WestJet Encore

WestJet may soon start hiring temporary foreign pilots. The low-cost carrier continues to face a shortage of pilots, particularly in the left seat.

WestJet has announced that it will be ending the WestJet Link regional brand and transitioning its flights to WestJet Encore.

There are dark clouds on the horizon for WestJet Encore, the fully-owned regional subsidiary of the WestJet Group, the second-largest airline group in Canada.

Canada’s WestJet and Swoop airlines cancelled over 200 flights in response to an industrial dispute with 1800 pilots. CBC News reports that 92 flights due to operate on Thursday were cancelled in addition to strategic cancellations already made by the airline ahead of the long holiday weekend. “We are extremely disheartened to find ourselves in […]

WestJet Encore, the regional arm of Canadian low-cost airline WestJet, is celebrating its five-year anniversary. The airline started in 2013 with two Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft. Since it’s inception, the airline has been serving Canada’s regional markets and providing low-cost airfare for Canadians across the country.  On the day of its launch, the airline had 10 […]