WestJet (Calgary) today announced its most comprehensive schedule release since the airline took to the skies in 1996. As part of the 2014 summer schedule, the airline is adding five new routes, increasing frequency on 20 existing routes across the network, while five seasonal routes move to year-round service.
Following its successful launch in Western Canada, WestJet Encore moves east to start service in Toronto with flights between Toronto (Pearson) and Thunder Bay. WestJet Encore will also offer service between Thunder Bay and Winnipeg.
WestJet Encore will also launch new routes between Fort McMurray and Kelowna, British Columbia and Fort McMurray and Vancouver as part of the largest single increase of flights to Fort McMurray since WestJet first began service to the area. The Fort McMurray expansion also includes new WestJet nonstop flights to Las Vegas, conversion of daily Toronto nonstop flights to year-round service, and frequency increases to both Calgary and Edmonton.
The summer of 2014 will see WestJet’s first foray into the European, trans-Atlantic market with direct flights between Toronto and Dublin beginning on June 15, 2014. Other summer highlights include new daily nonstop flights between Calgary and Prince George, British Columbia and from Calgary to New York’s JFK International Airport, as well as service increases to 15 popular southern destinations including Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood and Phoenix in addition to well-travelled Caribbean and Mexican spots.
Details of WestJet and WestJet Encore’s new routes for the summer 2014 schedule:
| Route | Flights/Week | Departing | Arriving | Effective |
| Calgary-New York JFK | 7 | 10:35 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | April 27, 2014 |
| New York JFK-Calgary | 7 | 5:55 p.m. | 9:10 p.m. | April 27, 2014 |
| Calgary-Prince George | 7 | 10:00 p.m. | 10:27 p.m. | April 27, 2014 |
| Prince George-Calgary | 7 | 6:00 a.m. | 8:27 a.m. | April 27, 2014 |
| Fort McMurray-Vancouver | 7 | 11:00 a.m. | 12:30 p.m. | May 12, 2014 |
| Vancouver-Fort McMurray | 7 | 1:30 p.m. | 4:53 p.m. | May 12, 2014 |
| Fort McMurray-Kelowna | 7 | 10:25 p.m. | 11:27 p.m. | May 12, 2014 |
| Kelowna-Fort McMurray | 7 | 7:30 a.m. | 10:23 a.m. | May 12, 2014 |
| Fort McMurray-Las Vegas | 2 | 8:50 p.m. | 11:21 p.m. | June 24, 2014 |
| Las Vegas-Fort McMurray | 2 | 3:23 p.m. | 7:55 p.m. | June 24, 2014 |
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