Over this past weekend we let you know about some of WestJet’s new U.S. routes for 2025 and now the airline has officially announced those along with many more domestic, U.S. and International schedule additions for next year.
WestJet summer 2025 International Route Updates
For next year the airline will add a new route between St. John’s and Paris and bring back St. John’s to Dublin service. Summer service between Halifax and Paris also returns. For other international routes like Halifax to Edinburgh, the period they are will be operated have been extended while others such as Calgary to Seoul have additional frequencies being added.
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Route |
Frequency |
Start date |
End date |
Summer service |
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Transatlantic |
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St. John’s – |
1x weekly |
May 18 |
October 19 |
New route |
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St. John’s – |
2x weekly |
May 22 |
October 23 |
Returning route |
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St. John’s – |
4x weekly |
April 28 |
October 25 |
Increase frequency |
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Halifax – Paris |
4x weekly |
May 16 |
October 25 |
Returning route |
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Halifax – |
3x weekly |
May 15 |
October 14 |
Service extension |
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Halifax – |
4x weekly |
May 20 |
October 13 |
Service extension |
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Transpacific |
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Calgary – |
4x weekly |
March 31 |
October 19 |
Increase frequency |
WestJet summer 2025 Domestic Route Updates
For next year the airline will be adding new routes from Calgary to Sydney, Nova Scotia and Sudbury, Ontario. Sudbury is a new city for WestJet. Many other domestic routes will see increased capacity:
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Canadian destination |
Capacity increase over summer 2024 |
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Calgary |
11 per cent |
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Edmonton |
23 per cent |
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Kelowna |
15 per cent |
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Montreal |
31 per cent |
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Ottawa |
36 per cent |
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Regina |
23 per cent |
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Saskatoon |
19 per cent |
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Vancouver |
12 per cent |
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Victoria |
18 per cent |
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Winnipeg |
19 per cent |
WestJet summer 2025 Transborder Route Updates
In addition to WestJet’s new U.S. routes for 2025 we posted about several days ago the airline is also increasing frequencies and extending the service periods on several others:
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Route |
Frequency |
Start date |
End date |
Summer service |
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Calgary-Raleigh- |
3x weekly |
June 9 |
October 13 |
New destination |
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Calgary- |
2x weekly |
June 29 |
September 7 |
New destination |
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Calgary- |
4x weekly |
May 16 |
September 3 |
New route |
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Calgary-Fort |
1x weekly |
Year-round service |
Winter service |
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Calgary-Tampa |
1x weekly |
Year-round service |
Winter service |
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Edmonton-Salt |
5x weekly |
May 15 |
October 24 |
New destination |
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Edmonton- |
3x weekly |
June 4 |
October 22 |
New route |
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Vancouver- |
Daily |
June 9 |
October 13 |
New route |
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Vancouver – |
1x weekly |
June 14 |
October 25 |
New route |
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Winnipeg- |
1x weekly |
Year-round service |
Winter extension |
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Kelowna-Seattle |
7x weekly |
Year-round service |
Winter extension |
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Earning on these flights
WestJet Rewards members earn 1 to 8 points per dollar spent on eligible base fares, surcharges and extras. If you pay for the flights with the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard you’ll earn 2 points/$ spent on the entire purchase while the WestJet RBC Mastercard will earn 1.5 points/$ on the purchase.
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If you don’t have a WestJet credit card your best bet to racking up as many points or miles possible when booking flights with them is to use a card with a travel accelerator. These include the American Express Gold Rewards Card, BMO AscendTM World Elite®* Mastercard®* and The Platinum Card®
You can also choose to credit the flights to Delta SkyMiles, Air France KLM Flying Blue or Qantas Frequent Flyer.
Redeeming for these flights
WestJet Rewards members can redeem points to help pay for the base fares, taxes and fees on these flights and can choose to use their co-brand credit card companion vouchers when travelling with two or more people.
Members of Delta SkyMiles, Air France KLM Flying Blue and Qantas Frequent Flyer can also use their respective miles or points to redeem for flights on WestJet. AIR MILES is also a partner with WestJet where you can redeem miles via the AIR MILES Travel portal for these flights.
The non-WestJet credit cards listed above and many others like them also allow you to redeem points towards those flight charges once it posts to your credit card account.
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