WESTJET REBUILDS NETWORK: Closes in on 100 destinations

This winter, WestJet is set to restore service and connectivity to more than 95 destinations across the airline’s domestic, transborder, sun, and international network as of December – a “milestone” in the airline’s goal of reaching more than 100 destinations and “alleviating the current travel barriers in place for guests.”

With the addition of seven returning flights from Toronto, WestJet will offer non-stop service to 55 destinations, including 26 international, 17 domestic and 12 transborder this winter from Toronto.

Highlights of WestJet’s schedule (weekly frequency and starting dates in brackets) include:

• Toronto: Enhanced sun service and transborder flights Miami (4x, Dec. 16), Boston (4x, Dec. 17), Grand Cayman (1x, Dec. 16), Port of Spain (2x, Dec. 17), Roatan (1x, Dec. 19), San Juan (1x, Dec. 18), and Kelowna (3x, peak holiday period).

• Calgary: Non-stop service to 61 destinations from Calgary including 30 domestic, 19 transborder and 12 international destinations from YYC with the addition of the weekly flights to Fort Lauderdale (Dec. 18), Punta Cana (Dec. 18), Lihue (Dec. 19), Kona (Dec. 19).

• Edmonton: This winter the airline will serve 24 domestic, international and transborder destinations non-stop from Alberta’s capital city, including a weekly Edmonton-Honolulu flight beginning Dec. 18.

• Winnipeg: WestJet is adding non-stop options to Cancun (up to 3x, Dec. 17) and Orlando (1x, Dec. 18) and will also restore four-times weekly non-stop service between Regina and Winnipeg (Dec. 16).

• Kelowna: Three-times weekly service to Toronto (Dec. 17-Jan. 5).

“As Canadians confidence in travel grows… these investments demonstrate our commitment to restoring routes and connectivity to communities across Canada,” said airline COO John Weatherill. “Travel advisories are evolving in real time and it is critical that policies implemented prior to the widespread availability of vaccines are recalibrated to accelerate Canada’s economic recovery and to reflect the new fully-vaccinated travel journey.”