On Monday, Canadian airline WestJet released its initial summer 2024 schedule with a year-on-year increase of around 15%. It seems that the high summer demand of last year is set to return this year and that WestJet is set to grab its share of the peak holiday season traffic.
New routes at home and away
WestJet is significantly increasing Canadian coast-to-coast travel while offering more capacity than any other Canadian airline to popular sun destinations, including Hawaii, Latin America, and the Caribbean. It is adding ten new routes and returning or extending 16 routes to bolster its robust growth strategy, with the full summer schedule to be completed in the coming week.
WestJet Group Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer John Weatherill said the summer schedule continues to deliver on its commitment to make critical investments across Canada to provide more affordable options for Canadians and international visitors.

"This summer will see the return of seasonal, leisure-focused flying to connect Eastern and Western Canada, and substantial growth in service to sun destinations, further cementing our position as Canada's leading leisure airline. At our global hub in Calgary and cities across the country, WestJet's schedule supports Canada's visitor economy with more than 75,000 seats arriving each week from Europe, Asia and the United States."