Editing WestJet (section)

==Fleet==
===Current fleet===
{{As of|2025|05}}, WestJet operates an all-[[Boeing]] mainline fleet composed of the following aircraft:<ref name="fleet">{{TCregister|WESTJET|WestJet|December 9, 2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;margin:auto;"
|+WestJet fleet
! rowspan="2" |Aircraft
! rowspan="2" |In service
! rowspan="2" |Orders
! colspan="5" |Passengers
! rowspan="2" |Notes
! rowspan="2" |Refs
|-
!<abbr title="Business Class">J</abbr>
!<abbr title="Premium Economy">W</abbr>
!<abbr title="Extended Comfort">Y+</abbr>
!<abbr title="Economy Class">Y</abbr>
!Total
|-
|[[Boeing 737-700]]
|36
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|12
|12
|108
|132
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Boeing 737-700 Next-Generation |url=https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/aircraft/boeing-737-700-next-generation}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Boeing 737-800]]
|36
| rowspan="3" |8
| rowspan="3" |&mdash;
| rowspan="3" |12
|24
|138
|174
|
| rowspan="3" |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tamm |first=Heike |date=August 9, 2024 |title=Aergo Capital acquires and leases back eight aircraft to WestJet |url=https://avitrader.com/2024/08/09/aergo-capital-acquires-and-leases-back-eight-aircraft-to-westjet/#:~:text=Aergo%20Capital%20Limited%20has%20successfully,carrier%20to%20its%20client%20portfolio. |access-date=January 19, 2025 |website=AviTrader Aviation News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Boeing 737-800 Next Generation |url=https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/aircraft/boeing-737-800-next-generation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=WestJet continues fleet expansion, adding Sunwing aircraft |url=https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/news/2025/westjet-continues-fleet-expansion--adding-sunwing-aircraft}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |10
|&mdash;
|171
|183
| rowspan="2" |Transferred from [[Swoop (airline)|Swoop]] with its configuration.<br /> All to be reconfigured by end of 2025.
|-
|9
|162
|183
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{nowrap|[[Boeing 737 MAX 8]]}}
|28
|20
| rowspan="2" |&mdash;
| rowspan="2" |12
|24
|138
|174
|
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Boeing 737-8 MAX |url=https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/aircraft/boeing-737-8-max}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 21, 2025 |title=WestJet gears up for summer growth after snapping up planes from defunct Lynx Air |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-westjet-gears-up-for-summer-growth-after-snapping-up-planes-from/#:~:text=Fuelling%20that%20uptick%20are%20the,held%20up%20amid%20production%20issues. |access-date=February 7, 2025 |work=The Globe and Mail}}</ref>
|-
|15
|9
|&mdash;
|171
|183
|6 transferred from [[Swoop (airline)|Swoop]] with its configuration.
9 transferred from [[Lynx Air|Lynx]] with its configuration. <br />9 to be transferred from Sunwing by May 2025. <br />All to be reconfigured by end of 2025.
|-
|{{nowrap|[[Boeing 737 MAX 10]]}}
|&mdash;
|46
|&mdash;
|12
| colspan="2" |200
|212
|Orders with 22 options.
|<ref>{{cite press release |title=WestJet Group inks deal with Boeing for an additional 42 737-10 aircraft plus 22 options |date=September 29, 2022 |publisher=WestJet |url=https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/news/2022/westjet-group-furthers-growth-strategy--inking-deal-with-boeing-?sm_cid=social%3Aws-world%3Apublic-relations-2022%3Atwitter%3A20220929}}</ref>
|-
|[[Boeing 787-9]]
|7
|&mdash;
|16
|28
|60
|216
|320
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner |url=https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/aircraft/boeing-787-9-dreamliner}}</ref>
|-
!Total:
!132
!83
! colspan="7" |
|}

