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[[File:Westjet Encore Dash-8 Q400.jpg|thumb|right|WestJet Encore Bombardier Q400 NextGen displaying 2013-2015 livery, later replaced by a modification of the logo on the forward fuselage]]
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Internal studies by the parent company, WestJet Airlines, Inc. concluded in 2005 when the Westjet had 50 [[Boeing 737]] aircraft that the airline would saturate the Canadian market when [[WestJet]] reached 90-100 Boeing 737 aircraft. Solutions included slowing expansion of the airline or adding new aircraft models. Lack of [[turboprop]] aircraft was seen as a disadvantage Westjet had compared to [[Air Canada]], which they sought to remedy. In some cases where Air Canada had smaller aircraft, WestJet either avoided the market or had only one daily flight using a Boeing 737, an aircraft much larger than Air Canada used.<ref name=AviationWeekSumers>{{cite web|last1=Sumers|first1=Brian|title=WestJet Airlines Looks To Expand Into Long-Haul|url=http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/westjet-airlines-looks-expand-long-haul|website=aviationweek.com|publisher=Aviation Week|accessdate=4 February 2018}}</ref>
Internal studies by the parent company, WestJet Airlines, Inc. concluded in 2005 when WestJet had 50 [[Boeing 737]] aircraft that the airline would saturate the Canadian market when [[WestJet]] reached 90-100 Boeing 737 aircraft. Solutions included slowing expansion of the airline or adding new aircraft models. Lack of [[turboprop]] aircraft was seen as a disadvantage Westjet had compared to [[Air Canada]], which they sought to remedy. In some cases where Air Canada had smaller aircraft, WestJet either avoided the market or had only one daily flight using a Boeing 737, an aircraft much larger than Air Canada used.<ref name=AviationWeekSumers>{{cite web|last1=Sumers|first1=Brian|title=WestJet Airlines Looks To Expand Into Long-Haul|url=http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/westjet-airlines-looks-expand-long-haul|website=aviationweek.com|publisher=Aviation Week|accessdate=4 February 2018}}</ref>


WestJet made an initial order of 20 Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 NextGen (Q400 NextGen) aircraft through a letter of intent on May 1, 2012, which resulted in a conditional order on June 28, 2012 and an announced firm order on August 1, 2012 of 20 Q400 NextGen and 25 options<ref name="BombardierOrder45">{{cite web|title=WestJet Order for Up to 45 Bombardier Q400 NextGen Aircraft Goes Firm|url=https://www.bombardier.com/en/media/newsList/details.37897-westjet-order-for-up-to-45-bombardier-q400-nextgen-aircraft-goes-firm.bombardiercom.html?|website=bombardier.com|publisher=Bombardier|accessdate=4 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="20 Q400 orders plus 25 options">{{cite news|last1=Blachly|first1=Linda|title=WestJet firms five more Bombardier Q400 options|url=http://atwonline.com/airframes/westjet-firms-five-more-bombardier-q400-options|accessdate=16 February 2018|publisher=ATW Air Transport Weekly|date=29 July 2014}}</ref>. The [[ATR-72|ATR-72-600]] had been considered<ref>{{cite news|title=WestJet picks Bombardier planes for regional carrier|url=http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCABRE84010920120501|accessdate= 1 May 2012|date=May 1, 2012|work=Reuters}}</ref>, being offered at a lower purchase price and having better fuel economy on short flights but slower speed and carrying slightly fewer passengers.<ref name="GlobeandMailATR72">{{cite web|title=Bombardier's Q400 faces dogfight for WestJet fleet order|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/bombardiers-q400-faces-dogfight-for-westjet-fleet-order/article4106778/|publisher=The Globe and Mail|accessdate=4 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="FinancialPostQ400selected">{{cite web|title=WestJet chooses Bombardier Q400 for regional fleet as earnings soar|url=http://business.financialpost.com/investing/westjet-choses-bombardier-for-regional-fleet-as-earnings-soar|website=Financial Post|accessdate=4 February 2018}}</ref>
WestJet made an initial order of 20 Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 NextGen (Q400 NextGen) aircraft through a letter of intent on May 1, 2012, which resulted in a conditional order on June 28, 2012 and an announced firm order on August 1, 2012 of 20 Q400 NextGen and 25 options<ref name="BombardierOrder45">{{cite web|title=WestJet Order for Up to 45 Bombardier Q400 NextGen Aircraft Goes Firm|url=https://www.bombardier.com/en/media/newsList/details.37897-westjet-order-for-up-to-45-bombardier-q400-nextgen-aircraft-goes-firm.bombardiercom.html?|website=bombardier.com|publisher=Bombardier|accessdate=4 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="20 Q400 orders plus 25 options">{{cite news|last1=Blachly|first1=Linda|title=WestJet firms five more Bombardier Q400 options|url=http://atwonline.com/airframes/westjet-firms-five-more-bombardier-q400-options|accessdate=16 February 2018|publisher=ATW Air Transport Weekly|date=29 July 2014}}</ref>. The [[ATR-72|ATR-72-600]] had been considered<ref>{{cite news|title=WestJet picks Bombardier planes for regional carrier|url=http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCABRE84010920120501|accessdate= 1 May 2012|date=May 1, 2012|work=Reuters}}</ref>, being offered at a lower purchase price and having better fuel economy on short flights but slower speed and carrying slightly fewer passengers.<ref name="GlobeandMailATR72">{{cite web|title=Bombardier's Q400 faces dogfight for WestJet fleet order|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/bombardiers-q400-faces-dogfight-for-westjet-fleet-order/article4106778/|publisher=The Globe and Mail|accessdate=4 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="FinancialPostQ400selected">{{cite web|title=WestJet chooses Bombardier Q400 for regional fleet as earnings soar|url=http://business.financialpost.com/investing/westjet-choses-bombardier-for-regional-fleet-as-earnings-soar|website=Financial Post|accessdate=4 February 2018}}</ref>

