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As Canada's pioneer in low-fare budget airline, WestJet Airlines offers scheduled flight service for its North American and Caribbean 45 city network. In 2005, 2006, and 2007, the airline was named Canada's most admired corporate culture. WestJet flights travel to 71 destinations all over Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and the United States. The airline operates an average of 425 flights and carries over 45,000 passengers each day. The airline is considered to be the second biggest air carrier in Canada right behind Air Canada. As a leader in offering discounted and cheap airline tickets, there are many benefits to flying with WestJet.

WestJet's fleet 71 Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft offers luxury and comfort with all of the amenities. They now have much more legroom and comfy leather seats. They also provide live seat-back television provided by Bell ExpressVu on most of its fleet. The LiveTV system has many channels from various networks including an on board the flights that show the precise location of the aircraft on the regional map. The GPS derived altitude and ground-speed of the flights is also displayed on the channel. As well, WestJet is well known for its excellent customer service. The staff at West Jet is very friendly, courteous, and has a positive attitude when attending to passengers.

When flying on WestJet, passengers are able to purchase food during the flight on their "buy on board" meal program. During a flight, they can buy snacks, sandwiches, and alcoholic beverages. There are even food and drink that are still provided for free during the flights. The great food for purchase varies from 2 to 5 dollars on flights that are 3 hours in length. In addition, they provide reasonable baggage allowance and free blankets.

WestJet has also has become well know for its reliability as it has excellent on-time performance so passengers can rest easy when scheduling their trips. The airline also provides a convenient Web check in service which gives travelers the advantage of choosing their seats from 24 hours to 60 minutes before they fly and they can print their own boarding pass without having to wait in the airport lineups. West Jet strives to be the number one choice for travelers.

The main headquarters of flights is located at the Calgary International Airport in Alberta, but there is also another major hub at the Toronto Pearson International Airport located in Ontario. The flight services offered is another major benefit of flying with WestJet. Presently, West Jet offers flights to 71 destinations in 13 countries across North America, 30 cities within Canada, and 18 cities in the United States, including some of the cheapest airfares to such places as Halifax, St. John's, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, and more.

WestJet flights also serve major airports in the United States such as the Newark Liberty International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, San Francisco International Airport and the Las Vegas McCarran International Airport. WestJet flights also fly to 17 destinations in the Caribbean and 6 destinations in Mexico. As a leader in offering discounted and cheap airline tickets, there are definitely many benefits to flying with WestJet.