Canadian visits to the United States increased last month, the first increase in return trips to the States since late in 2024. Statistics Canada figures released today (May 11) show that Canadian-resident return trips from the U.S. in April totalled 1.8 million. That’s up 1.4% from the same month in 2025. Driven by an increase in return trips by automobile (+5.8%), April marks the first month since December 2024 that a year-over-year increase in overall return trips from the United States has occurred. In contrast, return trips from the U.S. by air decreased 8.1% from April of last year to Read more
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The new head of discount Swoop Airlines says higher fuel prices have to be passed on to passengers. Bob Cummings, who was named head of Calgary-based Swoop last week, told Canadian Press on Easter Monday that his airline, a subsidiary of WestJet, can’t ignore market forces. “We’re always adjusting, almost real time, to those market forces when input costs to go up. And they really do need to be passed through in order for the company to be financially healthy,” he said. “We’ll be doing everything we can to minimize that and have affordable fares.” Citing information from the flight Read more
