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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.
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That year, a former Skyservice employee named Mark Williams approached the CEO of Sunwing Travel Group, Colin Hunter, and asked if he wanted to start an airline. [ 8 ] In November 2005, a Boeing 737-800 departing from Toronto to Santiago de Cuba was the airline's inaugural flight. [ 9 ]
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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.
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.
Winnipeg International Airport is a hub for Calm Air, Perimeter Airlines, and cargo airline Cargojet, also serving as a focus city for WestJet and an operating base for Flair Airlines. The airport is co-located with Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg , covering a total land area of 1,370 hectares (3,400 acres).