WestJet’s Swoop to launch transborder service to 5 US destinations

Swoop will become Canada’s first ultralow-cost airline to fly to the US when it launches service this fall to 5 popular tourist destinations in Florida, Nevada and Arizona. The subsidiary of WestJet will start Oct 11 with flights to Las Vegas from Abbotsford, B.C., and Edmonton, Alta., about 4 months after Swoop began to fly. Service will be added over the following couple of weeks between Hamilton, Ont., and Las Vegas as well as to the Florida cities of Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa Bay. Flights between Edmonton and Phoenix will start Oct 27. Most destinations will be serviced a few times per week but daily service will be flown between Edmonton and Las Vegas. The transborder service will be launched to these US gateways as Swoop receives delivery of its fifth and sixth airplane, said Swoop president Steven Greenway. <br/>