WestJet Cancels Over 460 Flights Due to Extreme Cold

WestJet flights across Canada this week, since Thursday, Jan. 11, and it’s expected to cause continued travel disruptions in the Prairie region into early next week.

“We sincerely apologize to guests who have been impacted by cancellations and delays, resulting from ongoing extreme cold temperatures affecting Canada’s prairie region,” WestJet said in a statement issued on Jan. 14.
“With Calgary, AB as WestJet’s main hub and the majority of our operations based in Western Canada, the effects of four consecutive days of frigid temperatures are having a compounding impact on our operations, our crew and partners who are battling these conditions to maintain our network.”

Throughout the week, WestJet has experienced a surge in flight cancellations, with 87 on Jan. 11, 104 on Jan. 12, 153 on Jan. 13, and an additional 120 on Jan. 14, totalling 464. Overnight on Friday, Jan. 12, a winter storm system affected WestJet operations in Ontario, leading to nine flight diversions to and from Toronto, according to WestJet.

The disruption is expected to last until early next week. The company has introduced flexible change/cancel guidelines for guests travelling to or from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba between Jan. 11 and Jan. 15, 2024...

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