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Westjet streicht drei Europa-Strecken im Sommer 2027
Westjet nimmt im Sommerflugplan 2027 drei Europa-Verbindungen aus dem Programm. Nach einer Aktualisierung des Flugplans sind die Strecken von Halifax nach Kopenhagen und Madrid sowie von Toronto nach Glasgow nicht mehr für Buchungen verfügbar, so das Portal Aero Routes.
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October 2, 2026 at 3:36 PM
gdnicholson.bsky.social
Airlines are weird. Westjet is trying to upsell frills on a flight that is under 90min.

I don't even need a cup of water from the flight attendant for that duration.
October 2, 2026 at 3:27 PM
ftsaskairspace.bsky.social
Aircraft detected to the NNW!
WestJet flight #WJA4013 from Fort MacKay/Firebag Aerodrome to Edmonton Int'l
Aircraft: Boeing 737NG 7CT/W
Tail # C-GUWJ
Speed: 506.7 km/h tracking SSW
Alt: 9825 ft
October 2, 2026 at 3:08 AM
ftsaskairspace.bsky.social
Aircraft detected to the N!
WestJet Encore flight #WEN3259 from Fort McMurray to Edmonton Int'l
Aircraft: Bombardier DHC-8 402 NG
Tail # C-GWJK
Speed: 534.7 km/h tracking SSW
Alt: 11325 ft
October 2, 2026 at 2:18 AM
sunny-dei.bsky.social
can westjet stop messaging me about the flight i had to cancel im doing bad enough without that
October 2, 2026 at 1:15 AM
ftsaskairspace.bsky.social
Aircraft detected to the SSE!
WestJet flight #WJA4012 from Edmonton Int'l to Fort MacKay/Firebag Aerodrome
Aircraft: Boeing 737NG 7CT/W
Tail # C-GUWJ
Speed: 723.6 km/h tracking NNE
Alt: 23350 ft
October 2, 2026 at 12:55 AM
ftsaskairspace.bsky.social
Aircraft detected to the NNE!
WestJet flight #WJA4017 from Fort MacKay/Firebag Aerodrome to Edmonton Int'l
Aircraft: Boeing 737NG 8CT/W
Tail # C-FKWJ
Speed: 526.5 km/h tracking SSW
Alt: 9550 ft
October 2, 2026 at 12:22 AM
aeroroutes.bsky.social
WestJet Removes 3 European Routes in NS27
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October 1, 2026 at 11:02 PM
ftsaskairspace.bsky.social
Aircraft detected to the S!
WestJet flight #WJA4016 from Edmonton Int'l to Fort MacKay/Firebag Aerodrome
Aircraft: Boeing 737NG 8CT/W
Tail # C-FKWJ
Speed: 712.6 km/h tracking NNE
Alt: 21625 ft
October 1, 2026 at 10:17 PM
boeingtracker.bsky.social
737-10 MAX, WestJet, , C-GFON (MSN 68403) | Fifth Flight BFI-BFI
737-10 MAX, WestJet, , C-GFON (MSN 68403)
737-10 MAX, WestJet, , C-GFON (MSN 68403) | Fifth Flight BFI-BFI
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October 1, 2026 at 10:00 PM
aboveayer.bsky.social
#Planefence ICAO: C05C59
Flt: WJA1624 #WESTJET #YYC - #LAS
First seen: 2026-10-01 17:02:46 EDT
Min Alt: 11325 ft MSL
Min Dist: 1.87 mi
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October 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
adampnathan.bsky.social
Next: Calgary to São Paulo, announced for November 2026, subject to approval.

My bet: Seoul goes year-round before another Asian city. Tokyo is already daily, and WestJet has seven 787s with nine more ordered. I'd expect fewer edge-of-range 737 experiments from the east.
October 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
adampnathan.bsky.social
Now Halifax to Copenhagen and Madrid, and Toronto to Glasgow, are off the summer 2027 schedule after one season. Each launched in May 2026.

WestJet hasn't explained the cuts.
Photographs of Copenhagen, Madrid, and Glasgow beside their WestJet routes: Halifax–Copenhagen, Halifax–Madrid, and Toronto–Glasgow. Each began in May 2026 and is absent from the reported summer 2027 schedule.
October 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
adampnathan.bsky.social
The eastern Atlantic network came back on narrowbodies. Toronto to Dublin returned in 2024. For summer 2026, WestJet added Halifax to Madrid, Lisbon, and Copenhagen, plus Toronto to Glasgow.

Halifax became a European gateway. Copenhagen had onward SAS codeshare connections.
Table of selected WestJet transoceanic route changes by year, 2014 through the reported 2027 schedule. It includes early Atlantic launches, the Calgary 787 and Asia expansion, Halifax's 2023 pause and 2024 return, 2025–26 route additions, and three routes absent from summer 2027: Halifax–Copenhagen, Halifax–Madrid and Toronto–Glasgow.
October 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
adampnathan.bsky.social
Calgary got the long-haul growth. WestJet launched Tokyo Narita in 2023, its first Asian route, and Seoul in 2024.

