Editing WestJet (section)

===2000–2003: Domestic expansion===
[[File:Boeing 737-281-Adv, WestJet AN0152810.jpg|thumb|A WestJet Boeing 737-200 arriving at [[Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport]], April 2001. The airline began service into [[Eastern Canada]] in 2001.]]
Due to restructuring in the Canadian airline industry resulting from [[Air Canada]]'s takeover of [[Canadian Airlines]] in 2000, WestJet expanded into [[Eastern Canada]], beginning service to the cities of [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] and [[Ottawa]], Ontario, and [[Moncton]], New Brunswick. The airline selected [[John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport]] to be the focus of its Eastern Canadian operations and its main connection point in Eastern Canada.

In 2001, WestJet's expansion continued with routes to [[Comox, British Columbia|Comox]], along with [[Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario|Sault Ste. Marie]], [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], [[Ontario]], [[Thompson, Manitoba|Thompson]] and [[Brandon, Manitoba|Brandon]], [[Manitoba]]; however, service to each of these four cities has since been withdrawn. Service to [[Brandon, Manitoba|Brandon]], [[Manitoba]] and [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], [[Ontario]],<ref>{{cite press release
|title=WestJet to return to Sudbury
|publisher=Sudbury Star
|date=November 1, 2016
|url=http://www.thesudburystar.com/2016/11/01/westjet-to-return-to-sudbury |access-date=December 19, 2016}}</ref> was subsequently resumed by WestJet's wholly owned subsidiary, WestJet Encore.

In 2002, the airline also added another two new Eastern Canadian destinations: the Ontario cities of [[London, Ontario|London]] and [[Toronto]]. In April 2003, WestJet added [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]], [[Montreal]], [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]], [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]] and [[Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador|Gander]].

WestJet entered into a two-year agreement with [[Air Transat]] in August 2003 whereby WestJet aircraft would be filled by Transat's two main tour operators, World of Vacations and Transat Holidays. These chartered flights operated largely to destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean and the planes were operated by WestJet crews. This agreement between WestJet and Air Transat was amicably terminated in February 2009.<ref>{{cite press release
|title = Transat and WestJet agree amiably to terminate air transportation agreement
|publisher = WestJet
|date = February 13, 2009
|url = http://micro.newswire.ca/release.cgi?rkey=1702138323&view=87295-2&Start=0
|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130115152645/http://micro.newswire.ca/release.cgi?rkey=1702138323&view=87295-2&Start=0
|archive-date = January 15, 2013
|access-date = February 21, 2009
}}</ref>

In 2004, rival airline Air Canada accused WestJet of [[industrial espionage]] and filed a civil suit against WestJet in Ontario Superior Court. Air Canada accused WestJet of accessing Air Canada [[Trade secret|confidential information]] via a private website to gain a business advantage.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Air Canada suing WestJet |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=April 6, 2004 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040406.waircan0406/BNStory/Business/ |access-date=February 23, 2009 |location=Toronto |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429072033/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040406.waircan0406/BNStory/Business/ |archive-date=April 29, 2009}}</ref> On May 29, 2006, WestJet admitted to the charges levelled by Air Canada and agreed to pay C$5.5 million in legal and investigation fees to Air Canada and donate C$10 million to various children's charities in the names of Air Canada and WestJet.<ref>{{cite press release
| title = WestJet and Air Canada Issue Joint Press Release
| publisher = Marketwire
| date = May 29, 2006
| url = http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Westjet-596729.html
| access-date = February 23, 2009}}</ref>