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By The Canadian Press
TORONTO – The Transportation Safety Board says the evacuation of a WestJet plane after a collision with another aircraft at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport was hampered when some passengers tried to take carry-on luggage with them.
The board says the WestJet flight carrying 169 passengers and six crew members from Cancun, Mexico, was waiting for a gate when it was hit by a Sunwing jet being towed to another location at the airport on Jan. 5.
By Olivia Bowden, The Canadian Press
TORONTO – The Canadian Transportation Agency is investigating a complaint from a Toronto lawyer who claims he was racially profiled by WestJet.
Selwyn Pieters, who is black, says the incident happened when he was trying to check in for a WestJet flight to Toronto on July 2, at the conclusion of a weeklong trip to Trinidad and Tobago, where he was doing legal work.
Travellers at 12 Canadian airports have been gifted the joy of Christmas magic over the last several weeks as WestJet surprised guests as part of its annual Christmas Miracle celebration.
The Calgary-based airline’s 12 Flights of Christmas made a pitstop in Winnipeg on November 21, where members of Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet performed an abbreviated version of Nutcracker.
WINNIPEG — Unsuspecting airline passengers were surprised Tuesday with a Christmas miracle at Winnipeg’s James Richardson International Airport.
WATCH:
WestJet transformed the arrivals hall for an impromptu abbreviated performance of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Nutcracker.
The Canadian Press
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – RCMP in the northern Alberta detachment of Wood Buffalo say a WestJet flight made an unscheduled landing in Fort McMurray earlier this week due to an unruly drunk.
Cpl. Teri-Ann Deobald says in a news release that flight 3177 on Monday was supposed to fly from Calgary to Yellowknife.
By The Canadian Press
CALGARY — WestJet says that its new no-frills, lower-fare airline will be named Swoop.
The Calgary-based company has been gradually revealing details of its new carrier since April.
Asia and South America, and to expand its service into the European market.
The initial order with the Boeing Company is for 10 aircraft to be delivered between the first quarter of 2019 and December 2021, with options for an additional 10 aircraft to be delivered between 2020 and 2024.
WestJet has launched direct flights between Winnipeg and Abbotsford, as the British Columbia city prepares to eliminate its airport improvement fee on June 1.
The Calgary-based airline will operate the flights starting today until October 28.
WestJet plans to introduce a new ultra-low-cost carrier with expectations to get it off the ground by late 2017.
The Calgary-based airline says it will include an initial fleet of 10 high-density Boeing 737-800s.
Travellers flying to Hamilton, Ontario from Winnipeg and vice versa can now do so directly on WestJet.
The airline launched its non-stop service between the two cities on Tuesday with a departing flight from John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport.
“These routes mean lower fares and reduced travel times for Hamiltonians visiting friends and family in Halifax, Edmonton and Winnipeg and vice versa,” said Brian Znotins, WestJet vice-president, network planning.
