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Canada’s WestJet announces expansion to Asia with nonstop Calgary-Tokyo Narita service
December 7th 2022
Calgary-headquartered WestJet will launch nonstop Calgary-Tokyo Narita on April 30 offering three times a week 787-9 rotation. Read More » It will be the only airline flying between the Alberta city and Japan. Tokyo was WestJet’s first destination in Asia and is one of three routes announced on December 4, alongside Barcelona and Edinburgh. “This is an exciting day for the WestJet Group, our guests and partners as we deliver our new strategy and demonstrate our western focus as we increase our Calgary capacity by more than 25% in 2023,” WestJet Group CEO, Alexis von Hoensbroech, said. “With Calgary as home base to our 787s, access between western Canadian communities and these intercontinental destinations will play a vital role in creating an economically prosperous aviation pipeline that better connects Canadians to the world and the world to Western Canada.”
