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President and CEO Sean Durfy will provide plans and perspective for 2008

CALGARY, Jan. 24 /CNW/ - WestJet (TSX:WJA) President and CEO Sean Durfy,
and Executive Vice-President, Finance and CFO Vito Culmone will be presenting
at the Raymond James Growth Airline Conference on Thursday, January 31, 2008
in New York. Sean will speak to WestJet's 2007 operating environment and will
provide plans and perspective for 2008.

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Date: Thursday, January 31, 2007

Time: 9:50 a.m. Eastern Time/11:50 a.m. Mountain Time

Location: The Waldorf equals Astoria
301 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
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The Raymond James Growth Airline Conference will be webcast. Financial
analysts, media and other interested individuals are invited to listen to the
live webcast at:
http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rj32/wja/

Presentations will be archived and available on the website for 30 days.
Please note this URL will not be active until the specific conference date.

About WestJet

WestJet is Canada's leading low-fare high-value airline offering
scheduled service throughout its 45-city North American and Caribbean network.
Named Canada's most admired corporate culture in 2005, 2006 and 2007 WestJet
pioneered low-cost high-value flying in Canada. With increased legroom and
leather seats on its modern fleet 71 Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft, and
live seatback television provided by Bell ExpressVu on the majority of its
fleet, WestJet strives to be the number one choice for travellers.