After months of cuts to transborder routes, Air Canada said Monday that it will return to one U.S. airport and expand service to two others.
Starting in May 2026, the carrier will link Toronto and San Antonio, Texas, and serve Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, from Montreal. All three routes will operate until October 2026.
Service to San Antonio will launch on May 1 following an over six-year hiatus, per Cirium Diio schedule data. Flights will be operated by an Airbus A220-300.
Air Canada currently offers service to both Cleveland and Columbus from Toronto. The airline last served San Antonio in 2019.
Air Canada leaders said they will boost transborder capacity by 15% in the summer of 2026, bringing operations more in line with summer 2024 figures after a notably weak summer this year. They did not say which other U.S. routes will see increased flights.
Air Canada has dialed back service to U.S. markets like Detroit, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Washington, D.C., and Tampa, Florida, in recent months amid new U.S.-imposed tariffs and rising political tensions between the two countries. U.S. customs data from earlier this year showed air and motor vehicle traffic from Canada to the U.S. are at their lowest levels since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