===Fleet strategy===
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|image1=Boeing 737-700 (WestJet) C-FWBX (2991378010).jpg|caption1=[[Boeing 737 Next Generation|Boeing 737-700]]
|image2=C-GJWS B737-8CTW WestJet YVR 16MAY09 (3538139122).jpg |caption2=[[Boeing 737 Next Generation|Boeing 737-800]]
|image3=C-FNWD Boeing 737 MAX 8 WestJet Airlines YVR 04JUL18.jpg |caption3=[[Boeing 737 MAX|Boeing 737 MAX 8]]
|image4=WestJet, C-GURP, Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (49585738596).jpg |caption4=[[Boeing 787 Dreamliner|Boeing 787-9]]
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The mainline fleet currently consists exclusively of Boeing aircraft, while wholly owned subsidiary Encore flies [[De Havilland Canada Dash 8|Bombardier Q400]]s. 20 aircraft were initially ordered with options for up to 25 more. The first two units were delivered in mid-June 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://calgaryherald.com/travel/WestJet+receives+keys+planes+begins+planning+march+east/8493319/story.html|title=WestJet receives keys to new planes as it begins planning for 'march east'|newspaper=Calgary Herald|date=June 7, 2013|access-date=June 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609233649/http://www.calgaryherald.com/travel/WestJet+receives+keys+planes+begins+planning+march+east/8493319/story.html|archive-date=June 9, 2013}}</ref> Scheduled passenger service on these aircraft began on June 24, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airlinereporter.com/2013/06/westjet-encore-launch-day/|title=WestJet Encore Celebrates Inaugural Q400 Flight from Calgary|publisher= Airline Reporter|date=June 24, 2013|access-date=June 24, 2013}}</ref> The first [[Boeing 737 Next Generation]], a [[Boeing 737 Next Generation#737-700|737-700]] delivery took place in 2001, and the first deliveries of [[Boeing 737 Next Generation#737-600|737-600]] and [[Boeing 737 Next Generation#737-800|737-800]] aircraft began in 2005, with the final 737-600 aircraft delivered in September 2006.

Boeing confirmed on August 2, 2007, that WestJet had placed an order for 23 Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft. The order was primarily for 737-700 but with conversion rights to Boeing 737-800s.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Boeing Confirms WestJet Order for 23 Next-Generation Boeing 737 Airplanes|publisher=The Boeing Company|date=August 2, 2007|url=http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2007/q3/070802c_nr.html|access-date=February 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316092815/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2007/q3/070802c_nr.html|archive-date=March 16, 2009}}</ref>

In the winter season before acquiring their [[Boeing 767]]s and [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner]]s, WestJet temporarily [[Aircraft lease#Wet lease|wet leased]] some [[Boeing 757|Boeing 757-200s]] to expand service between Alberta and Hawaii. From February through April 2011, a single aircraft was leased for this purpose;<ref name="mediaroom1"/><ref name="seattlepi1"/> in the winter of 2011–12, a single aircraft was again leased.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/WestJet%20Airlines-history-b757.htm|title=Boeing 757 in WestJet Airlines history|publisher=Airfleets.net|access-date=January 17, 2013}}</ref> For the winter seasons from 2012 to 2015, this was expanded to two aircraft.<ref name="tcx">{{cite web|url=http://www.westjet.com/guest/en/travel/basics/security-travel-alert/alberta-hawaii.shtml|title=Non-stop flights between Alberta and Hawaii on Thomas Cook Airlines|publisher=WestJet|access-date=January 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/WestJet%20Airlines-active-b757.htm|title=Boeing 757 Active with WestJet Airlines|publisher=Airfleets.net|access-date=January 17, 2013}}</ref> In April 2013, it was announced that WestJet would sell ten of its oldest 737-700s and purchase ten 737-800s to modernize and increase capacity of its fleet.

In May 2014, CEO Gregg Saretsky announced that WestJet was considering acquiring [[wide-body aircraft]] to operate long-haul international routes. By July of the same year, Saretsky confirmed that wide-body service would begin in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/westjet-plans-to-fly-wide-body-planes-by-fall-2015-1.2698924|work=CBC News|title=WestJet plans to fly wide-body planes by fall 2015|date=July 7, 2014|access-date=August 10, 2015}}</ref> In late June 2014, WestJet announced that the wide-body aircraft were to be second-hand [[Boeing 767]] ([[Boeing 767#767-300ER|767-300ERs]]) sourced from Qantas.<ref name="skiesmag.com">{{cite web|url=http://skiesmag.com/news/westjetgoeswidebodyboeing767entersservice/|title=WestJet goes widebody: Boeing 767 enters service - Skies Magazine|work=skiesmag.com|access-date=October 12, 2016|date=November 6, 2015}}</ref> The four Boeing 767s were an average of 25 years old, which meant that they needed frequent repairs and downtime for sourcing parts.<ref name=Londonflightscut>{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Tracy|title=WestJet cuts back on London flights to try to curb delays and cancellations|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/westjet-london-gatwick-still-probelms-1.4131987|access-date=July 13, 2017|work=CBC News|date=May 30, 2017}}</ref> This resulted in a poor on-time performance of 38 percent in 2016,<ref name=Londonflightscut/> costing the airline approximately $5 million in the second quarter of 2016.<ref name=Londonflightscut/> In 2017, WestJet reduced the number of flights from Winnipeg and Edmonton to reduce utilization of the planes for the summer 2017, to cope with any unforeseen delays or cancellations.<ref name=Londonflightscut/>

