WestJet

For the airline and aerospace industries, many questions about pandemic recovery remain unanswered.

After launching its first Asia-Pacific route earlier this year, WestJet will add a second to the region in May.

Interest in ADL’s aerodynamic modification kit is growing among Boeing 737-800/-900 operators as future design work pivots to the Airbus A320 family.

From April 28, WestJet will fly daily on the YQR-MSP route using a 78-seat De Havilland Dash 8 turboprop aircraft.

WestJet will fly the YYT-LGW route will 3X-weekly from May 1, 2024, to Oct. 25, 2024, with a Boeing 737-8 aircraft.

Vancouver International Airport, Canada’s transpacific gateway, seeks to broaden its range.

WestJet will launch four new routes between Canada and the U.S. for the 2024 northern hemisphere summer season.

The Canadian Transportation Agency has given the go-ahead for WestJet to serve the Icelandic market.

The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

The evacuations are some of the latest during what has been Canada’s worst wildfire season on record.

Initial operating experience of a recently developed drag-reduction package on a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-800 indicates cruise fuel-burn savings of up to 2%.

Component support and modifications agreements feature in this month’s Contracts and Briefs.

WestJet has chosen Jetaire’s Invicta product for fuel tank flammability reduction on its Boeing 737 fleet.

Canadian carrier WestJet says the 2023-24 winter schedule is driven by high demand for leisure travel, and it features a new service to Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Agreements with pilots at American carriers have made great progress this year.

Alexis von Hoensbroech’s arrival has coincided with a pivot toward leisure travel that bolsters the airline’s growing presence in domestic Canadian markets.

WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech joined the company in February 2022.

Canada’s WestJet Group will shut down recently acquired Sunwing Airlines and incorporate its 18 Boeing 737s into WestJet mainline operations next year.

How recent forest fires in Canada are affecting commercial aviation and aircraft.

A new contract approved by WestJet Group pilots folds ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) subsidiary Swoop into mainline operations.

WestJet Group has appointed longtime StandardAero executive Michael (Mike) Scott to the role of EVP and CFO.

IATA’s real-time turbulence data-gathering platform is up to 20 participating airlines, with ANA and WestJet the latest to sign on.

With just hours to spare before a work stoppage could begin, WestJet Group and its pilots reached a tentative agreement on a contract.

Pilots at Air Canada are close to deciding if they’ll open up contract talks a year early this September.