Air Transat and WestJet are scaling back their flight capacities in response to the cost of aviation fuel that has escalated since the start of the war in Iran.
Both carriers made the announcement this week as cost pressures continue to hit the airline sector.
Transat A.T. Inc., the travel company that owns Air Transat, says it is cutting capacity by 6 percent from May through October, which covers the crucial summer travel season. It has also announced plans to lower flight frequencies on some routes to Europe and the Caribbean and extend its suspension of service to Cuba in response to ongoing volatility in energy markets and fuel supply constraints in certain regions….