{"id":192299,"date":"2025-02-18T12:18:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T11:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=192299"},"modified":"2025-08-19T12:51:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T10:51:26","slug":"air-canada-relations-canada-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/air-canada-relations-canada-united-states","title":{"rendered":"Could Air Canada suffer from the deterioration in relations between Canada and the United States?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The national airline Air Canada<\/a> could it be one of the collateral victims of the profound deterioration in relations between the United States and Canada?<\/strong> ? It's quite possible, as the following confessed Mark Galardo, <\/strong>General Vice President, Sales and Network Planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An essential business between Europe and the United States<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Of course, nothing has been decided yet. But the company is already preparing for the possibility of a significant reduction in capacity to the United States<\/strong>. This would be a real break in strategy. Somewhat comparable to the reorientation of Finnair's traffic following the ban on overflying Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the latest figures provided by the company when presenting its balance sheet for the fourth quarter and the 2024 financial year, 18% of seat capacity is on the cross-border market<\/strong>. It is the third largest<\/strong> for Air Canada after the transatlantic market (34%) and the domestic market (21%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The American market is essential for Air Canada in terms of sixth freedom rights. This right allows an airline to carry a passenger from market A to market B via the market where the carrier originates. Air Canada estimates in its balance sheet that 80 % from the US market to the international network can efficiently transit<\/strong> through its three hubs Toronto, Montr\u00e9al <\/a><\/strong>and Vancouver<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n