📌 WestJet Group delivers continued growth for Edmonton region with largest winter schedule ever
WestJet revealed highlights of its Edmonton winter 2024/2025 flight schedule, outlining significant growth and commitment to the region, including record level domestic investments. Boosting its overall capacity by more than 20 per cent compared to winter 2023, WestJet will operate the city's largest-ever network to and from Edmonton. This winter, Edmonton will have access to 16 nonstop WestJet destinations in Canada, nine transborder, including Hawaii, and five options to Mexico.
"𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈 𝘛𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘖𝘧 30 𝘕𝘰𝘯-𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘌𝘥𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘪𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘐𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘫𝘦𝘵 𝘐𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘛𝘰 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘛𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦," 𝙎𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙒𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙡, 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙟𝙚𝙩 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙀𝙭𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙑𝙞𝙘𝙚-𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙊𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙧. "𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵-𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵-𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘞𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘌𝘥𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘛𝘰 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘛𝘰 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘰 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘮 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 2025 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥."
"𝘞𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘫𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘰 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘕𝘰𝘯-𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘍𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘈𝘵 𝘌𝘥𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘪𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 (𝘺𝘦𝘨), 𝘌𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘛𝘸𝘰-𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘖𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴," 𝙎𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙈𝙮𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙆𝙚𝙚𝙝𝙣, 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 & 𝘾𝙚𝙤, 𝙔𝙚𝙜. "𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘫𝘦𝘵 𝘐𝘴 𝘈 𝘒𝘦𝘺 𝘈𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘈𝘪𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘍𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘛𝘰 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺, 𝘋𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘛𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥."
𝗘𝗱𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗢𝗳 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗷𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻
Building on momentum of WestJet's summer schedule currently in service and WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech's recent visit to the region, the airline will increase frequencies on key domestic routes that are critical to business and leisure travellers connecting to Alberta's capital city. As von Hoensbroech noted earlier in May, the WestJet Group remains close to securing additional aircraft from the used aircraft market to accelerate the airline's growth plans.
▪️This winter, WestJet will operate approximately 313 flights out of Edmonton International Airport per week
▪️Edmonton is one of the most connected cities in WestJet's network, and will see new or increased flight frequency on 10 of 16 domestic routes
▪️Providing 50 per cent of all air travel from Edmonton International Airport, WestJet is proud to stand as the number one carrier in the region
𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 (𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱)
𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 | 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 | 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝘃𝘀. 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
▪️Edmonton - Ottawa | 11x weekly | New
▪️Edmonton - Montreal | 5x weekly | New
▪️Edmonton - Winnipeg | 16x weekly | +10 weekly flights
▪️Edmonton - Vancouver | 42x weekly | +8 weekly flights
▪️Edmonton - Abbotsford | 9x weekly | +4 weekly flights
▪️Edmonton - Regina | 10x weekly | +4 weekly flights
▪️Edmonton - Victoria | 11x weekly | +4 weekly flights
▪️Edmonton - Saskatoon | 9x weekly | +2 weekly flights
▪️Edmonton - Kelowna | 19x weekly | +1 weekly flights
▪️Edmonton - Comox | 5x weekly | +1 weekly flight
▪️Edmonton - Calgary | 54x weekly
▪️Edmonton - Toronto | 27x weekly
▪️Edmonton - Fort McMurray | 8x weekly
▪️Edmonton - Grande Prairie | 4x weekly
▪️Edmonton - Halifax | 3x weekly
▪️Edmonton - Yellowknife | 2x weekly
𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀:
▪️New year-round connectivity between Edmonton and Montreal and Ottawa
▪️167 per cent frequency increase between Edmonton and Winnipeg
▪️67 per cent frequency increase between Edmonton and Regina
▪️29 per cent frequency increase between Edmonton and Saskatoon
▪️Increased connectivity to all B.C. destinations including Vancouver, Kelowna, Comox, Abbotsford and Victoria
▪️80 per cent frequency increase between Edmonton and Abbotsford
▪️57 per cent frequency increase between Edmonton and Victoria
▪️25 per cent frequency increase between Edmonton and Comox
▪️24 per cent frequency increase between Edmonton and Vancouver
▪️Six per cent frequency increase between Edmonton and Kelowna
While all routes are currently available for booking in winter 2024/25, new flight frequencies will be available for sale with the publication of WestJet's full winter schedule in July 2024.
𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗧𝗼 𝗔𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗼 𝗨.𝘀. 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
This winter, WestJet is bolstering its transborder winter service by providing daily connectivity to Atlanta. Through direct connectivity to Atlanta and Minneapolis, guests will enjoy the advantages of WestJet's codeshare agreement with Delta Airlines, granting access to hundreds of additional U.S. destinations from two of Delta's busiest hubs.
𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 | 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 | 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝘃𝘀. 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
▪️Edmonton - Atlanta | 7x weekly | New
▪️Edmonton - Las Vegas | 10x weekly
▪️Edmonton - Los Angeles | 6x weekly
▪️Edmonton - Minneapolis | 5x weekly
▪️Edmonton - Phoenix | 10x weekly
▪️Edmonton - Palm Springs | 7x weekly
▪️Edmonton - Orlando | 2x weekly
▪️Edmonton - Honolulu | 2x weekly
▪️Edmonton - Maui | 2x weekly
𝗘𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗧𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗻: 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗷𝗲𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗘𝗱𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗰𝗼'𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
In addition to the airline's robust domestic and transborder offerings, WestJet will enhance frequencies on some of its most popular sun destinations including Huatulco and Cancun.
𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 | 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 | 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝘃𝘀. 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
▪️Edmonton - Huatulco | 3x weekly | +1 weekly flight
▪️Edmonton - Cancun | 9x weekly | +1 weekly flight
▪️Edmonton - Puerto Vallarta | 10x weekly
▪️Edmonton - Los Cabos | 3x weekly
▪️Edmonton - Mazatlán | 2x weekly
Notable winter frequency increases to sun destinations include a 50 per cent increase between Edmonton and Huatulco and a 13 per cent increase between Edmonton and Cancun.
"𝘞𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘰 𝘚𝘦𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘺 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘫𝘦𝘵 𝘈𝘵 𝘌𝘥𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘪𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘖𝘯 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴," 𝙎𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝘿𝙤𝙪𝙜 𝙂𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙨, 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙀𝙭𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙊𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙧 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙙𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙊𝙛 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚. "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘖𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘌𝘥𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘴 𝘈 𝘝𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦, 𝘉𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺."
WestJet Doubles Down at Edmonton International Airport