Cargo chief quits WestJet as freighter operations cease
WestJet Cargo is losing both its freighters and its head of cargo, after its freight ...
Canada’s WestJet Cargo said it would begin to disrupt the country’s air cargo market after it gets approval for its freighters to take off.
WestJet received the first of four 737-800BCFs a year ago, but has been forced to await approval and certification for Transport Canada. The final freighter will arrive in the fleet “later this year”, it said.
WestJet said the focus would initially be on North America, with routes to Calgary, Halifax, Toronto, Vancouver, Los Angeles and Miami. The freighters ...
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