WestJet
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| Founded | February 29, 1992 | ||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
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| Employees | 10,000 | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
WestJet Airlines Ltd. is a Canadian low-cost carrier. It was founded on February 29, 1992.[1] It is Canada's second largest air carrier, behind Air Canada.[2] It operates an average of 425 flights and carries over 45,000 passengers per day.[3] It was the eighth-largest airline in North America by passengers carried and carried 18.5 million passengers in 2013.[4]
WestJet has a subsidiary regional airline called WestJet Encore, which started operating on June 24, 2013 with Bombardier Q400 twin-turboprop aircraft.[5]
Gallery
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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
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References
[change | change source]- ↑ "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.
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