Delta Air Lines weighs Canada flight cuts after significant booking drop – National [Video]

Delta Air Lines has suffered “a significant drop” in travel bookings from Canada during its first quarter and is considering flight capacity cuts to this country, a top company executive said Wednesday.

“In Canada, we have seen a significant drop off in bookings. In Mexico, it’s kind of a mixed, a mixed bag. Some of the markets are performing better, some are performing worse,” Delta president Glenn Hallenstein told investment analysts on a conference call.

“So, we’re navigating through those waters and I think we will be looking at Canada and Mexico as places that we probably want to reduce our capacity levels as we move forward,” Hallenstein added, offering no further details.

Hallenstein made the remarks to airline analysts on a conference call after the Atlanta-based company released its latest quarterly financial results. The airline remains very profitable but suspended its financial forecast for the rest of the year, …