WestJet Has Cut A Massive 27 US Routes: See All Major Flight Changes Now [Map]

Published Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT A graduate in German, Jake has a passion for history and regional aviation, and enjoys sampling new carriers and aircraft. He has visited OEM facilities as far and wide as Bristol, Toulouse, and Seattle, and recently enjoyed the milestone of flying his 150th sector as a passenger. Based in Norfolk, UK. In recent years, neighborly relations between the US and Canada haven't exactly been their best, amid a tariff war and even proposals by President Donald Trump to make Canada the '51st state' of the US. As a result, demand for transborder leisure travel has softened, with Canadians voting with their feet against the US government's swashbuckling style of international diplomacy. As a result, WestJet has made considerable cuts to its transborder network. Indeed, according to data made available by Cirium, an aviation analytics company, some 27 routes have been slashed when we compared WestJet's August 2026-June 2027 flights to those that it operated from January 2025 to July of this year. Vancouver Has Seen The Most Cuts Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in the Canadian province of British Columbia sits at the heart of this network pruning, with the facility accounting for eight of the 27 shelved routes. The corridors in question were primarily leisure routes to sunny destinations in Hawaii, Florida, and California, including Fort Lauderdale, Lihue, San Diego, San Francisco, and Tampa. As a result of these cuts, WestJet no longer serves Lihue in any scheduled capacity. Elsewhere, WestJet also no longer flies from Vancouver to Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) in Massachusetts and Nashville International Airport (BNA) in Tennessee. As a result of its US cuts out of Vancouver, WestJet is redeploying its capacity elsewhere, according to a statement obtained by the Vancouver Sun. "This winter, WestJet will offer its most extensive schedule to Latin America and the Caribbean, growing year-over-year capacity by 12% between Canadians’ preferred sun destinations and communities currently within its network" Edmonton Has Also Lost More US Routes Than Most Another major Canadian base when it comes to WestJet's transborder network cuts has been Edmonton International Airport (YEG) in Alberta. All in all, WestJet no longer serves five US cities from this facility, although, unlike those cut from Vancouver, there is less of a leisure element. Indeed, the cuts impact Atlanta, Chicago, Nashville, Seattle and San Francisco. These routes were among WestJet's poorest performers in load factor on US corridors out of Edmonton in the 12 months ending in May. Indeed, it managed figures of just 62.54% to Chicago, 70.77% to Nashville, 72.7% to Atlanta, 76.26% to San Francisco, and 79.01% to Seattle. Contrastingly, its top US performer from YEG, namely the route to Orlando Airport, exceeded 90%. That isn't to say that WestJet no longer serves any US destinations from Edmonton. Indeed, from August 2026 to June 2027, it will continue to operate at least nine transborder routes. Two of these serve Hawaii (Honolulu and Maui), while the other seven link Edmonton to US mainland cities (Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Orlando, Palm Springs, Phoenix, and Salt Lake City). Smaller Cuts Elsewhere WestJet has also made smaller cuts from other Canadian cities, with many destinations remaining the same. Indeed, as seen in the map above and the table below, the carrier will no longer fly to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) or Orlando International Airport (MCO) from Regina, Winnipeg, or Saskatoon. Las Vegas has also been cut from Toronto, alongside Los Angeles. WestJet's US Route Cuts Origin Destination(s) Vancouver Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Lihue, Nashville, Orlando, San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa Edmonton Atlanta, Chicago, Nashville, San Francisco, Seattle Regina Las Vegas, Orlando Winnipeg Las Vegas, Orlando Toronto Las Vegas, Los Angeles Saskatoon Las Vegas, Orlando Halifax Orlando Kelowna Las Vegas Ottawa Fort Myers Calgary Raleigh-Durham Victoria Las Vegas St John's Orlando Likewise, Las Vegas was also the sole cut from Kelowna and Victoria, while, out east, Halifax and St John's have lost their leisure links to Orlando. Fort Myers is another Florida destination affected by the cuts, with WestJet no longer flying there from Ottawa. Meanwhile, removing Raleigh-Durham from Calgary means WestJet no longer serves the North Carolina hub.