WestJet

WestJet Airlines Ltd.
Founded	February 29, 1992
Hubs	Calgary International Airport; Toronto Pearson International Airport;
Focus cities	Edmonton; Vancouver International Airport; Winnipeg;
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
Key people	Gregg Saretsky (CEO, President); Clive Beddoe (Chairman of the Board of Directors, Co-Founder);
Employees	10,000
Website	www.westjet.com

WestJet Airlines Ltd. is a Canadian low-cost carrier. It was founded on February 29, 1992. It is Canada's second largest air carrier, behind Air Canada. It operates an average of 425 flights and carries over 45,000 passengers per day. It was the eighth-largest airline in North America by passengers carried and carried 18.5 million passengers in 2013.

WestJet has a subsidiary regional airline called WestJet Encore, which started operating on June 24, 2013 with Bombardier Q400 twin-turboprop aircraft.

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

References

↑ "Airlines". Kamloops Airport. Archived from the original on 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
↑ "WestJet, Air France, KLM work toward code-share". USA Today. Retrieved 2014-07-21.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "WestJet passengers get bumpy start to long weekend". Peninsula News Review. Archived from the original on 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
↑ "WestJet reports record full-year earnings per share of $1.78, up 68 per cent". WestJet. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
↑ Deveau, Scott (7 November 2012). "WestJet's new regional carrier Encore aims for mid-June takeoff". Financial Post. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

Other websites

Official website

[1] "Airlines". Kamloops Airport. Archived from the original on 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[2] "WestJet, Air France, KLM work toward code-share". USA Today. Retrieved 2014-07-21.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "WestJet passengers get bumpy start to long weekend". Peninsula News Review. Archived from the original on 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[4] "WestJet reports record full-year earnings per share of $1.78, up 68 per cent". WestJet. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[5] Deveau, Scott (7 November 2012). "WestJet's new regional carrier Encore aims for mid-June takeoff". Financial Post. Retrieved 2014-07-21.