In late December 2016, 77% of WestJet pilots approved a new deal that will increase pay for pilots flying wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 767, Boeing 787 or [[Airbus A330]]. In a statement, the airline said that it was seeking more large aircraft intending to add new destinations. Saretsky also stated that he hoped for wide-body growth to be responsible, but quick. As of May 2, 2017, WestJet announced the purchase of up to 20 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft; 10 were firm orders with deliveries from 2019 through 2021, and 10 were options for delivery between 2020 and 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/westjet-widebodied-expansion-1.3921395|title=With pilots deal, WestJet set to expand long-haul flights|last=Johnson|first=Tracy|work=CBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106144611/http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/westjet-widebodied-expansion-1.3921395|archive-date=January 6, 2017|url-status=live|date=January 5, 2017|access-date=January 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=WestJet to pursue more widebody aircraft following pilots' approval|last=Karp|first=Aaron|work=Air Transport World|date=December 27, 2016|url=http://atwonline.com/airlines/westjet-pursue-more-widebody-aircraft-following-pilots-approval|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229152118/http://atwonline.com/airlines/westjet-pursue-more-widebody-aircraft-following-pilots-approval|archive-date=December 29, 2016|access-date=January 8, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> WestJet ended up only purchasing seven Boeing 787-9 and cancelled the remaining orders. It is believed that the cancelled Boeing 787 orders may have been converted to Boeing 737 MAX orders instead.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

===Historical fleet===
In 2003 and 2004, WestJet donated two of its 737-200s to post-secondary schools in western Canada, one to the [[British Columbia Institute of Technology]]<ref>{{cite press release|title=WestJet donates 737-200 aircraft to BCIT Aerospace|publisher=British Columbia Institute of Technology| date = October 1, 2003|url= https://www.bcit.ca/news/releases/newsrelease100103101.shtml|access-date=February 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040703001512/http://www.bcit.ca/news/releases/newsrelease100103101.shtml|archive-date=July 3, 2004}}</ref> and a second to the [[Southern Alberta Institute of Technology]]'s Art Smith Aero Centre.<ref>{{cite press release|title=WestJet Donates Boeing 737-200 Aircraft to SAIT's Art Smith Aero Centre for Training and Technology| publisher=CCNMatthews|date=October 21, 2004|url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/WestJet-Donates-Boeing-737-200-Aircraft-SAITs-Art-Smith-Aero-Centre-Training-Technology-436843.htm|access-date=March 5, 2011}}</ref> In early 2005, it was announced that the [[Boeing 737]] fleet would be retired and replaced by newer, more fuel-efficient 737 Next Generation series aircraft. On July 12, 2005, WestJet announced that it had completed the sale of its remaining [[Boeing 737#737-200|737-200]] to Miami-based Apollo Aviation Group.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Anonymous|date=July 13, 2005|title=Westjet sells its Boeing 737s to Miami-based airline|work=National Post|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/355031078|access-date=February 27, 2021|id={{ProQuest|355031078}}}}</ref> On January 9, 2006, the last Boeing 737-200 was flown during a [[Flypast|fly-by]] ceremony at the WestJet hangar in Calgary, piloted by WestJet founder Don Bell and was a [[Air charter|charter flight]] from Las Vegas to Calgary.{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}

In July 2020, WestJet retired their fleet of 4 [[Boeing 767]]s ([[Boeing 767#767-300ER|767-300ER]]) due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/westjet-to-retire-boeing-767-fleet/|title=WestJet To Phase Out Boeing 767 Fleet|first=Aaron|last=Davis|work=Airways Magazine |date=July 15, 2020|access-date=January 8, 2021|archive-date=July 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717043555/https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/westjet-to-retire-boeing-767-fleet/}}</ref> In January 2021, it was announced that the four 767-300 aircraft from WestJet were to be among a total of 11 to be purchased by [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] and converted to freight use.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-05/amazon-makes-first-aircraft-purchase-to-expand-delivery-network|title=Amazon Makes First Aircraft Purchase to Expand Cargo Network|website=[[Bloomberg News]] |date=January 5, 2021}}</ref>

