WestJet today announced that western Canadians looking to visit Rome, Italy will now have seasonal nonstop service on the airline’s state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliner, starting May 2, 2020, subject to government approvals.
WestJet seasonal service between Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino (FCO) and Calgary International Airport (YYC) will operate three-times weekly in peak season. Flights are timed for convenient connections across WestJet’s network in North America, including to and from Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The airline today also announced it is adding more than 300 Dreamliner departures, an increase of more than 52 per cent over 2019, to key transatlantic Dreamliner routes out of Calgary including:
- Calgary-London (Gatwick) six-times weekly starting April 4, 2020, increases to daily service April 14, 2020.
- Calgary-Paris starting March 12, three-times weekly, increases to four-times weekly April 6, and to six times weekly on June 2, 2020. This is an additional two weekly flights over summer 2019.
- Calgary-Dublin resumes twice-weekly service on May 3, 2020 and increases to three-times weekly flights on May 30, 2020.
Details of WestJet’s Dreamliner service between Rome and Calgary
| Route | Frequency | Departing | Arriving | Effective |
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Calgary-Rome (FCO)
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One-time weekly |
6 p.m. |
12 p.m. (+1) |
May 2, 2020 |
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Rome (FCO)- Calgary
|
One-time weekly |
2 p.m. |
4:33 p.m. |
May 3, 2020 |
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Calgary-Rome (FCO)
|
Three-times weekly |
6 p.m. |
12 p.m. (+1) |
May 28, 2020 |
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Rome (FCO)- Calgary
|
Three-times weekly |
2 p.m. |
4:33 p.m. |
May 29, 2020 |
Details of WestJet’s enhanced Dreamliner service between Calgary and London, Paris and Dublin
| Route | Frequency | Departing | Arriving | Effective |
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Calgary-London (LGW)
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Daily | 7:50 p.m. | 11:25 a.m. (+1) | April 14, 2020 |
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London (LGW)-Calgary
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Daily | 1:30 p.m. | 3:20 p.m. | April 15, 2020 |
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Calgary-Paris (CDG)
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Four-times weekly
|
7:20 p.m. | 12:20 p.m. (+1) | March 12, 2020 |
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Paris (CDG)-Calgary
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Four-times weekly
|
2:20 p.m. | 3:16 p.m. |
March 13, 2020
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Calgary-Paris (CDG)
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Six-times weekly | 7:20 p.m. | 12:20 p.m. (+1) | June 2, 2020 |
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Paris (CDG)-Calgary
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Six-times weekly | 2:20 p.m. | 3:16 p.m. | June 3, 2020 |
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Calgary-Dublin (DUB)
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Twice-weekly | 7:50 p.m. | 10:55 a.m. (+1) |
May 3, 2020
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Dublin (DUB)-Calgary
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Twice-weekly | 1 p.m. | 2:28 p.m. | May 4, 2020 |
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Calgary-Dublin (DUB)
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Three-times weekly | 7:50 p.m. | 10:55 a.m. (+1) | May 30, 2020 |
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Dublin (DUB)-Calgary
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Three-times weekly | 1 p.m. | 2:28 p.m. | May 31, 2020 |
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