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WestJet Airlines, founded in 1994 and headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, [8] is the second-largest airline in Canada. [9] It began operations in 1996 with 220 employees, three aircraft, and five destinations. [10] It was launched as a low-cost alternative to the country's major airlines. [11]
WestJet Encore is the largest operator of the Q400 in the world, after the bankruptcy of Flybe and the retirement of the type by Horizon Air. The airline was initially staffed with non-union employees, but the pilots and cabin crew have since unionized.
Gregg Saretsky (born 1959 in Châteauguay, Quebec) is the former president and CEO of WestJet, a carrier based in Calgary, Alberta. He served in that position from April 2010 to March 8, 2018, after the resignation of Sean Durfy. [1] He grew up in a Montreal suburb to a French mother and a German father.
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At the same time, he helped to found two new airlines, WestJet and NewAir, which later became JetBlue. [9] As the CEO of JetBlue Airways, his 2002 salary was $200,000 with a bonus of $90,000. Neeleman donated his entire salary to the JetBlue Crewmember Crisis Fund, which was established for JetBlue employees who had fallen on hard times. [10]
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Clive Beddoe (born 26 May 1946) is a founding shareholder and former chairman of the board of directors of WestJet, which is currently the second-largest airline in Canada behind Air Canada. Beddoe was born in Dorking [ 1 ] and grew up in the neighboring town of Leatherhead in Surrey , England.
Durfy is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of WestJet and was responsible for the day-to-day operations of Canada's second largest airline. Durfy joined WestJet in 2004 as Executive Vice-President, Sales, Marketing and Airports. He became WestJet's President in 2006 and added the title of CEO in 2007.