WestJet to expand key domestic and international routes this winter

CALGARY — WestJet has unveiled its winter schedule featuring 230 direct routes from Canada to the southern U.S., Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America.

The airline will also be transitioning key routes to year-round service as part of its winter schedule, providing travellers consistent connectivity to popular international destinations.

Expanded Service To The Sun

In alignment with WestJet’s growth strategy, this winter it will be offering new service to some of its most popular sun destinations. Featuring four new and four returning routes, the winter schedule will see more than 85 daily departures on average to the sun from communities across Canada. Additionally, in response to high demand for travel to Mexico, WestJet will be providing the most flights to over 10 Mexican destinations from Canada this winter.

The airline also announced new nonstop seasonal service between Toronto and Bonaire beginning Dec. 12, 2023.

• Calgary-Tampa Bay (new): 1x/weekly, starting Dec. 23

• Edmonton-Montego Bay (new): 1x/ weekly, starting Nov. 12

• Edmonton-Mazatlan (restart): 2x/ weekly, starting Nov. 4

• Prince George-Puerto Vallarta (restart): 1x/weekly, starting Dec. 16

• Toronto-Bonaire (new): 1x/weekly, starting Dec. 12

• Winnipeg-Huatulco (new): 1x/weekly, starting Dec. 24

• Victoria-Los Cabos (restart): 1x/ weekly, starting Nov. 9

• Edmonton-Abbottsford (restart): 5x/weekly, starting Oct. 29

YEAR-ROUND EXTENSIONS

Due to increased demand, WestJet is extending key routes that were highly utilized by travellers this summer, to operate year-round.

• Calgary-Paris: 4x/weekly

• Edmonton-Minneapolis: 5x/weekly

• Saskatoon-Minneapolis: 3x/weekly

• Winnipeg-Atlanta: 5x/weekly

• Vancouver-Atlanta: 5x/weekly

• Vancouver-Regina: 3x/weekly

• Vancouver-Saskatoon: 2x/weekly

Through WestJet’s codeshare partnerships, guests connecting through Paris, Atlanta or Minneapolis will arrive in Air France’s or Delta’s major hubs, respectively, gaining access to a vast network of European and U.S. destinations on a single purchased ticket.

East To West

WestJet is extending two more key domestic routes from Calgary to Moncton and St. John’s respectively, from summer to year-round service.

• Calgary-Moncton: 2x/weekly

• Calgary-St. John’s: 2x/weekly

Westjet Group Capacity

Following WestJet’s successful acquisition of Sunwing Airlines, WestJet Group is further bolstering leisure and sun flying options across Canada. Together as the WestJet Group, WestJet and Sunwing Airlines will provide more seats than any other Canadian airline, across 230 nonstop routes from 26 Canadian communities to 55 popular sun destinations in the U.S., Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America this winter.

With its previously announced winter schedule, Sunwing will be increasing its capacity in Atlantic Canada by 26%, Quebec by 15% and Ontario by 9%, when compared to 2022.

Air Transat to bring back Cozumel flights this winter

MONTREAL — Air Transat is bringing back its flights to sunny Cozumel in Mexico this winter season.

Bookings are now open for flights from Montreal and will be offered once a week, on Fridays, from Dec. 15, 2023 to April 26, 2024.

As Mexico’s largest Caribbean island, Cozumel is known for its incredible scuba diving and beautiful beaches. Transat offers all-inclusive packages at four hotel partners: Allegro Cozumel; Iberostar Cozumel; Meliá Cozumel; and Occidental Cozumel. This offer will be expanded in the coming weeks.