To mark the occasion of its first service to the United Kingdom, WestJet worked with the world’s last dedicated hand-crafted tartan mill, D.C. Dalgliesh of Selkirk in Scotland, to design a commemorative tartan in the airline’s blue-and-teal corporate colors.
Read moreDaily non-stop flights to Glasgow Airport from Halifax in Nova Scotia begin on May 29 and continue through October 23. WestJet will also offer one-stop, same-aircraft service from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Glasgow, via Halifax Stanfield International Airport.
Read moreWestJet’s 2014 summer schedule will see the Canadian carrier launch its first-ever service to New York JFK, as well as increasing frequency on 20 existing routes and offering year-round service on five previously seasonal routes.
Read moreKnown to WestJet as the #MagicPlane, the theme-painted Boeing 737-800 will perform its inaugural commercial flight on December 3 from Calgary to Orlando, home of Walt Disney World Resort.
Read moreWestJet will launch transatlantic service for the first time next June, subject to the airline receiving the requisite government approvals. The carrier plans to operate seasonal daily service from St. John’s in Newfoundland to Dublin from June 15 to October 5, 2014.
Read moreThe Canadian airline will substitute existing orders for 15 Boeing 737NG jets, which are currently scheduled to deliver between December 2014 and 2018, with Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, for a net increase of 50 committed deliveries to its fleet plan.
Read moreWestJet Encore is adding three new Canadian domestic routes, while WestJet itself is launching a seasonal Calgary-Miami service.
Read moreDallas/Fort Worth International Airport will offer service to 200 non-stop destinations this summer, 52 of them international and 148 of them in the U.S. In reaching 200 destinations, DFW joins a select group of airports with that distinction.
Read moreWestJet is to launch new non-stop service between Toronto and Myrtle Beach in South Carolina and between Calgary and Dallas, beginning this spring.
Read moreWestJet’s 100th 737NG was initially delivered to Newport Beach, California-based leasing company Aviation Capital Group and is going to be leased and operated by WestJet.
Read moreBritish Airways to Codeshare on WestJet Flights
Airlines September 24, 2012
From September 24, British Airways is placing its ‘BA’ flight code on select WestJet flights connecting from Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto to Ottawa in Ontario, Edmonton in Alberta, and Victoria in British Columbia.
Read moreHaving never previously offered premium-economy seating, Canada’s WestJet is introducing longer-seat-pitch seating across its entire fleet. Meanwhile, JetBlue Airways is reconfiguring its Embraer 190 fleet to offer customers two more rows of premium-economy seats.
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