WestJet was founded in 1996 in Canada. WestJet’s headquarters are currently located in Canadian and the main base in Toronto Pearson International Airport. WestJet is not a star alliance member. The company has 3 stars on Skytrax rating and has won the Skytrax awards Best Low-Cost Airline in North America. Ed Sims leads the company as the CEO. Its subsidiaries include Iberia Express, Air Nostrum, Iberia l.a.e. s.a., Iberia Lineas Aereas de España s.a., Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana s.a. and Iberia Tecnología s.a. .

WestJet employs more than 11,089 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 174 aircraft. It has declared CAD 283,600,000 in revenue. WestJet offers service to 777 destinations in 108 countries and they have carried more than 24.1 million passengers in 2017.

WestJet’s fleet consists of Boeing 737 Next Gen model aircrafts. The average age of the fleet is 9.9 years. The youngest aircrafts are the Boeing 737 Next Gen at 9.4 years old. They rank 119 among 249 airlines operating this type of aircraft. The most common aircraft in the fleet is the Boeing 737 Next Gen with 119 of them at hand.