By Wa Lone and Doyinsola Oladipo

TORONTO/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Air Canada is betting on business travel to support an expansion of service from Toronto’s downtown airport, with new routes to the United States, in a boost for cross-border flying despite trade tensions between the two countries.

Canada’s largest carrier will offer new service in spring 2026 from the country’s largest city and economic hub to New York, Boston, Washington and Chicago, Chief Commercial Officer Mark Galardo told reporters at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.

Canadians have been slashing travel plans to the United States over President Donald Trump’s tariff war and concerns over U.S. immigration policy, with airlines like Air Canada and United Airlines cutting capacity on certain U.S.-bound leisure flights.

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