WestJet

By Lori Ranson
Combined with its existing orderbook, WestJet will receive as many as 22 new 737 MAX aircraft before the end of 2025 and 62 before the end of 2028.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
For the airline and aerospace industries, many questions about pandemic recovery remain unanswered.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
After launching its first Asia-Pacific route earlier this year, WestJet will add a second to the region in May.
Airports & Networks

By Guy Norris
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.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

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

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

By Aaron Karp
Vancouver International Airport, Canada’s transpacific gateway, seeks to broaden its range.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp
WestJet will launch four new routes between Canada and the U.S. for the 2024 northern hemisphere summer season.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The Canadian Transportation Agency has given the go-ahead for WestJet to serve the Icelandic market.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Airports & Networks

By Christine Boynton
The evacuations are some of the latest during what has been Canada’s worst wildfire season on record.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
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%.
Airlines & Lessors

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

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

By Aaron Karp
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.
Airports & Networks

By Christine Boynton
Agreements with pilots at American carriers have made great progress this year.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Lori Ranson
WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech joined the company in February 2022.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Lee Ann Shay
How recent forest fires in Canada are affecting commercial aviation and aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lori Ranson, Christine Boynton
A new contract approved by WestJet Group pilots folds ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) subsidiary Swoop into mainline operations.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
WestJet Group has appointed longtime StandardAero executive Michael (Mike) Scott to the role of EVP and CFO.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
IATA’s real-time turbulence data-gathering platform is up to 20 participating airlines, with ANA and WestJet the latest to sign on.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
With just hours to spare before a work stoppage could begin, WestJet Group and its pilots reached a tentative agreement on a contract.
Airlines & Lessors