Talk about going for Air Canada's jugular. Matthew On Jan 14, 2004, at 3:31 PM, Liam Tully wrote: > WestJet Online -Press Release > Press Releases > > FOR: WESTJET > > TSX SYMBOL: WJA=20 > WestJet Announces A Tripling of Toronto Service=20 > > > JANUARY 14, 2004 - 06:00:00 ET > CALGARY, ALBERTA--WestJet today announced the following changes to > its=20 > schedule effective April 18, 2004. These changes are part of > WestJet's=20 > 2004 expansion plans announced on December 22, 2003 but include > schedule = > > details as well as details of a redeployment of capacity from > Hamilton=20 > to Toronto. To facilitate this redeployment, WestJet will be moving > its=20 > Toronto operations to the larger Terminal 1 (New) from Terminal 3 on=20 > April 8, 2004. A complete list of WestJet's schedule changes is=20 > available in the accompanying Schedule Change Backgrounder. =20 > =20 > Clive Beddoe, WestJet's President, CEO and Executive Chairman, said=20 > today: "I am very pleased to announce the details of this, the=20 > latest phase of our aggressive schedule enhancements for 2004 which > will = > > provide 1,580 weekly network departures. These changes are made > possible = > > by the addition of one new 737-700 series aircraft and the > redeployment=20 > of capacity from Hamilton. =20 > =20 > "These schedule enhancements have also been made possible by the=20 > opening of and our move to Terminal 1 (New) in Toronto's Pearson=20 > International Airport. With this move WestJet will now occupy a > prime=20 > location in Canada's largest airport and will have the opportunity > to=20 > serve from Toronto the key markets of Montreal, Ottawa, Halifax and=20 > Winnipeg, improving profitability as a result. Our guests have > continued = > > to ask us to provide WestJet services between these major Canadian=20 > cities and we are pleased that this new schedule will allow us to > meet=20 > this demand." =20 > =20 > WestJet's new schedule, effective April 18, 2004, features 1,580 > weekly=20 > departures across Canada, including 182 from Toronto's Pearson=20 > International Airport, nearly triple today's Toronto schedule. =20 > =20 > Throughout 2004, WestJet will add 11 new Next-Generation aircraft to > its = > > fleet. WestJet currently operates a fleet of 44 Boeing 737 aircraft, > 25=20 > of which are state-of-the-art Next-Generation 700-series aircraft=20 > equipped with leather seats and enhanced legroom. WestJet will be=20 > installing live seatback satellite TV on its entire fleet of 737-700=20 > aircraft. =20