Westjet Airlines
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| IATA code : | WS |
| ICAO code : | WJA |
| Call sign : | WESTJET |
| Founding: | 1995 |
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Calgary Canada
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| Home airport : | Vancouver and Toronto |
| Company form: | Corporation |
| ISIN : | CA9604105044 |
| Management: | Gregg Saretsky ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees: | 7,500 |
| Fleet size: | 173 (+ 47 orders) (including WestJet Encore) |
| Aims: | 109 |
| Website: | www.westjet.com |
Westjet Airlines is a Canadian low-cost airline based in Calgary .
history
In June 1995 WestJet was founded as a low cost airline for western Canada by Clive Beddoe, Mark Hill, Tim Morgan and Donald Bell. The airline's concept was based heavily on the successful Southwest Airlines concept . David Neeleman - formerly in a leading position at Southwest Airlines and Morris Air and founder of JetBlue Airways - acted as advisor .
On February 29, 1996, WestJet started with two cheaply acquired Boeing 737-200s . At that time the airline served the cities of Calgary, Edmonton , Winnipeg , Kelowna , Vancouver . In the same year, two more Boeing 737-200s joined the fleet, which was also steadily expanded in the following years.
After the takeover of Canadian Airlines International by Air Canada , there were profound changes in Canada's aviation in 1999. WestJet also took advantage of the changed framework conditions and expanded the route network to eastern Canada in 2000. WestJet now reached Halifax , Moncton and Ottawa . Hamilton was expanded into the central hub for Eastern Canada in the same year . In 2000, the company's founders received a national award for their services to the Canadian airlines - the " Ernst & Young entrepreneur of the year award". In the same year, the first shares were issued, which brought another capital boost. This was used to finance the construction of a head office and a hangar in Calgary, as well as the procurement of additional aircraft .
In August 2003, WestJet reached a mutual agreement with Air Transat , which regulated closer cooperation between the two airlines. In April 2004 WestJet relocated its eastern hub from Hamilton to Toronto-Pearson and thus to the economically more interesting triangle between Toronto, Ottawa and Montréal . On September 20, 2004, WestJet expanded its flight network for the first time beyond the national borders of Canada by flying to destinations in the USA .
At the. On August 1, 2012, Westjet announced that it had ordered 20 De Havilland DHC-8-400s for the new WestJet Encore subsidiary . The subsidiary offers flights on regional routes.
Destinations
Westjet Airlines mainly serves national destinations such as Edmonton , Moncton or Thunder Bay . The airports in Calgary and Toronto-Pearson serve as hubs . Internationally, destinations in the USA such as Phoenix , Las Vegas , Honolulu , Tampa , Fort Lauderdale and Fort Myers are served, as well as Bermuda , the Cayman Islands , Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago .
In addition, Barcelona , Dublin , Glasgow , London-Gatwick and Paris are served in Europe .
fleet
Westjet Airlines
As of April 2020, the Westjet Airlines fleet consists of 126 aircraft with an average age of 10.9 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats ( Business / Eco + / Eco ) |
Average age
(April 2020) |
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| Boeing 737-600 | 13 | first delivery on August 8, 2005 | 113 (- / 12/101) | 14.0 years | |
| Boeing 737-700 | 52 | first delivery on October 18, 2002 | 134 (- / 12/122) | 14.3 years | |
| Boeing 737-800 | 39 | first delivery on April 8, 2005 | 168 (- / 12/156) | 8.0 years | |
| Boeing 737 MAX 7 | 22nd | 146 (- / 12/134) | |||
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 13 | 8th | since March 13, 2019 all inactive | 174 (- / 12/162) | 1.9 years |
| Boeing 737 MAX 10 | 12 | Delivery starts in 2022 | nv | ||
| Boeing 767-300ER | 4th | 262 (- / 24/238) | 27.8 years | ||
| Boeing 787-9 | 5 | 6th | +10 options, delivery starts in 2019 | 320 (16/28/276) | 0.8 years |
| total | 126 | 47 | 10.9 years | ||
Special paintings:
- C-GWSZ in "Walt Disney World - Micky Mouse" paintwork
- C-GWSV in "Walt Disney World - Frozen" livery
Previously used aircraft
The Boeing 767s in service from 2015 replaced two Boeing 757-200s leased by Thomas Cook for the route to Hawaii since 2013 . In 2011 an aircraft of this type was rented from North American Airlines in Westjet livery for the first time .
WestJet Encore
As of April 2020, the WestJet Encore fleet consists of 47 aircraft with an average age of 4.6 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| De Havilland DHC-8-400 | 47 | - | 78 | |
| total | 47 | - | ||
WestJet Link
As of April 2020, the WestJet Link fleet consists of 3 aircraft with an average age of 23.0 years.
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| Saab 340 | 3 | - | operated by Pacific Coastal Airlines | 34 |
| total | 3 | - | ||
Swoop
As of April 2020, the Swoop fleet consists of 9 aircraft with an average age of 4.6 years.
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Seats | Remarks |
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| Boeing 737-800 | 9 | - | 189 | each have 39 seats with extra legroom |
| total | 9 | - | ||
Incidents
- On February 3, 2020, a Boeing 767-300ER (flight no. WS2702) had to turn around on its flight from Toronto to Montego Bay in Jamaica via Florida after a passenger on board said he had contracted the novel coronavirus . The action turned out to be a joke. Charges were brought against the passenger.
See also
Web links
- West Jet Airlines website (English, French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Please verify your request. Retrieved April 8, 2020 .
- ^ WestJet to again lease two Boeing 757-200s from Thomas Cook Airlines , worldairlinenews.com, July 23, 2013
- ^ Adding four 767-300ERW aircraft to the WestJet fleet ( Memento from April 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ WestJet Encore Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved April 8, 2020 .
- ^ WestJet Link Fleet Details and History. Retrieved April 8, 2020 .
- ^ Swoop Fleet Details and History. Retrieved April 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Our Fleet. Retrieved April 8, 2020 .
- ↑ reisereporter, Hannover, Niedersachsen Germany: Coronavirus joke: Instagrammer forces the plane to turn back. Retrieved February 7, 2020 .
- ^ Coronavirus Hoax Forces Westjet 767 Back To Toronto Over Florida. February 4, 2020, Retrieved February 7, 2020 (American English).
