WestJet today revealed highlights of its Edmonton winter 2024/2025 flight schedule, outlining significant growth and commitment to the region, including record level domestic investments. Boosting its overall capacity by more than 20 per cent compared to winter 2023, WestJet will operate the city’s largest-ever network to and from Edmonton. This winter, Edmonton will have access to 16 nonstop WestJet destinations in Canada, nine transborder, including Hawaii, and five options to Mexico. “Serving a total of 30 non-stop destinations from Edmonton International Airport in the winter season, WestJet is proud to bring more connectivity to the city than ever before, holding our position as the region’s leading airline,” said John Weatherill, WestJet Group Executive Vice-President and Chief Commercial Officer. “With our largest-ever network and highest-ever capacity, we have enhanced our Edmonton schedule to underscore our commitment to the community and meet the growing demand for business and leisure travel to and from the city next winter, and plan to continue our growth momentum through summer 2025 and beyond.” “We are excited for WestJet to continue growing its non-stop flights and capacity at Edmonton International Airport (YEG), energizing our two-way tourism opportunities and increasing accessibility for business and leisure travellers,” said Myron Keehn, President & CEO, YEG. “WestJet is a key airline partner and the number one carrier for our airport and region, bringing more flights to more places, adding frequency, driving economic growth and enhancing connectivity to the world.” Edmonton reaps benefits of WestJet’s record setting investment in region Building on momentum of WestJet’s summer schedule currently in service and WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech’s recent visit to the region, the airline will increase frequencies on key domestic routes that are critical to business and leisure travellers connecting to Alberta’s capital city. As von Hoensbroech noted earlier in May, the WestJet Group remains close to securing additional aircraft from the used aircraft market to accelerate the airline’s growth plans. This winter, WestJet will operate approximately 313 flights out of Edmonton International Airport per week Edmonton is one of the most connected cities in WestJet’s network, and will see new or increased flight frequency on 10 of 16 domestic routes Providing 50 per cent of all air travel from Edmonton International Airport, WestJet is proud to stand as the number one carrier in the region Domestic Schedule (Winter 2024/25) Route Peak Winter Departures Winter 2024 vs. 2023 Increases Edmonton-Ottawa 11x weekly** New Edmonton-Montreal 5x weekly** New Edmonton-Winnipeg 16x weekly* +10 weeklyflights Edmonton-Vancouver 42x weekly* +8 weekly flights Edmonton-Abbotsford 9x weekly* +4 weekly flights Edmonton-Regina 10x weekly* +4 weekly flights Edmonton-Victoria 11x weekly* +4 weekly flights Edmonton-Saskatoon 9x weekly* +2 weekly flights Edmonton-Kelowna 19x weekly * +1 weekly flights Edmonton-Comox 5x weekly* +1 weekly flights Edmonton-Calgary 54x weekly Edmonton-Toronto 27x weekly Edmonton-Fort McMurray 8x weekly Edmonton-Grand Prairie 4x weekly Edmonton-Halifax 3x weekly Edmonton-Yellowknife 2x weekly ** New route *Increased frequency Domestic schedule highlights and notable winter frequency increases: New year-round connectivity between Edmonton and Montreal and Ottawa 167 per cent frequency increase between Edmonton and Winnipeg 67 per cent frequency increase between Edmonton and Regina 29 per cent frequency increase between Edmonton and Saskatoon Increased connectivity to all B.C. destinations including Vancouver, Kelowna, Comox, Abbotsford and Victoria 80 per cent frequency increase between Edmonton and Abbotsford 57 per cent frequency increase between Edmonton and Victoria 25 per cent frequency increase between Edmonton and Comox 24 per cent frequency increase between Edmonton and Vancouver Six per cent frequency increase between Edmonton and Kelowna While all routes are currently available for booking in winter 2024/25, new flight frequencies will be available for sale with the publication of WestJet’s full winter schedule in July 2024. Daily flights to Atlanta opens gateway to U.S. destinations This winter, WestJet is bolstering its transborder winter service by providing daily connectivity to Atlanta. Through direct connectivity to Atlanta and Minneapolis, guests will enjoy the advantages of WestJet's codeshare agreement with Delta Airlines , granting access to hundreds of additional U.S. destinations from two of Delta’s busiest hubs. Route Peak Winter Departures Winter 2024 vs. 2023 Increases Edmonton-Atlanta 7x weekly** New Edmonton-Las Vegas 10x weekly Edmonton-Los Angeles 6x weekly Edmonton-Minneapolis 5x weekly Edmonton-Phoenix 10x weekly Edmonton-Palm Springs 7x weekly Edmonton-Orlando 2x weekly Edmonton-Honolulu 2x weekly Edmonton-Maui 2x weekly ** New route Escape to the sun: WestJet connects Edmonton to Mexico's top destinations In addition to the airline’s robust domestic and transborder offerings, WestJet will enhance frequencies on some of its most popular sun destinations including Huatulco and Cancun. Route Peak Winter Departures Winter 2024 vs. 2023 Increases Edmonton-Huatulco 3x weekly* +1 weekly flight Edmonton-Cancun 9x weekly* +1 weekly flight Edmonton-Puerto Vallarta 10x weekly Edmonton-Los Cabos 3x weekly Edmonton-Mazatlán 2x weekly * Increased frequency Notable winter frequency increases to sun destinations include a 50 per cent increase between Edmonton and Huatulco and a 13 per cent increase between Edmonton and Cancun. "We are very pleased to see continued investment and expansion by WestJet at Edmonton International Airport and are excited about the positive impact this will have on our city and surrounding communities," said Doug Griffiths, President and Chief Executive Officer for the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce. "The improved connections will provide more travel choices for consumers, create new opportunities for our local businesses, and reinforce Edmonton's position as a vital center for business and trade, both locally and globally."