These 6 American cities have lost the most air seats while Canada reacts to Trump’s policy

The recent prices imposed in Canada by President Donald Trump and his insistence that the maple leaf could be the flag of the 51st state embittered many Canadians against the holidays in the United States this year. The concerns concerning the tightening of immigration requirements and a more in -depth examination of visitors have also proven a means of deterrence.

According to Cirium data, an aeronautical analysis company, the overall capacity of airlines is stable on roads between Canada and the United States for the second quarter of this year, compared to the second quarter of last year. Airlines have only planned a net of 197 more flights and added a net of 843 additional Canada seats in the United States.

It is despite a global increase in Canada’s trips.

• Airlines increased Canada flights to all 5.0% destinations (compared to 227,348 in T2 2024 to 238,710 flights provided for T2 2025).
• The seats increased by 5.6% (compared to just under 25.5 million in T2 2024 to 26.8 million seats in T2 2025).

American destinations still represent 28% of all Canadian air trips (just over 5 million seats), but there has been a significant drop in the main tourist points and major cities.

6 American destinations have lost more than 10,000 incoming seats in Canada

The American destinations most affected by Canadian change against American trips in the second quarter are:

• Las Vegas lost 48,728 seats
• Fort Lauderdale lost 29,105 seats
• New York lost 24,857 seats
• Los Angeles lost 24,764 seats
• Orlando lost 17,777 seats
• Miami lost 13,444 seats

Seven other American destinations have also been considerably affected with net losses of more than 5,000 passengers:

• Boston lost 9,282 seats
• Chicago lost 6,708 seats
• Hartford, CT lost 6,460 seats
• New Orleans lost 6,394 seats
• Washington, DC lost 5,518 seats
• Kansas City, Mo lost 5,497 seats
• Large rapid, Mi lost 5,146 seats

More losses in air capacity in the third quarter of Canada

According to the latest airline calendar files for the third quarter of this year, compared to the 3rd quarter of last year, the capacity of airlines in Canada has also decreased in five of these cities.

• Los Angeles lost 39,618 additional seats
• Miami lost 12,705 seats
• Washington, DC lost 12,648 seats
• Las Vegas lost 9,083 seats
• Hartford, CT lost 6,688 seats

In addition, in the third trimester:

• Pittsburg has lost 8,301 seats
• Minneapolis / St. Paul lost 7,546 seats
• Tucson lost 7,026 seats

Some American cities are resilient

All American cities have not seen the number of air seats decrease, which is why the current capacity of the airline remains stable for the second quarter compared to last year, if only by a very narrow margin. Airlines have added more than 20,000 seats for the second quarter of this year to five American cities:

• Chicago won 30,888 seats
• Denver won 30,156 seats
• Atlanta won 28,670 seats
• San Francisco won 23,458 seats
• Nashville won 22,084 seats

And three cities that see a decrease in capacity in the second quarter currently have a significant increase in the capacity of the third quarter.

• New York wins 72,841 seats
• Chicago wins 54,838 seats
• Boston wins 21,030 seats

Canada’s reservation trends are disturbing

However, the term planned capacity only represents the intention to provide and can move to respond to the customer’s response. Airlines adjust the seats provided in accordance with demand trends, and the trend of demand is significantly negative. A recent report of the airline analysis company. Reservations on American roads until September fell 70% compared to last year.

“This clear drop suggests that travelers hold the reserves, probably due to continuous uncertainty surrounding the wider commercial dispute,” writes OAG chief analyst John Grant. “For all the airlines listed operating between the United States and Canada, any drop in consumer confidence and subsequent changes in planned travel is a concern, especially in such a large market and when they take place in a little notice.”

Where do Canadians go instead?

Many Canadians choose to travel to Canada instead, Cirium data show that airline capacity increased by 7.3% on domestic routes during the second quarter. More than a million seats were added compared to the same period last year.

Europe also moderately won Canada’s capacity during the second quarter. The most popular destinations are:

• Paris wins 29,266 seats at 397,257 total seats in T2 2025
• London earns 16,076 seats at 482,704 seats in total
• Munich wins 11,569 seats at 111 197 seats in total
• Lisbon wins 10,874 seats at 127,314 seats in total

The largest increase in the capacity of Canada airlines in the second quarter concerns roads to Asia. Airlines increased seats from 26.7% to more than a million.

• Hong Kong has the greatest number of seats added with 41,381, an increase of 28.7% compared to last year
• Seoul won 22,123 seats, an increase of 18% compared to last year
• Shanghai won 21,484 seats, an increase of 110% compared to last year
• Manila won 15,229 seats, an increase of 32.3% compared to last year
• Guangzhou won 14,040 seats, an increase of 300% compared to last year

Some airlines can reduce prices such as an incentive

OAG’s subsidy suggests that some airlines could reduce prices in the coming months, as an incentive to attract more Canadian “snowbirds” in winter.

However, one of Canada’s transporters in Ultra-Low-Coint, Flair Airlines, reduced its American capacity by almost 40% in the second quarter and by 12% in the third quarter so far. This suggests that Flair lacks confidence that low prices are sufficient to help Canadians forget American problems.