CALGARY — WestJet (TSX:WJA) has inked a pact with American Airlines that will allow both companies to provide connecting service on each other’s flights to select cities.
The Calgary-based airline said Monday that under the code-sharing agreement it will be able to offer its customers connecting flights on American or American Eagle flights from Canada to Chicago and Boston.
The airline said its expected to be able to add other cities under the agreement with American in the “near future.”
“These initial routes should immediately enhance our reach and value proposition to business and corporate travellers, particularly in Central Canada,” Hugh Dunleavy, executive vice-president of strategy and planning, said in a release.
Meanwhile, American Airlines will now have connecting services to as many as 20 Canadian cities that it does not already serve.
“Our code share with WestJet will further expand our North American network and provide our customers seamless connections to and from cities throughout Canada,” said Virasb Vahidi, American’s chief commercial officer.
“Canada has become an ever more important business and leisure destination for travellers from the U.S.”