WestJet News Stories
WestJet Profit Up A Third On Higher Loads
May 7, 2013
WestJet Airlines, Canada's second-largest airline, reported a 33 percent rise in profit as it flew fuller planes in the first quarter.
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WestJet To Reduce Flight Attendants On Flights
May 6, 2013
Canada's aviation regulator will allow WestJet Airlines an exemption from current rules so that it can boost the number of passengers each of its flight attendants may serve to 50 from 40.
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WestJet's Planes Slightly Emptier In March
April 3, 2013
WestJet Airlines on Wednesday said its load factor fell 0.1 percentage points to 86.1 percent.
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Air Canada Shares Rise on Pension Extension
March 13, 2013
Air Canada shares rose on Wednesday after it won a seven-year extension for the cap on special payments to erase its pension fund deficit.
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WestJet's Monthly Load Factor Up Again
March 5, 2013
WestJet Airlines reported record monthly passenger levels for February, sending its shares higher.
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WestJet Seeking USD$100 Million Cost Cuts
February 6, 2013
WestJet Airlines said on Wednesday it was targeting cost cuts of CAD$100 million (USD$100.33 million) over the next three years and would release the schedule for its new regional airline, Encore, on February 11.
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WestJet Q4 Profit Rises 71 Percent
February 6, 2013
WestJet Airlines reported a 71 percent rise in fourth-quarter profit as it added new destinations and flew fuller planes.
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WestJet Load Factor Hits January Record
February 5, 2013
WestJet Airlines said its January load factor was a record 80.9 percent, up from 79.9 percent the year before.
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WestJet's Load Factor Increases Continue
January 7, 2013
WestJet reached a record December load factor of 81.9 percent, up from 80.9 percent in the same period last year, as traffic increased 7.2 percent and capacity grew 6 percent.
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WestJet Reports Strong November Passenger Levels
December 5, 2012
Canada's WestJet Airlines flew fuller planes in November, with load factor at 82.6 percent from the 77.6 percent for November 2011.
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WestJet Embraces Technology To Attract Business
December 4, 2012
WestJet Airlines will use technological innovation, including a new reservation system, to help it transform from a no-frills carrier to a lower-cost full-service airline courting lucrative corporate passengers, its chief executive said.
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WestJet Sees Lift From 'Premium Economy'
November 21, 2012
WestJet Airlines expects a multi-million dollar lift from its new 'premium economy' seating, and is planning a new in-flight entertainment system that will reduce costs, the chief executive of Canada's second-largest airline said.
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