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Canada's low-fare leader adds a second weekly flight to popular destination

CALGARY, Oct. 20, 2015 /CNW/ - WestJet announced it will double its schedule of weekly flights between St. John's and Orlando, effective January 2016. The airline will add another flight to Orlando each week, on top of the one flight announced earlier this year.

"With the addition of a second weekly flight from St. John's, WestJet now offers Atlantic Canadians eight non-stop flights each week from St. John's, Charlottetown, Halifax and Moncton, giving travellers many options for affordable, flexible-length stays in Central Florida," said Chris Avery, WestJet Vice-President, Network Planning, Alliances and Corporate Planning. "Once at Orlando International Airport, most theme parks and other major venues, including Walt Disney World, are only a short bus ride away, making it convenient for families to take in everything the area has to offer."

Details of existing and new additional non-stop service between St. John's and Orlando:

One-way fares between St. John's and Orlando are available on the new additional flight announced today starting from:

*Some restrictions apply. Please see westjet.com for details.

Serving St. John's since 2003, WestJet operates nearly 30 flights per week from St. John's International Airport during the winter months. Non-stop service between St. John's and Dublin, Ireland, launched in 2014, was WestJet's first transatlantic service.

WestJet serves Orlando with a total of 43 flights per week during peak winter months from Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, London, Kitchener-Waterloo, Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Moncton, Charlottetown and St. John's.

About WestJet
We are proud to be Canada's highest-rated airline for customer service, powered by an award-winning culture of care and recognized as one of the country's top employers. We offer scheduled service to 100 destinations in North America, Central America, the Caribbean and Europe. Through our regional airline, WestJet Encore, and with partnerships with airlines representing every major region of the world, we offer our guests more than 150 destinations in more than 20 countries. Leveraging WestJet's extensive network, flight schedule and remarkable guest experience, WestJet Vacations delivers affordable, flexible travel experiences with a variety of accommodation options for every guest. Members of our WestJet Rewards program earn WestJet dollars on flights, vacation packages and more. Our members use WestJet dollars towards the purchase of WestJet flights and vacations packages on any day, at any time, to any WestJet destination with no blackout periods  ̶  even on seat sales. For more information about everything WestJet, please visit westjet.com.

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2015 Best Employers in Canada (Aon Hewitt)
2015/2014/2013 WestJet RBC World Elite MasterCard ranked #1 in Canada (MoneySense magazine)
2014/2013 WestJet RBC World Elite MasterCard ranked #1 in the Canada's Choice ranking (RewardsCanada.ca)
2014 Interbrand Canada's Best Canadian Brands (Rank #20)
2014 Brands of the Year (Strategy magazine)
2014 Canada's Most Preferred Airline (Ipsos)
2014 Value Airline of the Year (Air Transport World magazine)
2014/2013/2012 Canada's Most Attractive Employer (Randstad)
2014/2013/2012/2011 Highest equity score: airline, vacation package supplier brands (Harris/Decima EquiTrend Study)

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