WestJet Update: 20 April – Updates Domestic Flight Schedule
From WestJet WESTJET UPDATES DOMESTIC FLIGHT SCHEDULE FROM MAY 5 THROUGH JUNE 4 WestJet is making changes to its domestic flight schedule, removing approximately 4,000 weekly flights or 600 daily flights from May 5 through June 4, 2020. These changes are required to address significantly reduced guest demand during the COVID-19 crisis. While some city […]
How WestJet reacted quickly to virus – and faced up to tough decisions
News from FlightGlobal – link to story By Pilar Wolfsteller, FlightGlobal.com – 17 April 2020 The Canadian carrier’s chief executive Ed Sims describes the difficult choices already made and those that lie ahead amid the coronavirus outbreak. When WestJet chief executive Ed Sims drives past Calgary International airport to his office every morning, he sees a […]
WestJet Update: 13 April ~ Domestic Flight Schedule Changes
From WestJet DOMESTIC FLIGHT SCHEDULE CHANGES WestJet is making changes to its domestic flight schedule to address significantly reduced guest demand during the COVID-19 crisis. While demand remains low and some city pairings have been temporarily removed, we are maintaining critical lifelines to all 38 Canadian airports that we currently operate to, ensuring that those […]
Coronavirus: International flights to stop Friday at YLW
News from Global News – link to story and updates BY DORIS MARIA BREGOLISSE GLOBAL NEWS ~ Posted April 8, 2020 Watch: B.C. Premier John Horgan announced a string of stringent new policies, designed to ensure British Columbians returning from abroad follow the self-isolation rules imposed by Dr. Bonnie Henry. Richard Zussman reports. Stricter COVID-19 traveller screening […]
Coronavirus: More infected passengers reported on flights involving B.C. airports
News provided by Global News – link to story and updates BY SHELBY THOM GLOBAL NEWS ~ Posted April 5, 2020 WATCH: Videos from Global News The BC Centre for Disease Control has added three more international flights and five domestic flights in the past week to its list of COVID-19 in-flight exposures involving passengers who later tested positive […]
WestJet: 29 March Update
Received directly from WESTJET NETWORK AND SCHEDULE CHANGES – WestJet announces schedule updates through May 4 and select seasonal route start dates On Thursday, March 26 WestJet marked the last day of our planned transborder (U.S.) and international (Europe, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean) flying due to the COVID-19 crisis and the closing of international borders. This is […]
Coronavirus: Kelowna airport still receiving flights from Seattle despite the U.S. leading the world in infections
News provided by Global News – link to full story and updates BY KLAUDIA VAN EMMERIK GLOBAL NEWS, Posted March 27, 2020 While traffic at Kelowna International Airport has dropped significantly, YLW is still receiving flights from the United States — which now leads the world in the number of coronavirus infections. “As of today, we have one flight a […]
WESTJET DAILY MEDIA BRIEF – March 25, 2020 (Aircraft fogging, changes to inflight service, aircraft parking)
Provided directly from WESTJET, an Alberta Partnership WESTJET DAILY MEDIA BRIEF – March 25, 2020 COVID-19 AIRCRAFT FOGGING WestJet is now fogging all 737 and Q400 aircraft in YYC with disinfection spray as part of our enhanced overnight cleaning and sanitization regimen for COVID-19. We expect to bring this process to Edmonton (end of week) and Toronto (early next week). […]
Coronavirus: Air Canada suspends 2 routes at YLW because of COVID-19 pandemic
News provided by Global News – Link to full story and updates BY DOYLE POTENTEAU GLOBAL NEWS Posted March 19, 2020 Two flights at Kelowna International Airport have been suspended because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. This week, Air Canada announced that the Kelowna to Edmonton flight and the Kelowna to Toronto flight will undergo temporary suspensions, both from March […]
Flair Airlines offers three-month unlimited travel pass for $700 as discount competition heats up
News provided by the Vancouver Sun – link to full story and updates Low-cost carrier takes on Swoop in battle for best deals ZEBA KHAN – February 5, 2020 Flair Airlines is offering a three-month unlimited travel pass as competition in the discount air space heats up. Flair’s Go Travel Pass, which runs from Feb. 13 […]