Me ka haʻalele ʻana o ka mokulele 10, ua lilo ʻo WestJet i kēia lā ʻo ia wale nō ka mokulele e hana i kahi ala kū ʻole ma waena o Paris a me Calgary. ʻO ke ala hou loa o ka mokulele, me kāna hui codeshare me Air France, hāʻawi i kahi ala hou kaulana ma waena o Western Canada a me ʻEulopa. Hiki i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻoihana Kanada a me nā huakaʻi leʻaleʻa i kēia manawa ke lele aku a mai 11 mau kūlanakauhale ma ʻEulopa nui e pili ana iā Roma, Venice, Athens a me Lisbon ma o WestJet's Air France codeshare partner mai Paris. ʻO ka lele o kēia lā ka lua o nā hoʻolaha 787-dreamliner ʻekolu i waena o ka hoʻolālā honua a WestJet a me ke koho ʻana iā Calgary ma kāna ʻoihana Dreamliner mua.
"ʻO ka lele mua ʻole o WestJet mai Calgary a i Paris e wehe i kahi mākeke koʻikoʻi no ka mākaʻikaʻi inbound i Western Canada a me nā manawa huakaʻi maʻalahi a kūʻokoʻa hoʻi ma ʻEulopa no nā Canadians Komohana," wahi a Arved von zur Muehlen, WestJet Chief Commercial Officer. "Haʻaheo mākou i ka mokulele nui loa o Calgary a e hoʻomau i ka hoʻopukapuka kālā i kā mākou hana a me nā ʻoihana e pono ai ka hoʻokele waiwai, ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā mākeke ma Calgary a me Western Canada."
ʻO ka lawelawe e hana nei ma waena o Calgary a me Lākana, Paris a me Dublin e kākoʻo i nā hana manawa piha 650 a me $ 100 miliona ma ka huina hoʻokele waiwai. ʻO kēia ka mea i hoʻohui ʻia i ka loaʻa kālā o WestJet i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma mua o $ 5 biliona a me ke kākoʻo ʻana o nā ʻoihana ʻoi aku ma mua o 32,000 ma Alberta. Loaʻa ka hopena o ka hoʻokele waiwai o WestJet ma Kanada i kēlā me kēia makahiki he $17.4 biliona a kākoʻo ma mua o 153,000 mau hana.
Hoʻohana ʻia nā mokulele a pau ma waena o Calgary a me Palisa ma ka mokulele hou loa o WestJet, ka 320-noho, 787-9 Dreamliner e hōʻike ana i nā hale ʻoihana, premium a me ka waiwai o WestJet.
