News / WestJet appointments will see carrier climb to new altitudes in air cargo

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Low-cost Canadian carrier WestJet looks set to make a mark on the industry.

Owned since December 2019 by private equity company Onex Partners, it appears – if its hiring policy is anything to go by – to have ambitious plans.

Just before Christmas, it announced that Alexis von Hoensbroech, rocket scientist and former head of Lufthansa Cargo, followed by stints as CFO and CEO of Austrian Airlines, is joining as chief executive.

He is going through Canada’s immigration process, but is expected to ...