Airline marks upcoming service to Scotland with its own tartan
CALGARY, May 22, 2015 /CNW/ - Later this month, WestJet
will launch service from Halifax, Nova
Scotia, to Glasgow,
Scotland, on board a special version of one of its Boeing
Next-Generation 737-700 series aircraft adorned with a
custom-designed WestJet tartan on its tail.
To mark the occasion of its first service to the
United Kingdom, WestJet worked
with the world's last dedicated hand-crafted tartan mill,
D.C. Dalgliesh of Selkirk, Scotland, to design a commemorative tartan in
the airline's distinctive blue and teal corporate colours. In
addition to producing neck ties, cufflinks and scarves, WestJet
also decaled two aircraft with the same tartan.
"We wanted to create something unique to celebrate
our new service to Scotland and
what could be more Scottish than creating our own company tartan?"
said Lindsay Robertson, WestJet's
Lead, Creative Services. "On top of that, decaling an aircraft was
something fun that we knew our guests would enjoy and in fact, one
aircraft is already in service across our network and creating a
lot of buzz. We encourage anyone who sees it to take a photo and
tweet with the hashtag #TartanTail."
WestJet's first flight from Halifax to Glasgow departs Halifax Stanfield
International Airport at 10:45 p.m.
on Friday, May 29, 2015. The daily,
non-stop seasonal service runs until October
24, 2015.
WestJet launched its first transatlantic service in
June 2014 between St. John's, Newfoundland, and Dublin, Ireland. The daily, non-stop seasonal
service resumed on May 1 this year,
six weeks earlier than last year. It concludes on October 23, 2015.
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 90 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 towards
the purchase of WestJet flights and vacations packages on any day,
at any time, to any WestJet destination with no blackout
periods ΜΆ even on seat sales. For more information
about everything WestJet, please visit westjet.com.
Recent recognition includes:
2015 Best Employers in Canada
(Aon Hewitt)
2014 Interbrand Canada's Best Canadian Brands (Rank #20)
2014 Brands of the Year (Strategy magazine)
2014 Canada's Most Preferred Airline (Ipsos)
2014 Value Airline of the Year (Air Transport World magazine)
2014/2013/2012 Canada's Most
Attractive Employer (Randstad)
2014/2013 WestJet RBC MasterCard ranked #1 in Canada (Money Sense magazine and
RewardsCanada.ca)
2014/2013/2012/2011 Highest equity score: airline, vacation package
supplier brands (Harris/Decima EquiTrend Study)
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Image with caption: "WestJet unveils its new #TartanTail, one of
two Boeing Next-Generation 737s with a custom-designed tartan decal
to mark the airline's new service between Halifax and Scotland launching May
29, 2015. Photo credit: Andy
Cline (CNW Group/WestJet)". Image available at:
http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20150522_C9416_PHOTO_EN_43462.jpg