WestJet Airlines says passenger demand keeps growing even as concerns mount about the impact on the Calgary-based carrier due to a sluggish Alberta economy following the recent collapse in oil prices.
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WestJet Airlines says passenger demand keeps growing even as concerns mount about the impact on the Calgary-based carrier due to a sluggish Alberta economy following the recent collapse in oil prices.
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CALGARY – WestJet Airlines Ltd. says it is bringing its new Encore service to Ontario.
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CALGARY – Calgary-based WestJet set a new record for passengers in the third quarter of this year.
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CALGARY — Thursday marked the beginning of a new era for Calgary-based WestJet as the airline officially signed a multibillion dollar deal with Boeing to purchase 65 737 MAX airplanes.
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In recent weeks, Ferio Pugliese has started using the term “running the gauntlet” to describe his typical work day.
The 44-year-old president of WestJet’s new regional airline Encore might start off with a meeting about Transport Canada certification requirements, then take part in a discussion about the type of leather that will be going on the new planes’ seats, and finish off with a visit to the new flight attendants undergoing training in a classroom downstairs.
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CALGARY – WestJet Airlines announced Monday it will expand its code-share agreement with American Airlines to include 16 new cities.
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CALGARY — WestJet and Air France announced Thursday they have entered into a code-share agreement enabling Air France to offer its customers 10 new Canadian destinations operated by WestJet.
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CALGARY — WestJet announced Tuesday that its February 2013 traffic resulted in a record load factor of 86.1 per cent, up 3.4 percentage points from the year before.
Revenue passenger miles, or traffic, increased 7.3 per cent year over year, and capacity, measured in available seat miles, grew 3.1 per cent over the same period. The airline flew 1.4 million guests in February, a year-over-year increase of 5.5 per cent or approximately 74,300 customers.
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CALGARY – WestJet Airlines will use its new fleet of Bombardier Q400 aircraft to ramp up its flight offerings in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
The Calgary-based airline announced Tuesday that its new regional service, Encore, will allow it to enhance its schedule in a number of cities where it already operates. Using the same turboprop planes it will use to fly to small communities not previously served by WestJet, the airline will also increase the number of flights servicing Calgary, Edmonton, Grande Prairie, and Saskatoon this summer.
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WestJet will launch its new regional airline in Western Canada without a local stop but city officials and business leaders say the growing dogfight for air service in the west could eventually lead to more frequent and cheaper flights in Medicine Hat.
The Calgary-based WestJet announced Monday that Encore, the regional wing of the air carrier, will begin flying into Fort St. John and Nanaimo, B.C., in June.
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