WestJet Expanding Caribbean Flights for Winter Season

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - August 20th, 2017

Canadian leisure carrier WestJet has announced a Caribbean network expansion for the upcoming 2017-2018 winter travel season.

WestJet will be launching new nonstop weekly service from Calgary to Belize City, along with additional flights from Toronto to Caribbean destinations including Antigua, Cancun, Costa Rica, Nassau, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana and Montego Bay.

WestJet will also be adding more flights from both Calgary and Vancouver to the Mexican Caribbean destination of Cancun.

This winter, WestJet will operate a total of 33 daily flights in Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America.

— Caribbean Journal staff

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