WestJet expands service at John C. Munro
Hamilton International Airport
CALGARY, Oct. 17, 2017 /CNW/ - WestJet announced today it
will begin non-stop service between John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport and McCarran
International Airport in Las
Vegas, effective December 29,
2017.
"As Hamilton International's largest airline, as well as the
carrier with the most international flights into Las Vegas, WestJet continues to add new
service in Southern Ontario," said
Brian Znotins, WestJet
Vice-President, Network Planning, Alliances and Corporate
Development. "This new non-stop flight connects the community to a
highly desirable leisure market and offers a great schedule to
those looking to fly directly from Hamilton and surrounding communities without
having to drive or connect through Toronto."
"We are pleased with the announcement that WestJet will be
operating non-stop service from Hamilton to Las
Vegas," said Cathie Puckering, Acting President and CEO,
John C. Munro Hamilton
International Airport. "This new route adds to an already robust
schedule that WestJet operates from John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport to destinations
such as Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Orlando and Winnipeg. This welcome addition will be yet
another great service offering to Hamilton and the surrounding areas."
"We are very pleased that WestJet is operating non-stop service
from Hamilton," said Rosemary Vassiliadis, Director of Aviation at
McCarran International Airport. "Las
Vegas has long been a proven winner among Canadians,
particularly in the wintertime, so we're looking forward to many
more travellers taking advantage of the convenience offered by this
latest extension of WestJet's non-stop network into our area."
Service between Hamilton and
Las Vegas will operate twice
weekly beginning December 29, 2017,
through April 27, 2018.
This winter, WestJet has a total of 63 weekly flights to
Las Vegas from eight cities across
Canada including Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto and Hamilton.
Flights will be operated on WestJet's Boeing 737 aircraft
featuring the enhanced Plus product and WestJet Connect, WestJet's
inflight entertainment system accessed directly through
smartphones, tablets or computers. Almost 90 per cent of WestJet's
Boeing fleet is now equipped with WestJet Connect.
Details of WestJet's new non-stop service between Hamilton and Las
Vegas:
Route
|
Frequency
|
Departing
|
Arriving
|
Effective
|
Hamilton-Las
Vegas
|
Monday and
Friday
|
4:50 p.m.
|
6:36 p.m.
|
December 29,
2017
|
Las
Vegas-Hamilton
|
Monday and
Friday
|
11:00 p.m.
|
6:05 a.m.
|
December 29,
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
|
Hamilton
|
Las Vegas
|
$100
|
$N/A
|
$89.09
|
$189.09
CAD
|
*Book by October 24,
2017 (11:59 p.m. MT). Some restrictions apply. For more details on
please visit
http://www.westjet.com/flight-schedules-new.
|
About WestJet
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