{"id":2870,"date":"2026-04-21T05:34:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/?p=2870"},"modified":"2026-04-21T05:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:34:37","slug":"westjet-cuts-flights-as-aviation-fuel-prices-soar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/?p=2870","title":{"rendered":"WestJet Cuts Flights as Aviation Fuel Prices Soar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WestJet has announced a reduction in flight capacity due to soaring aviation fuel prices caused by the conflict in Iran. The airline will cut capacity by 1% in April, 3% in May, and nearly 6% in June. While no routes have been eliminated yet, the company is reviewing its summer schedule for potential cuts. To manage rising costs, a temporary fuel surcharge of $60 has been implemented on certain bookings. Similarly, Air Canada has suspended six routes, including flights to New York, citing unprofitability due to energy costs. Impacted travelers are being offered alternative flight arrangements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WestJet has announced a reduction in flight capacity due to soaring aviation fuel prices caused by the conflict in Iran. The airline will cut capacity by 1% in April, 3% in May, and nearly 6% in June. While no routes have been eliminated yet, the company is reviewing its summer schedule for potential cuts. To [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-english"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2872,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870\/revisions\/2872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepunjabtimes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}