Westjet Corporate Culture

Culture

WestJet is ranked as the number two airline behind Air Canada in Canada. WestJet has received many rewards for Most Preferred and Most Trusted airline in Canada. WestJet is also the recipient of Air Transport World’s value airline of the year award for 2014. Although WestJet is much smaller than Air Canada in terms of market share, WestJet is a peoples airline with their “Owner’s Care” ad campaign. Providing a good service to customers is key to WestJet, they have received the Best Customer Service Award in Canada for two consecutive years.

Fleet

WestJet’s average fleet age is 7.9 years old. Currently WestJet has only 2 Boeing 757 aircraft that are more than 19 years old while the rest of their fleet consisting of 105 Boeing 737 Next Gen aircraft is an average of 7.7 years old. All their aircraft are extremely fuel efficient and leave a low carbon footprint. WestJet only purchases aircraft with CFM56-7B turbofan engines. These engines provide much better fuel consumption compared to regular engines. WestJet is committed to helping the environment and lowering their carbon footprint.

Good Employer

WestJet’s currently employs 10,000 people. They are a non-unionized company. Each and everyone of these employees has the choice to become an owner in WestJet

These countries include Canada, USA, Mexico, Caribbean and Europe. This is second only to Air Canada. WestJet Encore will be exclusive to Canada in the beginning however within two years WestJet Encore will be operating throughout Canada and USA. More destinations are being planned daily, such as WestJet has just recently purchased 4 wide-bodied aircraft to rival Air Canada in international flights to Europe starting in 2015. Currently WestJet has flights going to Europe from May to October only. The purchase of these aircraft will allow WestJet to have flights to Europe year round and compete directly with Air Canada for international market