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The parent company, WestJet Airlines, Ltd., formed WestJet Encore, which is a wholly owned but legally separate airline from WestJet. [15] [16] [17] Prior to the selection of the Encore name, other names were considered, including Chinook, Echo, and Reach. [18]
WestJet was founded on June 27, 1994, [23] by Clive Beddoe, David Neeleman, Mark Hill, Tim Morgan, and Donald Bell. WestJet was based on the low-cost carrier business model pioneered by Southwest Airlines and Morris Air in the United States. Its original routes were all located in Western Canada, which gave the airline its name.
The following is a list of destinations currently served by WestJet and WestJet Encore. [1] WestJet destinations. Country City Airport Notes Refs
WestJet Encore is a Canadian regional airline that began operations in 2013 as a subsidiary of WestJet Airlines, Ltd., the holding company for WestJet Airlines. It is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. Originally limited to Western Canada, air service was later supplemented by routes in the eastern half of the country.
Frequent-flyer programs (or Frequent-flyer programmes) are customer loyalty programs used by many passenger airlines.This is a list of current airlines with frequent-flyer programs, the names of those programs and partner programs (excluding earn-only, spend-only and codeshare arrangements).
On 31 January 2020, WestJet Encore Flight 3107, a Bombardier DHC-8-400 operating from Vancouver to Terrace, experienced a nose landing gear collapse during landing on runway 33. [51] [52] [53] At the time, snow was falling, and the runway was partially cleared, with windrows of snow approximately 18 in (460 mm) high along the edges of the ...
WestJet Encore is a Canadian regional airline that began operations in 2013 as a subsidiary of WestJet Airlines, Ltd., the holding company for WestJet Airlines. It is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. Originally limited to Western Canada, air service was later supplemented by routes in the eastern half of the country.
On September 3, 2013, WestJet Encore launched daily non-stop service from Brandon to Calgary International Airport operated with Bombardier Q400 aircraft. [16] From June 29, 2016 to September 5, 2016, WestJet operated limited-time non-stop service from Brandon to Toronto Pearson International Airport utilizing Boeing 737 aircraft, stating that ...