Canada has denied Turkish Airlines' request to increase its flights to the country for the upcoming northern summer season. The airline had applied for an additional five weekly services, which would have been a temporary increase from April 1 to October 31, 2025. This would have raised Turkish Airlines' total flights to Canada from 12 to 17 per week, marking a 42% increase in services.
Turkish Airlines has been operating in Canada since 2009, with current routes including Istanbul to Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. The proposed expansion included daily flights to Toronto and increased frequencies to Montreal and Vancouver.
A senior airline network planner commented on the application: "Asking for such a capacity increase is a bit too rich for Canadian authorities. Turkish Airlines should have just applied to increase Toronto to daily, which would be a much more reasonable 17% increase, which shouldn't have been an issue getting approved."