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Old Feb 9, 2026 | 8:07 pm
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Not sure if this is the place to post this, but WS is suspending Cuba operations until at least the end of April due to the ongoing fuel shortages.

Like AC, will operate empty southbound but carry guests back to Canada already there.

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Old Feb 9, 2026 | 8:22 pm
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Originally Posted by hollywoodcory17
Not sure if this is the place to post this, but WS is suspending Cuba operations until at least the end of April due to the ongoing fuel shortages.

Like AC, will operate empty southbound but carry guests back to Canada already there.
I have family who're booked on Sunwing YEG-VRA in early Mar. and noted that their advisory changed from what was this morning a flexible rebooking policy & cancellation to travel credit to an late aft. update announcing an outright suspension of operations and a full refund to original FOP so knew WS was following AC and throwing in the towel on all Cuba operations given the situation.
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Old Feb 10, 2026 | 8:03 am
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Originally Posted by hollywoodcory17
its probably in the 25-30% range in terms of whats been cut.

Heres a summary of the routes dropped for this summer:

YYC-RDU
YYC-OGG
YYC-FLL
YEG-SEA
YEG-SFO
YEG-ATL
YEG-ORD
YEG-BNA
YEG-YUL
YVR-BOS
YVR-BNA
YVR-TPA
YVR-SFO
YVR-SAN
YVR-MCO
YVR-YUL
YVR-YOW
YLW-SEA
YYZ-LAX
YYZ-LAS
YWG-ATL
YWG-LAS
YWG-BNA


YYC-HNL has a brief suspension from late April until June 27.

I havent fully reviewed all the domestic changes, but it seems at least some of that has gone to domestic increases as well as more flights to Mexico / Caribbean.
That basically wipes out WSs trans border ops in YEG and YWG eh? 😬 Im sure YYC-OGG will be back next winter. Cant speak for the rest of the drops.
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Old Feb 10, 2026 | 2:04 pm
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Originally Posted by YYCguy
That basically wipes out WSs trans border ops in YEG and YWG eh?
True for YWG. However, YEG still has WS flights to LAX, MSP, PHX (granted, only once a week) and perhaps other US destinations.
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Old Feb 10, 2026 | 5:11 pm
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The 787 is not on YYC-OGG, YYC-PVR, or YYC-HNL for W27
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Old Feb 11, 2026 | 9:13 am
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Originally Posted by Lsflyer81
The 787 is not on YYC-OGG, YYC-PVR, or YYC-HNL for W27
To accommodate So Paulo ops perhaps? I would have preferred them to pull PVR and SJD instead.
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Old Feb 11, 2026 | 9:56 am
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Originally Posted by YYCguy
To accommodate So Paulo ops perhaps? I would have preferred them to pull PVR and SJD instead.
In Dec 2025 total arrivals in OGG from YYC was 3,548 seats (average 114 people per day), so 787 service is hard to sustain with those numbers. Best with 5 or 6 MAX 8s flights per week to service that market: https://www.hawaiitourismauthority.o...mber-2025.xlsx
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Old Feb 11, 2026 | 10:36 am
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Originally Posted by YYCguy
To accommodate So Paulo ops perhaps? I would have preferred them to pull PVR and SJD instead.
Neither PVR or SJD show the 787 either.

So far for next winter its just:

YYC-LHR/CDG/NRT/GRU/CUN

FCO and ICN both go into November then come back in March.
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Old Feb 11, 2026 | 5:20 pm
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Originally Posted by hollywoodcory17
Not sure if this is the place to post this, but WS is suspending Cuba operations until at least the end of April due to the ongoing fuel shortages.

Like AC, will operate empty southbound but carry guests back to Canada already there.
Supposing this is the death rattle of the Cuban regime, how many airplanes worth of flying is going to be impacted if Cuban resorts are effectively shuttered for the foreseeable future.
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Old Feb 11, 2026 | 5:53 pm
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Originally Posted by hollywoodcory17
Neither PVR or SJD show the 787 either.

So far for next winter its just:

YYC-LHR/CDG/NRT/GRU/CUN

FCO and ICN both go into November then come back in March.

yea, but now the 787s arnt being as heavily utilized. Id predict that sick And FCO will be made year round for W27, or some matenence is planned. They are going to be 8 years old this winter.
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Old Feb 11, 2026 | 6:14 pm
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Originally Posted by Lsflyer81
yea, but now the 787s arnt being as heavily utilized. Id predict that sick And FCO will be made year round for W27, or some matenence is planned. They are going to be 8 years old this winter.
I should also note that CUN is currently scheduled 2x daily (well 13x weekly) so in order for either ICN or FCO to be extended theyd have to cut at least one of those frequencies.

Even with GRU at just 3x weekly it still eats up a full frame for the whole week to itself.

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Old Feb 11, 2026 | 6:22 pm
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Originally Posted by Error 601
Supposing this is the death rattle of the Cuban regime, how many airplanes worth of flying is going to be impacted if Cuban resorts are effectively shuttered for the foreseeable future.
I didnt realize how much capacity WS had in Cuba. Something like 97x weekly on 60ish routes to 8 destinations.


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Old Feb 12, 2026 | 5:02 pm
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I wonder if Sunwing owned resorts in Cuba too...
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Old Feb 12, 2026 | 8:57 pm
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Originally Posted by hollywoodcory17
I didnt realize how much capacity WS had in Cuba. Something like 97x weekly on 60ish routes to 8 destinations.

Including connecting traffic, that would be the equivalent of about 10-12 planes.
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Old Feb 13, 2026 | 12:07 am
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Originally Posted by hollywoodcory17
I should also note that CUN is currently scheduled 2x daily (well 13x weekly) so in order for either ICN or FCO to be extended theyd have to cut at least one of those frequencies.

Even with GRU at just 3x weekly it still eats up a full frame for the whole week to itself.
I've long predicted that YYC-FCO will eventually go year-round as Rome is a year-round destination. Surely the YYC-CUN demand can still be accommodated without tying up two 787s on that one route in winter season.
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