Sunwing cancels southbound trips from Toronto amid ongoing delays [Video]

Sunwing Airlines says all flights heading to southern destinations from Toronto Pearson International Airport on Wednesday have been cancelled as the airline works to return customers stranded abroad by a slew of recent flight delays.

The airline said in a statement on its website that the cancellations for Feb. 19 are being done to get those travellers stranded due to recent weather disruptions, availability constraints and “extremely limited” hotel capacity back home.

According to the airline, all affected customers who were to fly out of Toronto will receive a full refund to their original form of payment within 21 business days.

“This difficult but essential operational decision allows us to redirect our resources toward bringing delayed customers home as quickly and safely as possible,” the statement reads.

It’s not the only notice to Sunwing customers, which has seen flights impacted for the past several days.

Earlier on Wednesday, the airline advised travellers scheduled to depart between …