In the past, WestJet operated the following aircraft:{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; text-align:center"
|+ WestJet former fleet
|-
!Aircraft
!Total
!Introduced
!Retired
!Notes
|-
|align=left|[[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-200]]
|25
|1996
|2006
|
|-
|align=left|[[Boeing 737 Next Generation|Boeing 737-600]]
|13
|2006
|2021
|align=left|Retired due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].
|-
|rowspan=2 align=left|[[Boeing 757|Boeing 757-200]]
|1
|2011
|2011
|align=left|Leased from [[North American Airlines]].
|-
|7
|2011
|2015
|align=left|Wet-leased from [[Thomas Cook Airlines]].
|-
|align=left|[[Boeing 767|Boeing 767-300ER]]
|4
|2015
|2020
|align=left|Retired due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].
|}

===Livery===
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| direction = horizontal
| image1 = Westjet Special Livery.jpg
| caption1 = "Care-antee" This aircraft was repainted to the Magic Plane in Dec 2013.
| width1 = 150
| image2 = C-GWSZ WestJet Disney World Taxi 4x6 JTPI 9583 (14506124729).jpg
| caption2 = "Magic Plane", a [[Fantasia (1940 film)|''Fantasia'']]-themed livery promoting Walt Disney World
| width2 = 150
| image3 = WestJet100NG.jpg
| caption3 = #100Boeing737NG subtitle adorns the lower fuselage of the 100th Boeing 737 NG aircraft received by the airline. This aircraft was re-painted in April 2024 to its new livery.
| width3 = 175
| footer = Special liveries used by WestJet
| image4 = WestJet Boeing 737-800 C-GWSV (24617098492).jpg
| caption4 = "Frozen Plane", a [[Frozen (2013 film)|''Frozen'']]-themed livery promoting Walt Disney World
| width4 = 175
| footer4 = Special liveries used by WestJet|
}}

WestJet's aircraft are painted white except for the lettering on the fuselage, wings and [[vertical stabilizer]].

The tail is divided roughly into slanted thirds, coloured (from front to back) navy blue, white and teal. This pattern is used on the outside of the [[Wingtip device|blended winglets]] at the end of the wings while, on the inside, the winglets are painted white with "WestJet.com" in dark blue lettering.

In February 2010, WestJet introduced a special livery on one Boeing 737-800 aircraft promoting its customer-service promise, or "Care-antee", in both English and French. This aircraft also featured a new tail design. In 2013, the Care-antee aircraft underwent a second livery change in partnership with [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], featuring [[Mickey Mouse]] from the movie [[Fantasia (1940 film)|''Fantasia'']] and adopting the name "Magic Plane". A second Disney aircraft was completed in 2015, named "[[Frozen (2013 film)|''Frozen'']] Plane", with characters Elsa and Anna on the vertical stabilizer and a similar theme in the cabin.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.westjet.com/disney-frozen-themed-plane/|title=Our second custom-painted aircraft, inspired by Disney's Frozen|author=Hounstow, Greg|publisher=WestJet|date=October 10, 2015|access-date=October 19, 2015}}</ref> Following the new CEO's decision, the Disney aircraft were repainted into the normal livery in 2024.

In May 2018, WestJet unveiled a new livery, the first significant change since the inception of the company. It includes a new font for the word "WestJet"; written across the middle of the aircraft fuselage is "The Spirit of Canada" on the [[Port and starboard|port side]] and "L'esprit du Canada" on the [[Port and starboard|starboard side]]. An updated, stylized maple leaf on the aircraft tail is also included.<ref>{{cite web |title=WestJet unveils its Dreamliner 'Spirit of Canada' to the world |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/westjet-unveils-its-dreamliner-spirit-of-canada-to-the-world-682083381.html |website=Cision |publisher=WestJet |access-date=June 2, 2018}}</ref>

On January 17, 2019, WestJet's first Dreamliner was delivered with the name 'Clive Beddoe', a tribute to one of its founder and former chairman of the board of directors. The aircraft is painted in its new livery.