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AVIATION
RAPIDLY EVOLVING EVOLVING AIRLINES

BREAKING: U.S. Airports EMPTY — Foreign Airlines CANCEL Routes, 320,000 Seats GONE!


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfVzwMZxRtM BREAKING: U.S. Airports EMPTY — Foreign Airlines CANCEL Routes, 320,000 Seats GONE! RISE OF EAST 10.3K subscribers Jun 22, 2025 #AirlineCollapse #USEconomy #USAirports In a shocking move, major international airlines are abandoning the U.S. market, cancelling routes and leaving terminals empty. With over 320,000 seats slashed and bookings down by 70%, the impact is devastating for U.S. airports and border economies. In this video, we break down: 🔴 Why Air Canada, Lufthansa, and Play Airlines are cancelling U.S. flights 📉 The collapse of Canadian and European inbound travel 🏨 Hotel and tourism losses in key U.S. cities 🛑 What this mass airline exodus means for the U.S. economy 🌍 The global shift away from America’s aviation hubs U.S. terminals are turning into ghost zones, and the ripple effects are growing by the day. Is this just about aviation—or is it the beginning of a broader global retreat from the U.S. economy? 📢 Comment your thoughts below and subscribe for the full story. #AirlineCollapse #USEconomy #USAirports #TourismCrisis #AviationNews #TravelBans #320000SeatsGone #Lufthansa #AirCanada #BreakingNews Fair Use Disclaimer: This content may include copyrighted material, the use of which may not have been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We make such material available for purposes such as criticism, commentary, news reporting, education, and research—as permitted under Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act under Fair Use. We do not intend to infringe on any rights. If you are the copyright owner and believe your content was used improperly, please contact us at: 📧 [riseofeastteam@gmail.com] We will respond promptly and take necessary actions if required. All rights and credit belong to the original creators and copyright holders. Disclaimer: This channel presents news commentary and analysis based on publicly available information. The content is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute professional, legal, or financial advice. While efforts are made to ensure accuracy, we do not guarantee the completeness or reliability of any information presented. All views expressed are personal opinions and do not represent any official stance. Viewers are encouraged to conduct their own research and draw independent conclusions. How this content was made Altered or synthetic content Sound or visuals were significantly edited or digitally generated. Learn more RISE OF EAST 10.3K subscribers Videos About 12:25 BREAKING: Canada ERUPTS Against Trump’s Visit — Mark Carney’s Reaction Says It All! by RISE OF EAST 15:05 Boeing COLLAPSES: KLM, Emirates, Qantas Flee to Airbus — Trump Can’t Stop It! by RISE OF EAST 12:01 Trump FURIOUS as Trading Partners Reject Dollar Payments & Dump U.S. Treasuries for Gold! by RISE OF EAST
Peter Burgess COMMENTARY



Peter Burgess
Transcript
  • 0:00
  • you've noticed fewer tourists lately but
  • what's unfolding now is far bigger than
  • a dip in visitors foreign airlines are
  • pulling out of the US market quietly
  • deliberately and no one in Washington
  • seems to be asking why this isn't just a
  • 0:14
  • few canceled flights it's a strategic
  • 0:16
  • retreat from one of the world's largest
  • 0:18
  • travel markets and the implications are
  • 0:21
  • massive take Iceland's Play airlines by
  • 0:24
  • October 2025 they're shutting down all
  • 0:27
  • US operations every route gone from
  • 0:30
  • cities like Stewart Boston and Baltimore
  • 0:33
  • they're walking away from a market they
  • 0:35
  • spent years building air Canada's doing
  • 0:38
  • the same axing five US routes this
  • 0:40
  • winter Detroit Indianapolis Minneapolis
  • 0:44
  • Nashville and Tampa these aren't delays
  • 0:47
  • or temporary pauses these are calculated
  • 0:50
  • cancellations this isn't about politics
  • 0:52
  • or sanctions there's no government
  • retaliation or diplomatic fallout
  • driving this these are independent
  • corporate decisions airlines choosing to

