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Data from flight tracker FlightAware shows WestJet on Sunday had canceled at least 343 flights, constituting 77% of its fleet. The airline’s regional subsidiary, WestJet Encore, has canceled at ...
WestJet said it was canceling 40 flights over June 18-19, affecting 6,500 customers. The expected strike is set to begin Thursday. WestJet cancels flights to prepare for potential mechanic strike
WestJet canceled 832 flights between last Thursday and Tuesday, over the country’s Canada Day holiday weekend Canada’s second largest airline cancels hundreds of flights, stranding thousands ...
In June 2024, WestJet's aircraft mechanic union launched a three-day strike, forcing over 1000 flights to be cancelled in the lead up to the Canada Day long weekend. [97] In October 2024, WestJet will be transitioning all WestJet Link routes from Link to Encore, ending the airline's six-year capacity purchase agreement with Pacific Coastal ...
Originally launching as a feeder airline for the mainline WestJet network out of WestJet hubs in Calgary and Toronto (and providing other regional and commuter flights, e.g. Halifax to Sydney, NS or Edmonton to Kelowna), the airline was refocused on Western Canada in 2021, with all service east of Thunder Bay cancelled and all aircraft either ...
WestJet reduced 6,900 out of its 14,000 employees (including early retirement, temporary and permanent layoffs, leaves, and resignations) and grounded at least 120 planes. All international flights were cancelled for a month. [70]
WestJet said this action would lead to an estimated 25 flight cancellations from June 27-28 and impact over 3,300 travellers. The airline had earlier in the day said that the work stoppage could ...
MONTREAL – A strike by WestJet Airlines' mechanics that has led to hundreds of cancelled flights will continue until a deal is reached, the union's president told Reuters on Sunday.. Bret ...