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For the airline formerly called WestJet Express, see Allegiant Air.
WestJet Encore
File:WestJet logo 2016.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
WR WEN ENCORE
FoundedJune 24, 2013 (2013-06-24)
Hubs
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer programWestJet Rewards
Fleet size43
Destinations37
Holding company#Parent companyWestJet Airlines, Ltd.
HeadquartersCalgary, Alberta, Canada
Key peopleCharles Duncan (President, WestJet Encore and Executive Vice President, WestJet Airlines, Ltd.)
WebsiteWestJet.com

WestJet Encore is a Canadian regional airline that began operations in 2013. It is owned by WestJet Airlines, Ltd. which also owns WestJet Airlines. The low cost carrier is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta.

The airline operates Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft, a variant of the Bombardier Dash 8. The airline is the fourth largest operator of the Bombardier Q400 series. Pilot bases are in Calgary and Toronto where many WestJet Encore flights operate.

History

WestJet Encore Bombardier Q400 NextGen displaying 2013-2015 livery, later replaced by a modification of the logo on the forward fuselage

Internal studies by the parent company, WestJet Airlines, Inc. concluded in 2005 when WestJet had 50 Boeing 737 aircraft that the airline would saturate the Canadian market when WestJet reached 90-100 Boeing 737 aircraft. Solutions included slowing expansion of the airline or adding new aircraft models. Lack of turboprop aircraft was seen as a disadvantage Westjet had compared to Air Canada, which they sought to remedy. In some cases where Air Canada had smaller aircraft, WestJet either avoided the market or had only one daily flight using a Boeing 737, an aircraft much larger than Air Canada used.[1]

WestJet made an initial order of 20 Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 NextGen (Q400 NextGen) aircraft through a letter of intent on May 1, 2012, which resulted in a conditional order on June 28, 2012 and an announced firm order on August 1, 2012 of 20 Q400 NextGen and 25 options[2][3]. The ATR-72-600 had been considered[4], being offered at a lower purchase price and having better fuel economy on short flights but slower speed and carrying slightly fewer passengers.[5][6]

The parent company, WestJet Airlines, Ltd., formed WestJet Encore, a low cost carrier[7] that is wholly owned but legally separate airline from WestJet[8][9]. Calgary was selected for the WestJet Encore corporate headquarters but Toronto Pearson International Airport was considered[10]. Prior to the selection of the Encore name, other names considered included Chinook, Echo, and Reach[11]. WestJet Encore was to start separate routes that had insufficient traffic to support Boeing 737 flights as well as increase frequencies on existing WestJet routes.[1] WestJet Encore received a separate Air Operator Certificate on June 12, 2013[12][13]. On Monday, June 24, 2013, with 2 Q400's in its fleet, it began flights.[14] That day, the airline flew between Calgary International Airport and Saskatoon, Nanaimo (British Columbia), and Fort St. John (British Columbia) as well as between Fort. St. John and Vancouver[15]. The IATA assigned WestJet Encore an airline code of "WR"[16], which had previously been used by Royal Tongan Airlines.[17]

Initial airline service was within Western Canada but service within the eastern half of Canada began in June 2014 with a Toronto to Thunder Bay, Ontario route and subsequent eastern routes centered in Toronto and Halifax.[18] Boston became WestJet Encore's first international destination in 2016[19][20] with Nashville to Toronto flights later[21]. Q400 NextGen aircraft fly on regional flights up to 700 nmi. including direct regional flights as well as connecting flights.[22] 50% of WestJet Encore passengers are traveling on connecting flights with WestJet.[18][23] WestJet Encore fleet size, consisting entirely of Q400 NextGen aircraft, enlarged to 18 aircraft in March 2015[1] to 34 aircraft in December 2016[24] to 43 aircraft in December 2017. In 2015, WestJet Encore was the fastest growing operator of Q400 aircraft[15] and is the fourth largest operator of Q400 aircraft in the world[25].

