WestJet CEO, Alexis von Hoensbroech visited Toronto this week to address key stakeholders and community members at the Toronto Region Board of Trade. In his address, von Hoensbroech shed light on the airline's recent accomplishments and shared insights into its strategic outlook and plans to drive the Group's growth strategy as Canada's leading low-cost airline.
After a challenging three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the WestJet Group has surpassed its pre-pandemic capacity levels and returned to profitability, setting the airline up for success as it continues its strategy and grows its offering for Canadians.
"With our country's long flight distances across its vast geographic landscape, Canadians from coast-to-coast deserve access to air travel that is affordable and reliable," said Alexis von Hoensbroech, Chief Executive Officer of the WestJet Group. "For 27 years, we have been committed to affordable air travel and today, we are seeing this furthered through the benefits of our growth plan in action as we enhance domestic connectivity from Western to Eastern Canada and provide Canadians from British Columbia to Newfoundland with increased affordable leisure and vacation options."
In his remarks, von Hoensbroech noted significant advancements and achievements that have propelled the airline and its growth plan forward:
Serving Canadians coast to coast
In an industry marked by fierce new levels of competition, WestJet is poised to lead with its ambitious growth plan and commitment to providing low-cost travel options for Canadians from coast to coast. Cementing its position as the country's leading leisure airline, this winter alone, the WestJet Group, inclusive of WestJet and Sunwing Airlines, will provide more seats than any other Canadian airline across 230 nonstop routes from 26 Canadian communities to 55 popular sun destinations in the U.S., Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America. Furthering the WestJet Group's strategy of providing affordable, year-round leisure travel for Canadians is its newly formed vacations division, Sunwing Vacations Group, which encompasses both Sunwing Vacations and WestJet Vacations and forms the largest Canadian tour operator.