Seats available for airline's first wide-body
winter service to Hawaii
CALGARY, March 4, 2015 /CNW/ - WestJet today announced
flights between Alberta and
Hawaii beginning in December are
available for booking on its newly-acquired Boeing 767 wide-body
aircraft. The 767, the first in the WestJet fleet, will operate
between Calgary and Honolulu, Calgary and Maui and between Edmonton and Maui.
"Offering non-stop, wide-body service between Alberta and Hawaii represents an important next step in
our international strategy," said Chris
Avery, WestJet Vice-President, Network Planning, Alliances
and Corporate Development. "This December, WestJet guests who
choose the popular routes will benefit from our comfortable 767s.
Additional on-board products and services such as hot meals and
unique in-flight entertainment options will continue to evolve as
we get closer to launch, with an eye to providing excellent value
and a fun, friendly, people-driven guest experience."
The 767s are configured with 24 seats in Plus, offering wider
seats with more recline in a 2-2-2 configuration, meaning each set
of two seats is separated by an aisle. There are 238 seats in the
main cabin, and all seats have access to power for personal
electronic devices such as tablets or phones.
"These aircraft will be redeployed in summer 2016 to new and
exciting international destinations that will be announced later
this year," concluded Chris
Avery.
About WestJet
We are proud to be Canada's most-preferred airline, powered by an
award-winning culture of care and recognized as one of the
country's top employers. We offer scheduled service to more
than 85 destinations in North
America, Central America,
the Caribbean and Europe. Through our regional airline, WestJet
Encore, and with partnerships with airlines representing every
major region of the world, we offer our guests more than 120
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
toward 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
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www.westjet.com.
Recent recognition includes:
2015/2014 Top 100 Canadian Brands (Brand Finance)
2014 Value Airline of the Year (Air Transport World magazine)
2013 Gold Stevie Award Best Transportation Company (American
Business Awards) 2013 Chairman's Circle Award: WestJet Vacations
(CPSC)
2013 Canada's Most Preferred
Airline (Leger Marketing)
2013/2012 Canada's Most Attractive
Employer (Randstad)
2013 WestJet RBC MasterCard ranked #1 in Canada (Money Sense magazine)
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