  • 1:01
  • abandon the US market when companies
  • 1:04
  • stop chasing American travelers that
  • 1:06
  • speaks louder than any press release
  • 1:08
  • ever could and it's not just lowcost
  • 1:11
  • carriers play airlines might be the most
  • 1:13
  • dramatic cutting all US ties but they're
  • 1:16
  • not alone air Canada's scaling back
  • 1:18
  • westjets dropped roots porter and Flare
  • 1:21
  • are pulling back too across the Atlantic
  • 1:23
  • the trend is growing lufansa is quietly
  • 1:25
  • trimming US capacity air France KLM
  • 1:28
  • reports a 2% drop in US bookings these
  • 1:31
  • aren't small players they're global
  • 1:34
  • giants with decades of US operations
  • 1:37
  • that's what makes this shift so alarming
  • 1:39
  • these airlines aren't acting on impulse
  • 1:42
  • they're moving methodically scaling back
  • 1:44
  • realigning and withdrawing from a market
  • 1:46
  • they no longer see as reliable or
  • 1:49
  • profitable the question isn't why a few
  • 1:51
  • airlines are tweaking their schedules
  • 1:53
  • it's why so many are leaving at once
  • 1:55
  • here's what they're seeing and it's grim
  • 1:58
  • canadian travel to the US hasn't just

  • 2:00
  • slowed it's collapsed some estimates
  • 2:03
  • show a year-over-year drop of over 70%
  • 2:06
  • with key markets plummeting 76% that's
  • 2:09
  • hundreds of thousands of empty seats air
  • 2:11
  • Canada's already slashed over 300,000
  • 2:14
  • seats from its US schedule european data
  • 2:17
  • tells a similar story lufansza is
  • 2:19
  • reviewing US routes internally and EU
  • 2:21
  • airlines are watching US demand erode
  • 2:24
  • faster than expected this isn't a
  • 2:27
  • seasonal blip it's a structural shift
  • 2:29
  • airlines don't wait when the data
  • 2:31
  • screams trouble they act they cancel
  • 2:34
  • flights reposition planes and chase
  • 2:36
  • markets with lower risk and better
  • 2:38
  • margins right now that's not the US you
  • 2:41
  • might point to rising fuel costs tariffs
  • 2:43
  • or border issues but dig deeper and it's
  • 2:46
  • clear these are cold calculated business
  • 2:48
  • moves not knee-jerk cost cutting
  • 2:51
  • lufansza's CEO admitted US demand has
  • 2:54
  • flatlined even after flying full planes
  • 2:56
  • in Q12025
  • 2:58
  • now they're planning significant

  • 3:00
  • capacity cuts across their operations
  • 3:03
  • oag data shows Canadian carriers have
  • 3:05
  • slashed over 320,000 US-bound seats
  • 3:08
  • through October 2025 with forward
  • 3:11
  • bookings down over 70% the math is
  • 3:14
  • simple no demand no flights this isn't
  • 3:17
  • just about airlines the ripple effects
  • 3:19
  • are hitting entire economies us border
  • 3:22
  • cities and tourism hubs are bleeding
  • 3:24
  • revenue canada to US travel is down 70%
  • 3:27
  • and the losses are piling up this quiet
  • 3:29
  • exodus isn't a passing storm it's a
  • 3:32
  • wakeup call why are airlines walking
  • 3:34
  • away from the US and what does it say
  • 3:36
  • about where we're headed air France KM
  • 3:39
  • reported a 2.1% rise in US to Europe
  • 3:42
  • traffic but the reverse not so much
  • 3:45
  • foreign airlines are pulling back and
  • 3:47
  • it's creating an imbalance that's
  • 3:49
  • boosting foreign economies while ours
  • 3:51
  • take a hit we're talking weaker local
  • 3:53
  • currencies struggling businesses near US
  • 3:55
  • airports and job losses in travel
  • 3:58
  • dependent cities so where are the planes

