WestJet
WestJet Airlines Ltd. is a Canadian low-cost carrier. It was founded on February 29, 1992.[1] It is Canada's second largest air carrier, behind Air Canada.[2] It operates an average of 425 flights and carries over 45,000 passengers per day.[3] It was the eighth-largest airline in North America by passengers carried and carried 18.5 million passengers in 2013.[4]
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| Founded | February 29, 1992 | |||
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| Frequent-flyer program | WestJet Rewards | |||
| Subsidiaries | WestJet Encore | |||
| Fleet size | 120 (incl. Encore) | |||
| Destinations | 90 (incl. Encore) | |||
| Company slogan | Love where you're going | |||
| Headquarters | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | |||
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| Employees | 10,000 | |||
| Website | www | |||
WestJet has a subsidiary regional airline called WestJet Encore, which started operating on June 24, 2013 with Bombardier Q400 twin-turboprop aircraft.[5]
Gallery
The head office building for WestJet at the Calgary International Airport
A WestJet Boeing 737-200 at Calgary International Airport, this airplane is no longer used
A WestJet Boeing 737-700 at Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
A WestJet Boeing 737-800 with a special livery promoting its customer-service promise, or "Care-antee"
A WestJet Boeing 767-300ER
A WestJet Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
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WestJet Boeing 737-200 arriving at Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport, April 2001. The airline began service into Eastern Canada in 2001.
WestJet Boeing 737-700 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, October 2004. WestJet introduced flights to Phoenix and other U.S. cities in 2004.
WestJet Boeing 737-700 landing at Princess Juliana International Airport, October 2007. WestJet introduced several international seasonal flights that year.
WestJet Boeing 737-600 at LaGuardia Airport, May 2013. Scheduled service to the airport from WestJet began the previous year.
Swoop Boeing 737-800. WestJet established the low-cost subsidiary in 2017, which ceased operations on October 28, 2023, due to its re-integration.
WestJet Boeing 787-9 taking off from Toronto Pearson International Airport
WestJet Cargo Boeing 737BCF taxies to the runway in Calgary for departure to Toronto.
A Boeing 737-800 still bearing the Swoop livery in 2024
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References
- ↑ AirlinesKamloops Airport. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ↑ WestJet, Air France, KLM work toward code-shareUSA Today. Retrieved 2014-07-21.[dead link]
- ↑ WestJet passengers get bumpy start to long weekendPeninsula News Review. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ↑ WestJet reports record full-year earnings per share of $1.78, up 68 per centWestJet. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ↑ Deveau, Scott (7 November 2012). WestJet's new regional carrier Encore aims for mid-June takeoff. http://business.financialpost.com/2012/11/07/westjets-new-regional-carrier-encore-aims-for-mid-june-takeoff/. Retrieved 2014-07-21.