{"id":299535,"date":"2026-05-04T19:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/299535\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T19:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:09:08","slug":"air-canada-cuts-sacramento-toronto-nonstop-ahead-of-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/299535\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Canada cuts Sacramento\u2013Toronto nonstop ahead of schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SAC_1656_20250918_HR_airport.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Travelers wait for their flights in Terminal B at the Sacramento International Airport on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025.\" alt=\"Travelers wait for their flights in Terminal B at the Sacramento International Airport on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Travelers wait for their flights in Terminal B at the Sacramento International Airport on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>                HANNAH RUHOFF<\/p>\n<p>            hruhoff@sacbee.com<\/p>\n<p>Air Canada is suspending a nonstop route between Sacramento International Airport and a major Canadian city, with the change coming soon after the airline said it was dealing with skyrocketing jet fuel costs.<\/p>\n<p>The nonstop route between Sacramento and Toronto Pearson International Airport, a summer seasonal flight, will end \u201cearlier than previously planned this year,\u201d an Air Canada spokesperson said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The route, which <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/local\/transportation\/article269772727.html\">debuted in summer 2023<\/a>, normally runs between June and early to mid-October, Sacramento International Airport spokesperson Scott Johnston said. The Air Canada spokesperson did not confirm an end date this year, but nonstop flights were not available after Aug. 1, according to the airline\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>The route is one of two nonstop flights offered by Air Canada from the capital region \u2014 flights between Sacramento and Vancouver will continue.<\/p>\n<p>Other shuttered routes include Vancouver to Raleigh, North Carolina; Toronto to Charleston, South Carolina; and Montreal to Austin. Those flights will also end earlier than planned this year. All four routes are set to resume in summer 2027, the Air Canada spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>All affected customers will be contacted with alternate travel options and some will be given the option for a full refund.<\/p>\n<p>Air Canada said in an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aircanada.com\/media\/cost-of-fuel-and-the-impact-to-air-canadas-schedule\/\">April news release<\/a> that jet fuel costs have influenced the airline\u2019s routine route analysis, and adjustments were made due to fuel prices, which the release said had \u201cdoubled since the start of the Iran conflict.\u201d In that same release, the airline announced it was cancelling six routes, including three that crossed between Canada and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/314802557\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Smalstig-Madison.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Madison Smalstig\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/314802557\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Madison Smalstig<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Madison Smalstig covers transportation for The Sacramento Bee. Before joining The Bee, she reported on breaking news, focusing on crime and public safety, in the North Bay for three years. Smalstig is a born and raised Hoosier and earned degrees in journalism and Spanish at Indiana University.\u00a0\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Travelers wait for their flights in Terminal B at the Sacramento International Airport on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-299535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}