I believe the shares are purchased on the market. The company announces every month the price at which the shares were purchased, on an average over the month. I don't think new shares are issued solely for the employee share purchase.

Could be wrong, though.

Pull...

" especially when he puts the smoke to the 985's. When he was done you could hardly see the field for smoke. " I'm working on getting our Cat rigged up for smoke, different colours for each stack. A pair of 1830's should really lay down a trail of smoke. :smt026 Cat ... I've been told by folks who ...

Looks like the WestJet brass is postulating aloud, again...

WestJet may broaden Toronto-PEI service ... from the Globe and Mail.

CanadaEH The WJ "revenue guarantee" as reported in all the financial newspapers as well as quoted by all the financial commentators that I’ve heard is $500,000. Wither any of it is actually used is immaterial as at this point no one knows how much of it will be used.. Perhaps the news media mistaki...

WJ=$500,000 NW=$200.000 AC=$0 AC is maintaining its summer YYZ-PEI schedule but dropping its winter YYZ-PEI schedule. The AC PEI sevice to Montreal and Halifax remains unchanged. The YYZ-YYG sched was already reduced back in April, in protest over the amount WJ got in revenue guarantees from the PE...

CFV2 thanks for the airshow, the one in brandon was put together in 8 weeks, was very good this year. Are you thanking me..? I didn't have anything to do with the organizing committee in YWG\YBR this year. I just know people who do - but I'll pass that along if I talk to any of them. As for the sho...

When did the revenue guarantees jump from $300,000 to $500,000? The amount quoted during the news of Air Canada's announcement they were cutting back their PEI summer sched , back in April, originally stated that the PEI government offered WestJet $300,000 in revenue guarantees; however, Air Canada'...

As for the YWG Air Show; Apparently the YWG Airport Authority had a three-year agreement with the Air Show organizing committee to pay the insurance costs, for 2004, 2005 and 2006. From what I'm told, someone high up in the Airport Authority axed the Airport's support for the show and the funding fo...

It is strange don’t you agree that WJ went from Hamilton to T3 to T2 and now back to T3 again.....I guess they had had their reasons :? . Mind you the GTA is in the process of shutting down T2 and demolishing it. Well, the likely reasons were that WJ had already committed to move out of T3 - the GT...

Me fears air shows will become a thing of the past. YWG, from what I understand, couldn't get insurance this year, and didn't have one, for the first time in years. This, plus a death in YOO, and I can see the insurance companies throwing yet another wrench into aviation? Something is very wrong he...

flythefrigginplane wrote:Ok can anyone give me the details on the CARS ... can a 172 door be taken off for photo work at all. I hear yes and no .. anyone have the CARS reg on it?

If the answer's no, then I've never done it myself.....

I met Jimmy a good number of years ago, and he seemed like a real good guy, and a top-notch aviator. I never had the opportunity to meet Mr. Younkin. My father, however, has worked with Mr. Franklin for promotional materials, and has known him for a good number of years.... and has seen him perform ...

Trickkles wrote:

195psi wrote:I hate to say it but Westjet has a bettre OTP and a better bagage ratio than Air Canada and most airlines for that matter..

Not recently! (As of January - May 2005)

Hard to say, as Air Canada doesn't publish their statistics... at least, not that I've seen. Could be wrong.

Last time CanJet was shopped around, WestJet wasn't interested - and that was before WestJet started up in earnest out east. I'm going to guess that the appeal for WS to acquire CanJet is even less, now.... equipment, personnel and route structure compatability isn't there.

hi guys. i'm heading down to mexico in march and i'm just curious if i'll be on a west jet a/c. leave edmonton on march 12th and i'm heading to puerto vallarta, with a return on the 26th. just wondering, thanks. jet. Possible. You may go direct on an TS A330 or A310 or whatever they fly on that rou...

Blastor wrote:Heard they were done at Kelowna Flightkraft in BC

That'd be Cascade Aviation in YXX you'd be thinking of - and they do the LiveTV there.

Winglets are done in YYC at the south end. I think it's still AeroMetal that does 'em.

We missed ya in here, Blastor. Must've taken you most of the week to come up with this expose....

Yawn. Anything else?

corn-shoot wrote:Yea I heard that there was a ground incident. One of the FO's tried to get through security with a big bag of dignity. The JG ground ops quickly confiscated it along with his pocket cash and sent him on his flight with a green smiley face pinned to his forehead.

Best post ever.

WestJet stock is up about $.65 today...

Rebel wrote: Sure sounds like a lot of speculation on your part.

You know, I'd post the internal emails and memos I receive to put my money where my mouth is, but unfortunately I'm bound by a nondisclosure agreement....... you'll have to take my word for it.

So far..nothing. Not even a $$$$$ donation!! Nothing? You sure? Just wondering if you have a source for that.... or are just assuming that based on there's no mention of WestJet donating in the paper, and WestJet hasn't issued a press release or have a link on their website to tell others what they...

Too bad the increased revenue gets eaten away by the rise in fuel costs. Hopefully some more of the -200s will get phased out in the next year as was planned before....

WestJet's whine about Air Canada is getting old fast By DEBORAH YEDLIN What's with WestJet's whining? Is its most recent lawsuit against Air Canada a smokescreen to deflect the scrutiny to which the discount carrier is increasingly subjected, or is there truly some merit in its claim that its large...

WestJet Revenue Passenger Miles Increase 34.5% Over the year, though, the load factor was down - .6% .... JANUARY 6, 2005 - 08:30:20 ET CALGARY, ALBERTA--(CCNMatthews - Jan. 6, 2005) - WestJet (TSX:WJA) announced its traffic statistics for December 2004 today featuring a 34.5% increase in revenue pa...