A WestJet plane flying from Kamloops, B.C., to Calgary, Alta., Thursday afternoon was diverted to Kelowna International Airport due to engine issues. Kelowna RCMP Const. Michael Della-Paolera said the local RCMP and fire departments both responded to support airport emergency crews. He said thanks to a quick response, the plane landed safely, and the airport… Read More »
WestJet experienced “network-wide” delays with its flights on Wednesday, as the carrier says outages with one of its outside technology partners and the Canada Border Services Agency caused cascading problems. The Calgary-based airline says an outage at Sabre, which provides booking and other IT services to multiple airlines, is causing flight delays across its network… Read More »
WestJet is temporarily suspending flights between Canada’s two biggest cities this winter, but plans to resume service between Toronto and Montreal next spring. The Calgary-based airline confirmed the news to CBC News on Wednesday, after CTV first reported it. The once-a-day route has been temporarily cut “as a result of performance and in alignment with… Read More »
WestJet plans to halt flights between Toronto and Montreal for the winter in a continuation of its retreat from short-haul routes in Eastern Canada to retrench in the West. The route will be cut from the schedule for six months, starting late October and resuming in late April, the Calgary-based company said. “This route was… Read More »
Tommy Fury has been secretly visiting Molly-Mae’s Cheshire mansion, with the couple enjoying time away from the limelight, it has been reported Their split sparked heartbreak among fans who dubbed their romance a “fairytale” – but it looks as though Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury are trying to get things back on track. Molly-Mae shocked… Read More »
When Javaune Wallen boarded his Calgary-bound flight in Kamloops on Thursday afternoon, he never thought he’d be in for a tense flight. The flight, WestJet Encore 3252, was forced to divert and make an emergency landing at Kelowna International Airport after one of its two engines failed. The plane, with its 75 passengers onboard, landed… Read More »
After four major U.S. airlines found unapproved aircraft parts from a UK-based vendor in their planes, WestJet says one of their aircraft was also affected. In a statement to Global News on Tuesday, the airline said the plane had to be grounded in August, as soon as the airline became aware of the situation. The… Read More »
A pilot from Antigonish, N.S., wants more people to pay attention to what’s happening to his friends and colleagues who are detained in the Dominican Republic after millions of dollars worth of cocaine was found on their plane. On April 5, the Pivot Airlines crew was thrown in jail after drugs were found in multiple… Read More »
When Kerri Froc, a frequent WestJet passenger, saw the airline’s announcement about winter service suspensions to Eastern Canada, she told herself she would never fly with the airline again. This week, WestJet announced it would be suspending service to Fredericton, Sydney, N.S., Charlottetown, and Quebec City to focus on sun and leisure destinations and better… Read More »
A passenger who landed at Vancouver International Airport says he almost lost his foot to a septic injury after he was left stranded on a British Airways flight for hours — and was only able to exit the plane after paramedics loaded him onto two airline food trolleys. Geoffrey Schneiderman, 63, who has multiple sclerosis… Read More »
The nose gear of a WestJet de Havilland Dash 8-400 collapsed while touching down at Terrace Northwest Regional Airport in British Columbia on Friday night. The aircraft was operating a service from Vancouver, BC when the incident happened. What happened? The Aviation Herald reports that aircraft registration C-FKWE was performing flight WS-3107 and landed at… Read More »
A WestJet Boeing 737 bound for Hawaii blew both right-hand tires during its departure from Vancouver International Airport Monday. Flight 1862 was preparing for takeoff when the flight crew applied the brakes and the tires blew, a WestJet representative told CTV News. Usually a flight crew rejects a takeoff before 80 knots, but this flight’s… Read More »