WestJet sent out four press releases this morning announcing a
significant increase in their flight schedules for this summer. The airline is adding one new route and restoring service on more including many of their transatlantic routes. Here are the details of the WestJet’s
expansion as travel continues to recover.
New Route
The one new route WestJet announced today is a new once daily flight between Toronto and Chicago. The flight will be operated by WestJet Encore and will start up on May 19.
Returning Routes
WestJet will be restoring many Transatlantic routes out of Halifax, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver:
|
Route |
Frequency |
Start date |
|
Halifax-Paris |
4x weekly |
May 7, 2022 |
|
Halifax-Gatwick |
1x daily |
May 1, 2022 |
|
Halifax-Dublin |
3x weekly |
May 1, 2022 |
|
Halifax – Glasgow |
3x weekly |
May 2, 2022 |
|
Toronto – Barcelona |
3x weekly |
May 13, 2022 |
|
Toronto – Dublin |
1x daily |
May 15, 2022 |
|
Toronto – Glasgow |
4x weekly |
May 20, 2022 |
|
Toronto – Edinburgh |
3x weekly |
June 2, 2022 |
|
Toronto – London Gatwick |
Daily (increasing to 9x weekly in June) |
May 1, 2022 |
|
Calgary – Rome |
3x weekly |
May 7, 2022 |
|
Calgary – Paris |
5x weekly |
March 14, 2022 |
|
Calgary – London Heathrow |
4x weekly |
March 26, 2022 |
|
Calgary – London, Gatwick |
5x weekly |
March 14, 2022 |
|
Calgary – Dublin |
3x weekly |
May 8, 2022 |
|
Vancouver – London, Gatwick |
1x daily |
May 1, 2022 |
Domestically there will be a big return to service for Atlantic Canada:
|
Route |
Peak Frequency |
|
Halifax-Sydney |
1x daily |
|
Halifax-St. John’s |
2x daily |
|
Halifax-Gander |
4x weekly |
|
Halifax-Ottawa |
1x daily |
|
Halifax-Montreal |
1x daily |
|
Halifax-Toronto |
5x daily |
|
Halifax-Winnipeg |
6x weekly |
|
Halifax-Calgary |
3x daily |
|
Halifax-Edmonton |
1x daily |
|
Halifax-Vancouver |
4x weekly |
|
Halifax-Orlando |
1x weekly |
|
Sydney-Toronto |
1x daily |
|
St. John’s-Toronto |
2x daily |
|
St. John’s-Edmonton |
3x weekly |
|
St. John’s-Calgary |
1x daily |
|
Deer Lake-Toronto |
1x daily |
|
Moncton-Toronto |
1x daily |
|
Fredericton-Toronto |
1x daily |
|
Charlottetown-Calgary |
3x weekly |
|
Charlottetown-Toronto |
2x daily |
And for Transborder service outside of the new Toronto-Chicago route the airline will resume service on the following routes out of Calgary:
|
Route |
Peak Frequency |
Start Date |
|
Calgary – Nashville |
3x weekly |
March 17, 2022 |
|
Calgary – Denver |
2x weekly |
May 22, 2022 |
|
Calgary – Boston |
3x weekly |
June 30, 2022 |
Wrapping it up
With all these routes being added or re-introduced it is a big step for WestJet to getting back to pre-pandemic operational levels and a positive
sign on the road to recovery for the travel industry. For travellers it
will mean more options and hopefully some lower pricing and more options to use your companion pass from the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard.