WestJet announces summer schedule, Edmonton to see 23% seat capacity increase

WestJet announced its 2025 summertime docket connected Monday and the airline’s planes volition person a importantly accrued beingness astatine Edmonton International Airport compared to past summer.

In presumption of the airline’s full spot capacity, WestJet says Edmonton volition spot a 23-per cent increase.

The institution announced 2 caller routes from EIA for 2025. There volition beryllium 5 flights a week going from Edmonton to Salt Lake City betwixt May 15 and Oct. 24, and 3 times a week a formation volition caput from Alberta’s superior to Chicago.

Edmonton’s is not the lone airdrome successful Canada that volition spot its full spot capableness summation successful the summertime of 2025. Nine different airports volition spot accrued WestJet traffic: Ottawa (36 per cent), Montreal (31 per cent), Regina (23 per cent), Winnipeg (19 per cent), Saskatoon (19 per cent), Victoria (18 per cent), Kelowna (15 per cent), Vancouver (12 per cent) and Calgary (11 per cent).

“WestJet’s expanded summertime docket reflects our continued committedness to connecting Canadians by expanding our home and planetary capacity,” John Weatherill, WestJet Group’s enforcement vice-president and main commercialized officer, said successful a quality release.

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“In Canada unsocial we are increasing capableness by 12 per cent, operating to 41 airports with implicit 3,000 play departures.”