Airline known for low fares delivers flights from
$12 base fare, $99 total price
CALGARY, Feb. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ - WestJet today
announced a significant investment in Quebec's travel and tourism market with
increased service and new routes to and from Montréal–Pierre
Elliott Trudeau International Airport as well as Quebec City's Jean Lesage International
Airport. Overall, the airline is adding 105 more flights per week
in the province, a capacity increase of 74 per cent.
"Our unique brand of great service and low fares has been
embraced across Canada for more
than 20 years and today, WestJet is here to offer more choice and
competition to the Quebec market,"
said Bob Cummings, WestJet Executive
Vice-President Commercial. "The people in Quebec have traditionally been served by a
legacy carrier and WestJet believes this significant additional
investment in the province will give leisure and corporate
travellers a choice in airlines and bring lower fares to more than
8.2 million Quebecers. We look forward to flying hundreds of
thousands of travellers to and from this beautiful province to
enjoy the area and conduct business. As always, we are committed to
making air travel in Canada
better."
"The City of Montreal is
pleased with the increased frequency of WestJet flights. The year
2017 marks Montreal's 375th anniversary and this
announcement is perfectly timed to help to promote our city
internationally while creating local jobs", said Harout Chitilian, Vice-President of the
executive committee of the City of
Montreal, responsible for information technology, smart
city, administrative reform and youth.
Starting June 15, WestJet will
begin point-to-point service for the first time within the province
with four daily flights between Montreal and Quebec
City. On March 15, WestJet
will launch twice-daily service between Montreal and Halifax. And, on October 15, WestJet will begin twice-daily
service between Montreal and
Boston.
In addition, the airline will also increase its number of
non-stop flights between Montreal
and Vancouver from six per week to
12. WestJet's operations between Montreal and Calgary will increase from 14 flights per week
to 19. The airline's Quebec City
and Toronto service will add one
more daily flight for a total of three. With the addition of
WestJet's new services the airline will operate 195 weekly
departures from Montreal and 50
departures from Quebec City by
October 2017.
"I want to thank WestJet for its confidence and support to
develop Montreal-Trudeau as a hub," said Phillipe Rainville, CEO of Aeroports de
Montreal. "With these three
destinations, WestJet will now offer an average of eight additional
flights per day and 33 per cent more seats departing from
Montreal, which is excellent news
for our passengers."
All three new routes will be operated by WestJet's regional
airline, WestJet Encore and its fleet of Canadian-made Bombardier
Q400s. WestJet is proud to support this iconic Canadian company
based in Montreal and flies the
fourth largest fleet of Q400s in the world. By mid-2018, the
regional airline will have a total of 45 aircraft.
Routes to Vancouver and
Calgary will be operated on
WestJet's fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft featuring the enhanced Plus
product and WestJet Connect, WestJet's Wi-Fi connected, inflight
entertainment system.
Details of WestJet's new non-stop service:
Route
|
Frequency
|
Departing
|
Arriving
|
Effective
|
Montreal – Quebec
City
|
Four times
daily
|
7:45
a.m.
12
p.m.
4 p.m.
8 p.m.
|
8:40
a.m.
12:55
p.m.
4:55
p.m.
8:55 p.m.
|
June 15,
2017
|
Quebec City –
Montreal
|
Four times
daily
|
6:15
a.m.
9:30
a.m.
2 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
|
7:07
a.m.
10:22
a.m.
2:52
p.m.
6:22 p.m.
|
June 15,
2017
|
Montreal –
Halifax
|
Twice
daily
|
9:15
a.m.
6:20 p.m.
|
11:57
a.m.
9 p.m.
|
March 15,
2017
|
Halifax –
Montreal
|
Twice
daily
|
7:45
a.m.
4:50 p.m.
|
8:43
a.m.
5:48 p.m.
|
March 15,
2017
|
Montreal –
Boston
|
Twice
daily
|
7:15
a.m.
4 p.m.
|
8:45
a.m.
5:30 p.m.
|
October 15,
2017
|
Boston –
Montreal
|
Twice
daily
|
9:25
a.m.
6:15 p.m.
|
10:57
a.m.
7:47 p.m.
|
October 15,
2017
|
Introductory one-way fares are available starting from:
Departing
|
Arriving
|
Air transportation
charges (ATC)
|
Taxes,
fees and
charges
|
Total one-way price from
|
Base fare
from
|
Other
ATC
|
Montreal
|
Boston
|
$12.00
|
$0.00
|
$86.77
|
$99.00*CAD
|
Montreal
|
Halifax
|
$35.00
|
$18.00
|
$45.30
|
$98.00*CAD
|
Halifax
|
Montreal
|
$35.00
|
$18.00
|
$44.89
|
$98.00*CAD
|
Montreal
|
Quebec
City
|
$31.00
|
$12.00
|
$43.76
|
$87.00*CAD
|
Quebec
City
|
Montreal
|
$31.00
|
$12.00
|
$55.31
|
$98.00*CAD
|
*Book by February 20, 2017
(11:59 p.m. MT). Some restrictions
apply. For more details, please visit westjet.com/quebec-en.
Today, as part of the celebration of increased service in
Quebec, WestJet also announced
that it is working with its partner, Big Brother Big Sisters of
Montreal (BBBS) to give 10 "big
and little" matches an experience of a lifetime with a trip between
Montreal and Halifax. BBBS is one of eight national
charities WestJet supports through WestJet Cares for Kids. In 2016,
WestJet provided 452 gifts of flight through its community
investment and WestJet Cares for Kids programs in Quebec.
About WestJet
We are proud to be Canada's most trusted airline, powered by an
award-winning culture of care and recognized as one of the
country's top employers. WestJet, and our regional airline, WestJet
Encore, offer scheduled service to more than 100 destinations in
North America, Central America, the Caribbean and Europe. Through our partnerships with airlines
representing every major region of the world, we offer our guests
more than 150 destinations in more than 20 countries. Leveraging
WestJet's extensive network, flight schedule and remarkable guest
experience, WestJet Vacations delivers affordable, flexible travel
experiences with a variety of accommodation options for every
guest. Members of our WestJet Rewards program earn WestJet dollars
on flights, vacation packages and more. Our members use WestJet
dollars towards the purchase of WestJet flights and vacations
packages on any day, at any time, to any WestJet destination with
no blackout periods ̶ even on seat sales. For more
information about everything WestJet, please visit westjet.com.
Recent recognition includes:
2016 Canada's Most Trusted Airline
(Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria)
2016 Canada's most reputable
company for Corporate Social Responsibility (Reputation
Institute)
2016/2015/2014/2013/2012 Ranked top three for Canadian Brands
(Canadian Business Magazine)
2016/2015/2014/2013 WestJet RBC World Elite MasterCard ranked #1 in
Canada (MoneySense magazine)
2015/2011/2010/2008/2007/2006/2005 Canada's Most Admired Corporate Culture
(Waterstone Human Capital)
2015 Best Employers in Canada
(Aon Hewitt)
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