It ordered seven more 787s in 2025, then swapped six 737 MAX 10 orders for two more 787s in 2026. That’s nine 787s on order against seven flying today.
Line graph of cumulative firm WestJet 787 commitments and physical deliveries, 2017–2026. Firm commitments are ten in 2017, fall to seven after three cancellations in 2022, rise to fourteen after seven new 2025 orders, and reach sixteen after two more were added in 2026. Seven aircraft were delivered by 2022; no later deliveries are plotted.
October 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
adampnathan.bsky.social
In 2022, WestJet decided to concentrate its 787s at Calgary, pause further Dreamliner investment, and grow its 737 fleet. It dropped Halifax's European flights for summer 2023.

Calgary became the 787 hub. The eastern routes eventually came back with 737s.
Zoomed rectangular Plate Carrée map of nine WestJet 2026 routes from Calgary to Asia and Europe. Airport-code boxes sit beside their route endpoints. Route colors show launch year: Paris and Dublin 2019; London Heathrow and Rome 2022; Tokyo Narita, Barcelona and Edinburgh 2023; Seoul Incheon and Keflavík 2024. A table gives launch year, aircraft and scheduled weekly departures in a timetable checked September 21, 2026: Tokyo 7, Seoul 6, Paris 7, Heathrow 7, Barcelona 3, Dublin 3, Edinburgh 3, Rome 6 and Keflavík 4. Keflavík uses a 737 MAX; the other eight routes use the 787. Frequencies vary by date.
October 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
adampnathan.bsky.social
The first 787 transatlantic flight left Calgary for Gatwick in 2019. Paris and Dublin followed that spring.

The Dreamliner could reach Europe from Western Canada, with lie-flat Business seats and a separate Premium cabin. It also had 320 seats to fill.
Three large photos of WestJet Boeing 787 cabins. Business has 16 lie-flat pods with direct aisle access; Premium has 28 seats with more leg and elbow room; Economy has 276 seats, 86% of the 320 seats. Business and Premium photos are from WestJet; Economy photo is by Simply Aviation, CC BY 4.0.
October 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
adampnathan.bsky.social
Then WestJet bought four 767s. The first arrived in 2015, and the airline used the type to reach London Gatwick in 2016.

In 2017, it ordered 10 Boeing 787-9s, with options for 10 more.
Photo timeline of WestJet aircraft: 737-700 flew Toronto–St. John’s–Dublin daily in summer 2014; its first 767-300ER arrived in 2015 and London Gatwick followed in 2016; 787-9 began Calgary–London Gatwick in 2019 with 320 seats across three cabins. Aircraft photos are credited.
October 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
adampnathan.bsky.social
In 2014, WestJet flew a 737-700 from St. John's to Dublin, with the same plane starting in Toronto. Halifax to Glasgow followed in 2015.

Eastern Canada's geography let a small plane reach Europe. That opened routes a widebody might have struggled to fill.
Photos of St. John’s and Halifax. Labels show St. John’s–Dublin, daily or seven flights per week in summer 2014, and Halifax–Glasgow, daily or seven flights per week in summer 2015. Photo credits appear on the graphic.
October 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
adampnathan.bsky.social
WestJet is dropping three Europe routes after one summer: Halifax–Copenhagen, Halifax–Madrid, and Toronto–Glasgow.

I've always thought of WestJet as the little low-cost carrier that could. Against a smart, powerful Air Canada, it found an overseas niche in unlikely places.
Zoomed rectangular Plate Carrée map of 28 WestJet summer 2026 Europe and Asia routes from six Canadian cities. Asia and Europe are both visible. Calgary routes are blue and other gateways teal. Halifax–Copenhagen, Halifax–Madrid and Toronto–Glasgow are red because they are absent from the reported summer 2027 schedule. The separately announced Calgary–São Paulo route is orange and ends at its mapped GRU airport point. Airport codes identify the route endpoints.
October 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
ftsaskairspace.bsky.social
Aircraft detected to the N!
WestJet Encore flight #WEN3255 from Fort McMurray to Edmonton Int'l
Aircraft: Bombardier DHC-8 402 NG
Tail # C-GWFE
Speed: 512.4 km/h tracking SSW
Alt: 11275 ft
October 1, 2026 at 5:43 PM
ftsaskairspace.bsky.social
Aircraft detected to the NNW!
WestJet flight #WJA4001 from Fort MacKay/Firebag Aerodrome to Edmonton Int'l
Aircraft: Boeing 737NG 7CT/W
Tail # C-GWJO
Speed: 493.7 km/h tracking SSW
Alt: 9675 ft
October 1, 2026 at 3:06 PM
ftsaskairspace.bsky.social
Aircraft detected to the SSE!
WestJet flight #WJA4000 from Edmonton Int'l to Fort MacKay/Firebag Aerodrome
Aircraft: Boeing 737NG 7CT/W
Tail # C-GWJO
Speed: 763.2 km/h tracking NNE
Alt: 19225 ft
October 1, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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ICAO: #C0656F
Owner: #WESTJET
Flt: #WJA24 #CGMKS #B789 #YYC-#FCO
Time: 2026-10-01 11:30:14 CEST
Min Alt: 10654 m
Min Dist: 0.2 km (-49deg NW)
Squawk: #1162
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October 1, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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Can You Transfer a WestJet Ticket to Someone Else in 2026?
October 1, 2026 at 6:31 AM