Canada's WestJet Airlines restores routes as COVID-19 shots raise hope of summer travel
WestJet is restoring some suspended domestic routes beginning in June, as executives hope that a pickup in COVID-19 vaccinations can salvage summer travel, Canada’s second-largest carrier said on Wednesday. While Canada has trailed the United States in the pace of its vaccine rollout, supplies are expected to ramp up over the next two weeks, and Canada’s top vaccine coordinator expects there should be enough to give every citizen a first dose by the end of June. “That’s the type of encouraging news that’s allowed us to make today’s announcement,” Andy Gibbons, WestJet’s director for government relations, told reporters. Onex Corp-owned Westjet would resume flights to five airports serving Atlantic Canada and Quebec, beginning on June 24.<br/>
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Canada's WestJet Airlines restores routes as COVID-19 shots raise hope of summer travel
WestJet is restoring some suspended domestic routes beginning in June, as executives hope that a pickup in COVID-19 vaccinations can salvage summer travel, Canada’s second-largest carrier said on Wednesday. While Canada has trailed the United States in the pace of its vaccine rollout, supplies are expected to ramp up over the next two weeks, and Canada’s top vaccine coordinator expects there should be enough to give every citizen a first dose by the end of June. “That’s the type of encouraging news that’s allowed us to make today’s announcement,” Andy Gibbons, WestJet’s director for government relations, told reporters. Onex Corp-owned Westjet would resume flights to five airports serving Atlantic Canada and Quebec, beginning on June 24.<br/>
