AMFA Update #1

Diederik Pen, President of WestJet Airlines and Group Chief Operating Officer, provides an update following WestJet’s announcement that it had started cancelling and consolidating flights in preparation for labour action. Watch Pen's message to WestJet guests: 

Network-wide flight cancellation list

Wednesday, June 19 (18 flights)

• WS615 YOW-YVR

• WS422 YEG-YYZ

• WS660 YYC-YYZ

• WS428 YEG-YYZ

• WS121 YYC-YVR

• WS132 YVR-YYC

• WS175 YEG-YVR

• WS674 YYC-YYZ

• WS483 YWG-YVR

• WS177 YEG-YVR

• WS135 YYC-YVR

• WS133 YYC-YVR

• WS342 YYC-YQU

• WS131 YYC-YVR

• WS600 YYC-YXE

• WS296 YYC-YQR

• WS675 YYZ-YYC

• WS178 YVR-YEG

Thursday, June 20 (13 flights)

• WS601 YXE-YYC

• WS144 YQU-YYC

• WS102 YVR-YYC

• WS606 YQR-YYZ

• WS649 YYZ-YYC

• WS419 YYZ-YEG

• WS429 YYZ-YEG

• WS100 YVR-YYC

• WS661 YYZ-YYC

• WS956 YVR-YYC

• WS1788 YVR-LAS

• WS1789 LAS-YVR

• WS160 YVR-YEG

Guest impact

• ~ 6,500 guests impacted / WestJet is making every effort to reaccommodate guests

Q&A

When is the earliest a work stoppage could occur?

The earliest a work stoppage could occur is Thursday, June 20 at 7:00 p.m. MDT. 

Is WestJet reaccommodating guests who are disrupted?

Across WestJet, we are making every effort to reaccommodate disrupted guests. 

When will you begin making additional flight cancellations?

As we await a response from the CIRB, we are working through a multitude of contingency plans. As the deadline of AMFA’s 72-hour strike notice approaches, we will make decisions as required to park aircraft in a measured, phased and safe approach, to ensure we manage our operations to the highest degree of safety. We will continue to communicate these changes with as much advance notice as possible.