WESTJET NEWS

WestJet announces the retirement of President and CEO, Ed Sims

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Jun 10^th 2021 |

WestJet today, announced that President and CEO, Ed Sims, will retire at the end of 2021. In four years with WestJet, Mr. Sims was responsible for the successful intro...

Warning light halts Boeing 737 MAX flight in Canada

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Mon, Jan 25^th 2021 |

Canadian airline Westjet on Friday cancelled a flight just prior to take-off after a warning light went off in the cockpit of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.The 737 MAX ...

WestJet Encore Orders Five New Bombardier Q400 NextGen Aircraft

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Wed, Jul 30^th 2014 |

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that Calgary-based WestJet Encore Ltd. has signed a firm purchase agreement for five Q400 NextGen airliners. This transaction ...

WestJet Encore announces first Maritime destination

AIR TRANSPORT | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Jul 21^st 2014 |

WestJet announced today it will launch twice-daily, non-stop service between Toronto and Fredericton, New Brunswick, effective April 15, 2015. Flights will be operated...

WestJet announces entry into wide-body service

AIR TRANSPORT | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Tue, Jul 8^th 2014 |

WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSX:WJA) today announced that it is moving forward with plans that would see the airline fly its own wide-body aircraft as early as fall 2015. The airline has received the support of the WestJet...

WestJet Encore Purchases Five New Bombardier Q400 NextGen Aircraft

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Thu, Mar 27^th 2014 |

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Calgary-based WestJet Encore Ltd. has signed a firm purchase agreement for five Q400 NextGen airliners. This transaction is a...

WestJet spreads wings across Canada and beyond

AIR TRANSPORT | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Jan 20^th 2014 |

WestJet today announced its most comprehensive schedule release since the airline took to the skies in 1996. As part of the 2014 summer schedule, the airline is adding five new routes, increasing frequency on 20 exist...

WestJet named Value Airline of the Year

AIR TRANSPORT | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Jan 13^th 2014 |

WestJet today announced that Air Transport World has named it the 2014 Value Airline of the Year as part of the magazine's 40th annual global airlines industry achievement awards. "WestJet is a highly worthy-recipi...

iTravel2000 to use the WestJet Direct API

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Dec 16^th 2013 |

iTravel2000 to use the WestJet Direct APICALGARY, Dec. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - WestJet today announced that iTravel2000 has signed a letter of intent to use the WestJet Direct API connection provided by Farelogix to b...

WestJet reports third quarter net earnings of $65 million

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Tue, Nov 5^th 2013 |

Airline achieves 34th consecutive profitable quarter and flies over 300,000 additional guests year over yearCALGARY, Nov. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - WestJet (TSX: WJA) tod...

Media Advisory - WestJet to present at the Raymond James Global Airline/Transportation Conference

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Thu, Oct 31^st 2013 |

CALGARY, Oct. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - WestJet's Executive Vice-President, Sales, Marketing and Guest Experience Bob C...

Media Advisory - WestJet third quarter analysts' conference call

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Tue, Oct 29^th 2013 |

CALGARY, Oct. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - WestJet will hold its quarterly analysts' conference call on Tuesday, November 5, 2013, at 8 a.m. MDT (10 a.m. EDT) following the...

Transaero and WestJet Offers New Travel Opportunities to North and Central America and the Caribbean

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Oct 7^th 2013 |

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Transaero Airlines has announced today that its interline agreement with West...

Boeing, WestJet Announce Order for 65 737 MAX Airplanes

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Fri, Sept 27^th 2013 |

SEATTLE, Sept. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) and WestJet announced today that they have completed an order for 65 737 MAX airplanes, fulfilling the carrie...

MEDIA ADVISORY - WestJet to present at the CIBC 12th Annual Eastern Institutional Investor Conference

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Thu, Sept 12^th 2013 |

CALGARY, Sept. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - WestJet's President and CEO Gregg Saretsky will be presenting at the CIBC 12th...