Weather, Not Omicron, Taking the Biggest Bite out of Canadian Airline Schedules

An Air Canada plane prepares to land at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Dec. 26, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

CALGARY—Canadian air travelers are experiencing an uptick in flight cancellations this holiday season, but airlines say weather is a bigger factor than COVID-19.

According to airline data company Cirium, Canada’s largest airlines canceled hundreds of flights between Dec. 22 and Dec. 26 of this year.