WestJet is suspending service indefinitely at some Atlantic Canadian airports, and significantly reducing services to Halifax and St. John’s.

For example, the daily St. John’s to Toronto flight is no more, and the Halifax-St. John’s route will be down to 11 flights per week.

All flights to and from Moncton, Fredericton, Sydney, Charlottetown, and Quebec City will be discontinued as of November 2.

WestJet President and CEO Ed Simms says demand for travel is being severely limited by what he calls restrictive policies that have left them out of runway.

One-hundred WestJetters, who were expecting to return in the next month or so, have instead been let go.

Simms apologized for no longer being able to connect parts of Atlantic Canada to the rest of their network. He says they have dramatically increased service across Atlantic Canada over the past decade.

Everywhere they have flown, they have seen a doubling of available flight options and a halving of fares, he says.

Effective November 2, we will be suspending our operations to Moncton, Fredericton, Sydney, Charlottetown and Quebec City while significantly reducing service to Halifax and St. John’s. This is a result of the impact of domestic quarantines, and continued decrease in demand. pic.twitter.com/78sr9PSz3v

— WestJet (@WestJet) October 14, 2020