WestJet says its travel bank is for refunds or promotions so consumer protection laws don’t apply to it British Columbia’s Supreme Court has approved a class-action lawsuit against WestJet’s policy of issuing travel credits with a one-year expiry date. The decision says the primary issue in the case is whether the airline’s travel bank program,… Read More »
WestJet says the launch of its new no-frills, low-cost airline won’t be until next summer after initially announcing plans it would start offering flights later this year. The delay comes in part after the airline decided to switch to a lower-cost booking system, CEO Gregg Saretsky said Tuesday as the company posted its second-quarter results.… Read More »
Aryna Sabalenka came through for the New York fans after her US Open title run. Aryna Sabalenka stuck to her word after making a promise to the US Open crowd. The world No. 2 had a tough route to the title – she played Americans in the final and semi-final, meaning the fans were against… Read More »
The WestJet mechanics strike may be over, but for passengers seeking compensation for flights cancelled before and during the strike, the battle is just beginning. The carrier cancelled more than 800 flights between June 27 and July 2, affecting tens of thousands of passengers. Some cancellations were announced in the days leading up to the… Read More »
Welfare check late last week led to discovery of man and woman’s bodies in a Parkhill homeA WestJet pilot described as a role model in her field has been identified as one of two people found dead in a southwest home in what police are calling suspicious circumstances. The deaths were discovered shortly after 9… Read More »
weekend of grounded passengers on a lot of WestJet flights, the airline blames bad weather, but one air passenger advocate says there are bigger problems. Danina Falkenberg brings us this report.Extremely cold weather in Calgary caused airline passengers big headaches when it came to travel plans, since Friday and over the weekend. Minus 30-dgree temperatures… Read More »
An elderly man dies in WestJet flight from Hawaii to Calgary. The man was found in medical distress and it took about 10 minutes for flight crews to locate the defibrillator. Questions are asked on how prepared the flight crews of the airlines in managing medical emergencies after the death of the elderly man.A late… Read More »
Two others seriously injured in Montrose Road collisionNEWS RELEASE NIAGARA REGIONAL POLICE ******************************** On July 23 at 6:42 p.m., 2 District (Niagara Falls / Niagara on the Lake) uniform officers from the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) responded to reports of a serious collision in Niagara Falls. Officers arrived on scene in the area of… Read More »
On Monday, the Student Government Legislative Council at the University of Colorado Boulder, or CUSG, issued a statement that the committee would be going on strike indefinitely. The committee “announced their strike as a call to action for other CUSG members and the CU Boulder administration to address the issues of systematic racism within the… Read More »
A third WestJet flight was targeted by a threat this week, but Saskatoon police have determined there were no explosives on Flight 323 from Toronto to Saskatoon. Flight 323 landed safely at the John Diefenbaker airport in the Saskatchewan city on Tuesday night after receiving the bomb threat at about 7 p.m. CT. All 113… Read More »
A small passenger plane carrying workers to Rio Tinto’s Diavik diamond mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories crashed Tuesday in the town of Fort Smith, killing six of the seven people on board, according to Canadian authorities. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed multiple fatalities in the crash on… Read More »
RCMP have determined the bomb threat that led to the evacuation of a WestJet flight travelling from Halifax to Calgary came from within Nova Scotia. After searching the plane, Nova Scotia RCMP say they didn’t find evidence of a bomb on the plane which was set to fly out at 7:30 a.m. WestJet flight 229… Read More »