the industry’s recovery will take a minimum of three years,” the airline said in a statement. “As a consequence, other changes to its network and schedule, as well as further service suspensions, will be considered over the coming weeks.” READ MORE: Air Canada has more refund complaints in U.S. than any other foreign airline The airline industry has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic as governments implemented travel restrictions, which included limiting non-essential travel. Since the pandemic began, Air Canada reported a net loss of $1.05 billion in the first quarter of 2020, including a net cash burn in March of $688 million. The carrier also announced in mid-May that it would have to lay off about 20,000 employees, representing more than 50 per cent of its staff. 2:17 [Video on main page] Coronavirus: Air Canada cutting domestic routes. Air Canada said affected customers will be contacted and offered options by the airline. 3:47 [Video on main page] Coronavirus outbreak: Why won’t airlines give me my money back? Here are the routes affected: Maritimes/Newfoundland and Labrador Deer Lake-Goose Bay Deer Lake-St. John’s Fredericton-Halifax Fredericton-Ottawa Moncton-Halifax Saint John-Halifax Charlottetown-Halifax Moncton-Ottawa Gander-Goose Bay Gander-St. John’s Bathurst-Montreal Wabush-Goose Bay Wabush-Sept-Iles Goose Bay-St. John’s Quebec and Ontario Baie Comeau-Montreal Baie Comeau-Mont Joli Gaspé-Iles de la Madeleine Gaspé-Quebec City Sept-Iles-Quebec City Val d’Or-Montreal Mont Joli-Montreal Rouyn-Noranda-Val d’Or Kingston-Toronto Story continues below advertisement London-Ottawa North Bay-Toronto Windsor-Montreal Western Canada Regina-Winnipeg Regina-Saskatoon Regina-Ottawa Saskatoon-Ottawa Source: globalnews.ca Website: http://bit.do/fHo4X Date: June 20, 2020

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