WestJet facts for kids
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| Founded | February 29, 1996 |
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| Frequent-flyer program | WestJet Rewards |
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WestJet Encore
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| 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 |
WestJet Airlines Ltd. is a Canadian low-cost carrier. It was founded on February 29, 1996. 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
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The head office building for WestJet at the Calgary International Airport
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A WestJet Boeing 737-200 at Calgary International Airport, this airplane is no longer used
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A WestJet Boeing 737-800 with a special livery promoting its customer-service promise, or "Care-antee"
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A WestJet Boeing 767-300ER
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A WestJet Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
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Images for kids
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A WestJet Boeing 737-200 arriving at Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport, April 2001. The airline began service into eastern Canada in 2001.
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A WestJet Boeing 737-700 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, October 2004. WestJet introduced flights to Phoenix, and other U.S. cities in 2004
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A WestJet Boeing 737-700 landing at Princess Juliana International Airport, October 2007. WestJet introduced several international seasonal flights that year.
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A WestJet Boeing 737 at LaGuardia Airport, May 2013. Scheduled service to the airport from WestJet began the previous year.
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A Swoop Boeing 737-800. WestJet established the low-cost subsidiary in 2017.
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A WestJet Boeing 737 MAX 8 in the company's new livery, July 2018
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De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Q400 used by WestJet Encore, a regional airline subsidiary
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A Saab 340 used by WestJet Link, a subsidiary that connects feeder flights to WestJet hubs.
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Queue to WestJet check-in counters at Regina International Airport
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An example of LiveTV, WestJet's in-flight entertainment system that is currently used in their Boeing 737-600 aircraft.
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See also
In Spanish: WestJet para niños
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