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WestJet Encore
A Bombardier Q400 at Yellowknife Airport
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
WR
WEN[1]
ENCORE[1]
Founded
June 24, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-06-24)
AOC #
Canada 17093,[2] United States 5WJF451F[3]
Hubs
Calgary
Focus cities
Edmonton
Vancouver
Frequent-flyer program
WestJet Rewards
Fleet size
47[4]
Destinations
37
Parent company
WestJet
Headquarters
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Key people
Lisa Davis (Vice President & General Manager)
Website
www.westjet.com
WestJet Encore is a Canadian regional airline headquartered in Calgary, Alberta that operates feeder flights for WestJet, owned by the same parent company WestJet Airlines, Ltd. In response to internal market studies about future growth limitations by WestJet Airlines operating only Boeing 737 aircraft, WestJet Encore was formed in 2013 to allow the increased frequency of flights by using smaller aircraft and to expand service to routes with less traffic. Originally launching as a feeder airline for the mainline WestJet network out of WestJet hubs in Calgary and Toronto (and providing other regional and commuter flights, eg. Halifax to Sydney, NS or Edmonton to Kelowna), the airline was refocused on Western Canada in 2021, with all service east of Thunder Bay cancelled and all aircraft either repositioned or stored.
The airline operates a fleet of turboprop aircraft: the De Havilland Canada Dash 8. They operate 47 Q400NextGen aircraft, a variant of the original De Havilland Canada Dash 8.[4] WestJet Encore is the largest operator of the Q400 in the world, after the bankruptcy of Flybe and the retirement of the type by Horizon Air.
The airline was initially staffed with non-union employees, but the pilots and cabin crew have since unionized. Crew bases are maintained in Calgary and Toronto, with all Toronto-based crewmembers requiring deadheads to access the route network out west. WestJet Encore participates in the WestJet Rewards, a revenue-based frequent flyer program that offers flight discount rewards.
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call-out basis from the International Peace Garden Border Crossing. WestJetEncore operates daily non-stop service from Brandon to Calgary International...
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June 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 10 April 2024. "WESTJET NS24 LONG-HAUL NETWORK EXPANSION". "WestJet puts Seoul on the schedule with new flights from...
Calgary International Airport, provided by Pacific Coastal Airlines and WestJetEncore. Penticton Regional Airport terminal underwent an expansion in 2016...
2013 WestJetEncore started service to Calgary using the Dash 8 Q400 aircraft. Since then, Edmonton and Winnipeg have been added to WestJet'sEncore network...
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Leisure Group to compete more efficiently with Air Transat, Sunwing, and WestJet in the leisure and vacation travel market, largely operating routes to...
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Airlines Council of Canada, which represents Air Canada, Air Transat, and WestJet released a statement asking the CTA to reject Flair's request. In a statement...
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service in Whitehorse. It is also the ground handler for Condor Airlines and WestJet Airlines in Whitehorse, as well as several airlines in Vancouver. In May...
2002, Air Canada launched a discount airline to compete directly with WestJet on routes in Western Canada. Zip operated ex-Canadian Airlines International...
Edmonton, Calgary, and Fort Chipewyan through airlines such as Air Canada, WestJet, McMurray Aviation, and Northwestern Air. The Fort McMurray Airport Authority...
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