These U.S. Airports Are Getting Extra Nonstop Flights to Canada

Canadian airline WestJet will considerably broaden its transborder schedule by offering nonstop service to over two dozen U.S. airports.

Starting in Could and June 2025, WestJet will introduce summer season seasonal flights and transition some routes to year-round service. Most notably, the airline will launch service for the primary time ever to 3 new U.S. airports: Anchorage, Raleigh-Durham, and Salt Lake Metropolis. 

The airline will inaugurate flights to Calgary (YYC) from Anchorage (ANC) twice weekly and from Raleigh-Durham (RDU) 3 times weekly in June. Across the identical time, WestJet will launch a 4x-weekly service between Minneapolis and Calgary, the primary airport within the province of Alberta. All three routes are scheduled to finish simply earlier than the autumn season.

From Edmonton Worldwide Airport (YEG), WestJet will function a 5x-weekly service from Salt Lake Metropolis Worldwide Airport (SLC) — a primary for the foremost Utah airport. As well as, the airline will add flights to Chicago Worldwide Airport (ORD) from Edmonton that function on a 3x-weekly foundation. These flights will function seasonally from Could to October. 

WestJet additionally has plans to introduce summer season seasonal service between Tampa Worldwide Airport (TPA) as soon as weekly and Boston Worldwide Airport (BOS) as soon as each day to Vancouver Worldwide Airport (YYZ). 

“WestJet’s expanded summer season schedule displays our continued dedication to connecting Canadians by growing our home and worldwide capability,” stated WestJet’s govt vice chairman and chief business officer, John Weatherill, in an announcement. 

A number of of WestJet’s widespread winter seasonal routes will get a schedule extension to function year-round. These current routes embody Tampa and Fort Lauderdale to Calgary, Orlando to Winnipeg, and Seattle to Kelowna. 

Though WestJet isn’t a part of any airline alliance, it has a key codeshare partnership with Delta Air Strains. The smaller Canadian airline can leverage Delta’s huge home community to supply vacationers seamless connections onward to Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver on all of those new routes.