CALGARY, March 14, 2018 /CNW/ - WestJet's inaugural
flight, WS2200 from Calgary
International Airport (YYC) to Mexico
City International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional Benito
Juárez, MEX) departed this morning, marking the airline's newest
flight to Mexico. Flights between
Vancouver International Airport
(YVR) and Mexico City start
March 15, solidifying WestJet's
position as the Canadian airline with the most flights to
Mexico.
"WestJet is proud to be at the forefront of expanding on vital
trade and tourism linkages between Mexico and Canada," said Ed
Sims, WestJet President and CEO. "Non-stop, year-round
flights from Calgary and
Vancouver to Mexico City connect the country to one of the
most important major markets in the Americas and expand on growing
opportunities for Canada/Mexico
tourism. We welcome our first MEX and YYC-bound guests today
knowing these flights are a win for business and leisure travellers
on both sides."
Starting today, WestJet begins service with four weekly flights
between Calgary and Mexico City. Tomorrow, WestJet will launch
three-time weekly service between Vancouver and Mexico
City. Effective April 29, both
routes move to daily service.
WestJet's investments are expanding economic linkages that
benefit many sectors of the economy.
"WestJet's non-stop service from Calgary to Mexico
City is great news for Alberta and Mexico," said Ricardo
Miranda, Alberta's Minister
of Culture and Tourism. "The new service will support the growth of
tourism, trade and investment, while strengthening the cultural
ties and relationships between our two jurisdictions. The service
further establishes Alberta as a
world-class tourism destination and an important business centre,
by enabling visitors from Mexico
to travel directly to Calgary and
our province, and providing Albertans with a gateway into the
central and south American markets."
"Congratulations to WestJet on its inaugural flights to
Mexico City," said the Canadian
Ambassador to Mexico, Mr.
Pierre Alarie. "Mexico is a key partner and ally for
Canada and people-to-people ties
are the foundation of our deep friendship. In the first year
following the elimination of the visa requirement for Mexican
travellers, we witnessed an increase of 45 per cent in Mexican
visitors to Canada. We hope to see this positive trend
continue."
WestJet first landed in Mexico
in 2007 and now serves 11 cities in Mexico from 15 Canadian cities, offering more
non-stop routes than any other Canadian airline. WestJet's growth
in Mexico makes up nearly 10 per
cent of the airline's available seat miles and at peak winter
schedule, WestJet will operate up to 37 daily flights.
Details of WestJet's Mexico
City schedule:
Route
|
Frequency
|
Departing
|
Arriving
|
Effective
|
Calgary – Mexico
City
|
Four times
weekly
|
11:18 a.m.
|
4:20 p.m.
|
March 14,
2018
|
Mexico City –
Calgary
|
Four times
weekly
|
4:00 p.m.
|
9:35 p.m.
|
March 15,
2018
|
Calgary – Mexico
City
|
Daily
|
10:10 a.m.
|
4:20 p.m.
|
April 29,
2018
|
Mexico City
–Calgary
|
Daily
|
5:20 p.m.
|
9:40 p.m.
|
April 29,
2018
|
Vancouver – Mexico
City
|
Three times
weekly
|
8:50 a.m.
|
3 p.m.
|
March 15,
2018
|
Mexico City –
Vancouver
|
Three times
weekly
|
5:20 p.m.
|
10:05 p.m.
|
March 14,
2018
|
Vancouver – Mexico
City
|
Daily
|
7:40 a.m.
|
3 p.m.
|
April 29
,2018
|
Mexico City –
Vancouver
|
Daily
|
4 p.m.
|
7:30 p.m.
|
April 29,
2018
|
About WestJet
WestJet is proud to be named Best
Airline in Canada and one of the
best Low Cost Airlines in North
America, based on authentic reviews from the travelling
public on Trip Advisor, the world's largest travel site. We are one
of very few airlines globally that does not commercially overbook.
Together with our regional airline, WestJet Encore, we offer
scheduled service to more than 100 destinations in North America, Central America, the Caribbean and Europe and to more than 175 destinations in
over 20 countries through our airline partnerships. WestJet
Vacations offers affordable, flexible vacations to more than 60
destinations and the choice of more than 800 hotels, resorts,
condos and villas. Members of the WestJet Rewards program
earn WestJet dollars on flights, vacation packages and more.
Members use WestJet dollars towards the purchase of flights and
vacations packages to any WestJet destination with no blackout
periods, and have access to Member Exclusive fares offering deals
to WestJet destinations throughout our network and those of our
partner airlines.
WestJet is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)
under the symbol WJA. For more information about everything
WestJet, please visit westjet.com.
Recent recognition includes:
2017/2016 Canada's Most Trusted
Airline (Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria)
2017 Best Airline in Canada and
Travellers' Choice Winner Mid-Sized and Low Cost Airlines –
North America (TripAdvisor
Travelers' Choice awards for Airlines)
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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