Air Canada on Friday announced it would suspend some domestic, transborder and international flights in response to higher jet fuel prices.
U.S. routes affected include flights between JFK and each Toronto and Montreal, effective June 1, with plans to resume Oct. 25, according to Air Canada. The carrier also on June 30 will temporarily suspend flights between Toronto and Salt Lake City, with plans to resume in 2027.
The carrier will continue to fly between Canada, including Montreal and Toronto, and LaGuardia Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport.
Internationally, a planned Montreal-Guadalajara route has been suspended. Domestically, Air Canada will suspend as of May 28 its Vancouver-Fort McMurray route, and on Aug. 30, its Toronto-Yellowknife route.
"Jet fuel prices have doubled since the start of the Iran conflict, affecting some lower profitability routes and flights which now are no longer economically feasible," the carrier said in a statement.
Air Canada said it would contact affected customers and offer alternate travel options, and that the suspensions would affect the carrier's planned capacity by approximately 1 percent of annual available seat miles.
According to the Argus U.S. Jet Fuel Index, the average price of jet fuel on Feb. 27, one day before the conflict in Iran started, was $2.50 per gallon. On April 16, it closed at $4.32 per gallon. The price recently peaked on April 2 at $4.88 per gallon.