  • 4:00
  • going the US isn't the top pick for
  • 4:03
  • airlines anymore westjets redirected
  • 4:05
  • over 100 flights to Europe adding routes
  • 4:08
  • to Dublin and Edinburgh air Canada's
  • 4:10
  • focusing on domestic and EUbound flights
  • 4:13
  • star Alliance carriers like Lufansza are
  • 4:15
  • cutting longhaul US routes by up to 15%
  • 4:18
  • shifting jets to faster growing or safer
  • 4:20
  • markets even Middle Eastern and Asian
  • 4:23
  • airlines are swooping in filling the gap
  • 4:25
  • with more US-bound flights this isn't
  • 4:27
  • just tweaking routes it's a global
  • 4:29
  • aviation chess move the impact us
  • 4:32
  • regional airports are turning into ghost
  • 4:34
  • towns places like Stewart Cleveland and
  • 4:37
  • Tampa are seeing international gates
  • 4:39
  • shut down for months airlines aren't
  • 4:42
  • just cutting flights they're ditching
  • 4:44
  • partnerships scrapping shared
  • 4:46
  • investments and abandoning terminal
  • 4:48
  • spaces they once fought for at Steuart
  • 4:50
  • Airport Iceland's play was the last
  • 4:53
  • transatlantic link now it's gone and so
  • 4:56
  • is the airport's global connection for
  • 4:58
  • these cities it's an economic gut punch

  • 5:01
  • no flights no tourists no hotel taxes no
  • 5:05
  • airport jobs and once a global carrier
  • 5:07
  • leaves they rarely return border cities
  • 5:10
  • like Buffalo Detroit and Seattle are
  • 5:12
  • feeling it the worst hotels are
  • 5:14
  • reporting double-digit drops in bookings
  • 5:17
  • retail spending near US airports is down
  • 5:19
  • 12% year-over-year per CBRE travel data
  • 5:23
  • fewer flights mean fewer travelers fewer
  • 5:26
  • rental cars fewer restaurant tabs and
  • 5:28
  • millions in lost tourism revenue it's
  • 5:31
  • squeezing airport operators too who are
  • 5:33
  • stuck with costly terminal expansions
  • 5:35
  • built for international carriers that
  • 5:37
  • are now bailing this isn't just about
  • 5:39
  • flight schedules it's about entire local
  • 5:42
  • economies unraveling here's the kicker
  • 5:45
  • americans are still flying out delta and
  • 5:47
  • United are seeing more transatlantic
  • 5:49
  • bookings for summer 2025 us travelers
  • 5:52
  • are packing their bags for Europe but
  • 5:54
  • foreign airlines they're not bringing
  • 5:56
  • people back it's a one-way street and
  • 5:58
  • it's costing us the global travel flow

  • 6:01
  • is lopsided and it's dangerous a healthy
  • 6:04
  • aviation system thrives on balance
  • 6:06
  • shared revenue integrated networks and
  • 6:09
  • steady inbound and outbound traffic when
  • 6:12
  • one side dries up the whole system
  • 6:14
  • starts to fracture that's exactly what's
  • 6:16
  • happening now as Americans keep flying
  • 6:18
  • out many don't realize how many foreign
  • 6:21
  • airlines are quietly cancing the return
  • 6:23
  • trip let's break down what this means
  • 6:26
  • starting on the ground when foreign
  • 6:28
  • carriers pull routes they're not just
  • 6:29
  • leaving empty gates they're draining
  • 6:32
  • income from airports cities and local
  • 6:34
  • job markets regional US airports
  • 6:37
  • especially those that spent years
  • 6:38
  • building up international routes are now
  • 6:41
  • stuck with underused terminals and
  • 6:42
  • shrinking staff government data shows a
  • 6:45
  • nearly 12% drop in overseas visitors to
  • 6:48
  • the US in March 2025 flights from Europe
  • 6:51
  • alone are down 17% this isn't a seasonal
  • 6:54
  • blip it's a sustained retreat major
  • 6:57
  • airlines aren't waiting to see if things
  • 6:59
  • bounce back american Airlines has

