Avelo Airlines has drastically reduced its network from Wilmington International Airport (ILM) in North Carolina, readjusting down to just a handful of nonstop destinations. The carrier dropped eight routes in January, with one more terminated this August, for a total of nine cuts from Wilmington this year. Data from Cirium shows Wilmington will see 11 weekly departures in November, down from 27 at the same time last year. The eight January cuts were Wilmington to Fort Lauderdale, Long Island, Orlando, Fort Myers, Palm Beach, Punta Cana, Detroit and Manchester, all judged no longer financially viable, with aircraft to be better utilized elsewhere. The ninth cut, Wilmington to Rochester, followed in August. The Punta Cana link, the airline's first international service, lasted just two months before termination. Avelo is left at Wilmington with year-round services to Nashville, New Haven and Tampa.
United Airlines has also cut five routes to Canada this year, terminating five nonstop services between US hubs and Canada. Washington Dulles (IAD) lost two routes in September, to Calgary and Halifax, with Calgary operated by a mix of Boeing 737-800 and 737 MAX 8 aircraft and Halifax served until September on a Republic Airways E175. Chicago O'Hare (ORD) to Edmonton was terminated in September on the 737-800, leaving that city pair unserved nonstop, while Los Angeles to Toronto was cut in September on the MAX 9, leaving Air Canada and Porter Airlines as the operators there. Vancouver to Newark was chopped in October, on a mix of 737-900 and MAX 9 aircraft, and is now operated by Air Canada, with JetBlue serving Vancouver from JFK. Despite the five cancellations, Cirium data cited in the report identifies United as still the second-largest airline between the US and Canada, behind Air Canada and ahead of Delta Air Lines, WestJet and Porter Airlines, with its most popular Canada service, Newark to Toronto, maintaining 47 weekly departures in November, followed by Chicago O'Hare to Toronto with 41.