As the ongoing tariff battle between the United States and Canada heats up, a Canadian airline has canceled its flights to Tennessee.
Flair Airlines has announced it has canceled all of its flights from Canada to Tennessee.
Kim Bowie, Flair Airlines’ director of communications, confirmed, “I can confirm that Flair won’t be flying to Nashville this summer.”
According to Flair Airlines’ website, it had only one flight to the United States, to Tennessee.
Canadian airline cancels flights to Tennessee amid a tense political climate @WKRN https://t.co/GrjCqcQoXn pic.twitter.com/L6VguHKNmx
— Peyton Kennedy (@peytonTVkennedy) March 18, 2025
Canadian airline cancels flights to Tennessee https://t.co/kzCzKvDJCJ
— WKRN News 2 (@WKRN) March 18, 2025
Check out what The Hill reported:
Amid a tense political climate, a Canadian airline says it is canceling flights between Canada and a Tennessee city already targeted by the country’s tariffs.
In response to tariffs enacted by President Trump, Canadians have made their opinion of the U.S. clear, booing the country’s national anthem at NHL and NBA games and removing American-made goods — including Tennessee whiskey — from their store shelves.
Recent reports show Canadians are also avoiding any trips to the U.S. According to the Canadian Press, they have been canceling travel plans. Data from travel agency Flight Centre Travel Group Canada showed leisure bookings to U.S. cities dropped 40 percent in February over last February, with one in five customers canceling U.S. trips over the previous three months.
Canadian airlines have taken note. One in particular, Flair Airlines, recently announced it would end flights to Nashville.
“I can confirm that Flair won’t be flying to Nashville this summer,” said Kim Bowie, director of communications for Flair Airlines. According to Flair’s website, the airline’s flights to Nashville are its only route to Tennessee.
The airlines has also offered discounts to flights outside of the United States:
Canadian airline offering ‘tariffic flight deals’ to anywhere but the U.S. ‘Nothing trumps this deal,’ Flair Airlines says of its 25% off flash sale on domestic and non-U.S. international flightshttps://t.co/3xRfymERip via @ottawacitizen
— David Pugliese (@davidpugliese) March 5, 2025
Per WKRN:
Amid a tense political climate, Flair Airlines has canceled flights from Canada to Nashville.
“I can confirm that Flair won’t be flying to Nashville this summer,” said Kim Bowie, director of communications for Flair Airlines. According to Flair’s website, the airline’s flights to Nashville are its only route to Tennessee.
During a Monday meeting of the Tennessee House Finance, Ways and Means Committee, Department of Tourist Development Commissioner Mark Ezell said it’s a loss of about 18,000 seats.
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