  • 7:01
  • already slashed key transatlantic routes
  • 7:03
  • new York to Paris Dallas to Frankfurt
  • 7:06
  • Philadelphia to Zurich these aren't
  • 7:08
  • minor connections they're critical hubs
  • 7:10
  • they once banked on even US carriers are
  • 7:13
  • treading carefully delta and United have
  • 7:15
  • held back their fullear forecasts
  • 7:17
  • because they can't predict where this is
  • 7:19
  • headed that speaks volumes what makes
  • 7:22
  • this different no one's forcing these
  • 7:24
  • cuts this isn't a trade war a political
  • 7:27
  • standoff or a government ban these are
  • 7:30
  • airlines making cold calculated
  • 7:32
  • decisions based on their own risk
  • 7:34
  • assessments and profit models we saw
  • 7:36
  • something similar in 2024 when US
  • 7:39
  • carriers pulled out of Israel not
  • 7:40
  • because the FAA ordered them to but
  • 7:43
  • because they didn't want the risk now
  • 7:45
  • foreign airlines are applying that same
  • 7:47
  • logic to the US the problem when it's
  • 7:50
  • not a government restriction there's no
  • 7:52
  • policy to reverse or deal to negotiate
  • 7:55
  • these are quiet boardroom decisions and
  • 7:58
  • those are the toughest to undo this

  • 8:00
  • isn't just about fewer flights it's
  • 8:02
  • about the US becoming less central to
  • 8:05
  • how the world moves global air travel
  • 8:07
  • isn't only about tourism it's about
  • 8:09
  • sustaining business ties academic
  • 8:11
  • exchanges and even diplomatic influence
  • when fewer international flights land in
  • the US it's not just the travel industry
  • that takes a hit it's the entire
  • ecosystem that keeps America connected
  • to the world the US is seeing its global
  • influence shrink as its aviation
  • footprint contracts meanwhile carriers
  • like Emirates Qatar Airways and Turkish
  • Airlines are expanding rapidly filling
  • the gaps and forging stronger
  • connections across Europe Asia and the
  • Middle East as US connectivity dwindles
  • these global players are stepping in
  • 8:44
  • reshaping the aviation landscape if this
  • trend continues the US risks losing its
  • role as a global connector becoming an
  • outlier instead this shift doesn't just
  • change how we travel it alters how the
  • world does business middle Eastern
  • giants like Emirates and Qatar Airways

  • 9:01
  • are aggressively capturing market demand
  • while Turkish airlines is boosting
  • routes between Europe and Asia often
  • bypassing the US entirely chinese
  • carriers such as China Southern and
  • Hainan Airlines are focusing inward and
  • expanding southward into Southeast Asia
  • and bricks aligned economies further
  • sidelining the US the US isn't just
  • losing flights it's losing its status as
  • a global hub once these air bridges are
  • rerouted rebuilding them could take a
  • decade or more here's the reality
  • foreign airlines aren't being forced out
  • they're choosing to pull back quietly
  • strategically and consistently many
  • international carriers are cutting US
  • routes redirecting resources to more
  • stable and profitable markets this isn't
  • random it's a signal the US is
  • increasingly seen as less stable less
  • lucrative and in some cases not worth
  • the risk this isn't just about aviation
  • it's an early warning sign when global

  • 10:00
  • businesses start quietly stepping back
  • they're often seeing challenges others
  • haven't yet noticed so let's talk about
  • it is this just about airlines or are we
  • witnessing a broader economic shift
  • unfolding in real time drop your
  • thoughts in the comments below we want
  • to hear from


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