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CALGARY, Sept. 22 /CNW/ - WestJet Executive Vice-President of Guest
Experience and Marketing Bob Cummings and Executive Vice-President of Finance
and CFO Vito Culmone and will be presenting at the CIBC 7th Annual Eastern
Institutional Investor Conference on Wednesday, September 24, 2008, in
Montréal.

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Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Time: 10:35 a.m. Eastern Time/ 8:35 a.m. Mountain Time

Location: Le Centre Sheraton Hotel
1201 Rene-Levesque Boulevard West
Montréal, QC
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The conference will be webcast, audio only. Financial analysts, media and
other interested individuals are invited to listen to the live webcast in the
investor relations section of westjet.com or through the following URL:

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http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rbc96/wja.to/
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This webcast will be archived for 60 days after the conference.

About WestJet

WestJet is Canada's leading high-value low-cost airline offering
scheduled service throughout its 51-city North American and Caribbean network.
Named Canada's most admired corporate culture in 2005, 2006 and 2007, WestJet
pioneered low-cost flying in Canada. WestJet offers increased legroom and
leather seats on its modern fleet of 76 Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft,
and live seatback television provided by Bell ExpressVu. With future confirmed
deliveries for an additional 45 aircraft, bringing its fleet to 121 by 2013,
WestJet strives to be the number one choice for travellers.