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18th June 2012
WestJet Airlines has made schedule changes and cancelled some of its routes, in the wake of the continued grounding of Boeing 737 Max aircraft.
Transport Canada banned the 737 Max in response to the fatal March 10 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines
The airline has increased its suspension of its flights for the route Halifax to Paris, from 3 June to 2 Aug, with WestJet rebooking any affected passengers through Calgary, non-stop on a WestJet Dreamliner to Paris, or through a WestJet partner airline via Toronto, Montreal, or New York.
Flights between Edmonton and Ottawa, and Edmonton and Montreal, have also been suspended for most of June, and WestJet says guests will be rebooked through either Calgary or Toronto on WestJet-operated flights.
Services between Toronto and Kelowna, B.C., and Vancouver and Regina will also be suspended for much of June.
In a statement, chief operating officer Jeff Martin said: "Although the Max comprised over 1,000 monthly departures in our June schedules, by adjusting our aircraft lease returns and the planned installations of our premium seats, we have been able to cover more than 700 of the flight routes where the Max was originally scheduled, with other aircraft.