CALGARY, Aug. 27, 2015 /CNW/ - WestJet invites members of
the media to tour the airline's first Boeing 767-300 ER aircraft
today at its Calgary
hangar. The aircraft, the first of four wide-body aircraft to
arrive over the next eight months, landed in Calgary earlier this morning.
WHAT: Tour of exterior and interior of WestJet's first
Boeing 767 aircraft
WHEN: TODAY, Thursday, August 27, 2015, at 12 noon MDT
WHERE: WestJet hangar, 22 Aerial Place
NE, Calgary, AB
NOTE: Please report to the WestJet
welcome desk in the lobby of the Fred Ring (main campus office)
Building to check in prior to being escorted to the hangar. WestJet
executives will be available for interviews about the aircraft.
BACKGROUND:
Featuring a new teal and blue maple leaf-themed
logo that will eventually appear on all WestJet aircraft, the
airline's 767s seat 262 guests and have a range of approximately 11
hours. The aircraft will include a Plus cabin with 24 premium seats
in a two-by-two configuration, hot meals and all of the other
amenities associated with Plus. The main cabin has 238 seats, with
two seats on either side of the aircraft and three in the middle.
By next spring all four 767s will be equipped with WestJet Connect,
the airline's new inflight entertainment and wireless connectivity
system.
The four aircraft will arrive separately over
the next eight months. The aircraft that arrived yesterday will
begin service in September and operate flights between Toronto and Calgary for the next several months. With the
arrival of two additional wide-bodies this fall, the 767s will be
flying from Alberta to
Hawaii and between Toronto and Montego
Bay, Jamaica beginning in December. The fourth and final
aircraft will arrive next spring just prior to the launch of
WestJet's new service to London
(Gatwick) in May 2016.
Following discussions over the summer with
airports across the country, the airline will announce the Canadian
cities from which it will operate its summer schedule, including to
London, in mid-September.
A computer-generated video featuring air-to-air,
exterior and interior footage of WestJet's new 767 aircraft is
available at youtube.com/westjet.
SOURCE WestJet