WestJet Announces New Routes for Summer 2025

WestJet has unveiled its Summer 2025 schedule which includes new domestic and transborder destinations as well as 11 new routes across its network.

One notable addition is WestJet’s first-ever service from Calgary (YYC) to Anchorage, Alaska (ANC).

WestJet Announces New Routes for Summer 2025

WestJet has announced a robust Summer 2025 schedule, complete with 11 new routes including, for the first time, service from its Calgary hub (YYC) to Anchorage, Alaska (ANC).

Overall, the airline says it will deliver double-digit increases in total seat capacity across 10 major airports on Canada’s east and west coasts.

Beginning June 29, 2025, WestJet will operate the Calgary–Anchorage route three times per week until the end of August. The airline has also announced additional new routes from Calgary (YYC), with three weekly flights to Raleigh/Durham (RDU) and four weekly flights to Minneapolis (MSP).

Here’s a look at the flight times for all three of the new Calgary routes starting with the thrice-weekly service to Anchorage, which will run from June 29 to August 31, 2025:

• WS1640 Calgary (YYC) to Anchorage (ANC), departing 1:15pm and arriving 2:58pm
• WS1049 Anchorage (ANC) to Calgary (YYC), departing 4pm and arriving 9:41pm

The new Calgary–Raleigh/Durham route will also operate three times per week between June 9 and October 13, 2025, with the following flight times:

• WS1282 Calgary (YYC) to Raleigh/Durham (RDU), departing 11:15am and arriving 5:38pm
• WS1789 Raleigh/Durham (RDU) to Calgary (YYC), departing 6:35pm and arriving 9:32pm

The Calgary–Minneapolis-St. Paul route will operate four times weekly from May 16 to September 3, 2025, with the following flight times:

• WS6392 Calgary (YYC) to Minneapolis-St.Paul (MSP), departing 6:35am and arriving 10:14am
• WS6320 Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) to Calgary (YYC), departing 6:50pm and arriving 8:45pm

In addition to the new US routes, WestJet will also welcome two new domestic destinations to its network next summer from its Calgary hub.

From June to October 2025, the airline will fly twice weekly from Calgary (YYC) to both Sudbury (YSB) and Sydney, Nova Scotia (YQY).

Continuing with the west coast additions, Edmonton International Airport (YEG) will see two new routes to the US beginning in Spring 2025.

Starting May 15, 2025, WestJet will fly from Edmonton to Salt Lake City (SLC) five times a week with the following flight times:

• WS1124 Edmonton (YEG) to Salt Lake City (SLC), departing 7:30am and arriving 9:48am
• WS1455 Salt Lake City (SLC) to Edmonton (YEG), departing 11am and arriving 1:24pm

Additionally, three-times weekly flights from Edmonton (YEG) to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport (ORD) will begin June 4, 2025, with the following flight times:

• WS1148 Edmonton (YEG) to Chicago (ORD), departing 8:05am and arriving 12:42pm
• WS1149 Chicago (ORD) to Edmonton (YEG), departing 1:40pm and arriving 4:40pm

WestJet will also introduce two transborder routes from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Boston (BOS) and Tampa (TPA) next year.

The Vancouver–Boston route is set to begin on June 9, 2025, with four weekly flights, but that number will rise to one per day during the peak summer season, before dropping back to four weekly flights on September 28, 2025.

Here’s a look at the flight times for the new Vancouver (YVR) to Boston (BOS) route:

• WS1128 Vancouver (YVR) to Boston (BOS), departing 9:40am and arriving 6:10pm
• WS1773 Boston (BOS) to Vancouver (YVR), departing 6:55pm and arriving 10:05pm

Tampa (TPA) will be WestJet’s second new route out of Vancouver (YVR), with weekly flights starting on June 14, 2025, with the following flight times:

• WS1284 Vancouver (YVR) to Tampa (TPA), departing 9:20am and arriving 5:43pm
• WS1285 Tampa (TPA) to Vancouver (YVR), departing 6:40pm and arriving 9:54pm

WestJet Announces New Transatlantic Routes

In addition to WestJet’s new routes from Canada’s west coast, the airline is adding three new transatlantic routes from its east coast next spring and extending service to others.

WestJet will resume flying from Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) May 16, 2025, a route the airline last served in 2022.

WestJet will operate the route four times per week with the following flight times:

• WS62 Halifax (YHZ) to Paris (CDG), departing 11:15pm and arriving 10:26am the following day
• WS63 Paris (CDG) to Halifax (YHZ), departing 11:40am and arriving 1:47pm

Additionally, WestJet is adding two new routes from St. John’s Newfoundland (YYT) to Paris (CDG) and Dublin (DUB) in May 2025.

Beginning May 18, 2025, WestJet will fly from St. John’s to Paris once a week with the following flight times:

• WS54 St. John’s (YYT) to Paris (CDG), departing 12:30am and arriving 10:15am
• WS49 Paris (CDG) to St. John’s (YYT), departing 11:30am and arriving 1:04pm

The other added route from St. John’s Newfoundland to Dublin, Ireland, was last served by WestJet in 2018.

Beginning May 22, 2025, WestJet will fly twice a week to Dublin with the following flight times:

• WS58 St. John’s (YYT) to Dublin (DUB), departing 12:30am and arriving 8:36am the following day
• WS59 Dublin (DUB) to St. John’s (YYT), departing 10:00am and arriving 11:39am

Service from Halifax to Dublin has also been extended from May 15 to October 14, 2025, while service from Halifax to Edinburgh has also been extended from May 20 to October 13, 2025.

Other highlights from WestJet’s 2025 summer schedule include extending service from seasonal to year-round on the following routes:

• Winnipeg (YWG) to Orlando (MCO)
• Kelowna (YLW) to Seattle (SEA)
• Calgary (YYC) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
• Calgary (YYC) to Tampa (TPA)

For WestJet’s transpacific routes, its daily service to Tokyo is being complemented with increased capacity on the Calgary–Seoul Incheon route.

In relation to the array of new and expanded summer routes, Executive VP and Chief Commercial Officer of the WestJet Group, John Weatherill, says:

WestJet’s expanded summer schedule reflects our continued commitment to connecting Canadians by increasing our domestic and international capacity. In Canada alone we are growing capacity by 12 percent, operating to 41 airports with over 3,000 weekly departures. Offering more options for business and leisure travel, we’re excited to see our guests’ stories take off this summer as we ensure Canadians have affordable and reliable access to visit the people and destinations they love.

WestJet says the recent acquisition of nine leased Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, along with Swoop and Sunwing planes, will allow the airline to bolster its strategic fleet growth, while managing delays related to direct-from-factory aircraft.

Updating and refreshing the interior cabins of all of these aircraft also remains a priority as part of the airline’s existing fleet reconfiguration plans to ensure a consistent passenger experience on all aircraft as soon as possible.

Conclusion

WestJet has unveiled a comprehensive summer schedule for 2025, which will grow its seat capacity by ten percent across its network.

The newly announced schedule includes 11 new routes, including the airline’s first-ever service from Calgary to Anchorage, Alaska.

Other new transborder routes include Calgary–Raleigh/Durham, Calgary–Minneapolis, Edmonton–Chicago, Vancouver–Boston, and Vancouver–Tampa. Additionally, new transatlantic routes include St. John’s–Paris, St. John’s–Dublin, and Halifax–Paris.