In August 2015, WestJet Encore adopted a revised livery. The tail and type style used with the word "WestJet" remained the same but a teal and blue stylized maple leaf was used after the WestJet titles, replacing a widget.[26][27]

Westjet Encore initially used non-union labour but union drives began in 2014[28]. The pilots union which represents many pilots that fly for U.S. carriers[29], the Air Line Pilots Association, was successful in unionizing the 500 strong pilot workforce in November 2017[30]. Starting January 1, 2016, prior to union representation, the management initiated WestJet Pilots Association, a subgroup of the WestJet Proactive Management Team, ratified contracts between pilots and WestJet Encore.[31] Pilot bases are located in Calgary and Toronto. WestJet pilots are required to be Canadian citizens or Canadian permanent residents.[32] Pilot shortages in the airline industry has affected WestJet Encore resulting in requirements that newly hired pilots have only 1,000 flight hours of experience[33]. Pilots are guaranteed an eventual position flying larger jets at WestJet, unlike Jazz, who do not have guarantees of an eventual job at Air Canada.[9] WestJet Encore reached an agreement with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) regarding flight attendants compensation and work rules for one year effective January 1, 2018 but the CUPE is continuing efforts to unionize the flight attendant ranks[34].

On October 31, 2016, a $2 billion international terminal the equivalent size of 34 football fields[35] opened at Calgary International Airport, the largest hub of WestJet Encore and its affiliate WestJet for U.S. cross border and international flights. Despite consultation with the airlines, the terminal design proved problematic; being characterized by the Calgary Airport Authority CEO as "the new terminal is long on aesthetics and short on functionality."[36] There is reduced aircraft efficiency due to the need to tow aircraft to another concourse if an aircraft is used for both domestic and either U.S. cross border or international flights[23] and well as the need to hire additional staff because they cannot be deployed to more than one concourse due to long walking distances[37] . The baggage system of the new terminal is inoperable with the rest of the airport from 2016-2019[35]. Passenger problems include WestJet trans-border and international gates being up to a two kilometer walk[35][36] to the domestic Westjet gates as well as lack of enough seating at the gate so passengers sit on the floor[37] . These problems are seen as a threat to passenger traffic, which might be driven to other connecting airports, such as Seattle or Vancouver, cities that WestJet Encore has fewer or no flights[23].

Corporate Affairs

Management

WestJet Encore is a wholly owned company of WestJet Airlines, Ltd. Sales and marketing of WestJet Encore flights are conducted by WestJet, An Alberta Partnership, which is jointly owned by two corporate entities owned by WestJet Airlines, Ltd.[38]

The first president of WestJet Encore was Ferio Pugliese, who retained his title of Executive Vice President at WestJet Airlines, Ltd. He was hired in November 2012 coming from WestJet, where he began work in 2007.[39] He left to become an Executive Vice President at Hydro One Ltd., an electricity company.[40]. He was replaced in September 2016 by Charles Duncan, an American who previously worked as Senior Vice President of Technical Operations at United Airlines and, earlier in his career, was Chief Operating Officer at Continental Micronesia.[41]

Financials

Financial statistics are not released separately for WestJet Encore but reported for WestJet Airlines, Ltd., which comprises several units and the larger WestJet Airlines[42]. WestJet Encore has increased traffic in markets that it served as well as lowered airfares 30-40% than was previously available.[43]

Destinations

Further information: WestJet destinations

WestJet Encore flies regional routes throughout Canada, primarily to or from Calgary, Toronto, and Halifax. Routes include smaller cities, such as Brandon, Manitoba to Calgary, two cities with an oil industry where WestJet Encore re-introduced air service to Brandon[44]. Some routes results in increased frequencies on existing routes, such as between Calgary and Saskatoon.[45] WestJet Encore services two destinations outside of Canada, Boston and Nashville.[46] WestJet Encore flights are numbered as flight 3100 to 3899[47].

Fleet

WestJet Encore Bombardier Q400 NextGen with landing gear extended

WestJet Encore operates one type of aircraft, the Bombardier Q400 NextGen, an updated version of the Q400 with updated landing gear, redesigned interiors, lighting, and larger overhead cabin storage. In turn, the Q400 is an updated version of the Bombardier Dash 8-400 that has active noise suppression to create a quieter passenger cabin. To prevent freezing of water lines during overnight stays at airports with cold weather, the airline has rendered the water flow to the lavatory basins inoperative.[48]

WestJet Encore uses a navAero supplied Windows-OS based electronic flight bag (EFB) that can connect to the aircraft. In conjunction with a WestJet developed Integrated Communication and Application System (ICAS), objective flight data can be shared with maintenance personnel improving aircraft efficiency. One example of use would be after an aircraft was subjected to severe turbulence, EFB and ICAS could determine whether or not objective thresholds were exceeded and four hours of maintenance and inspection needed instead of previously having pilots subjectively characterize the level of turbulence which would automatically result in inspection[49].

As of February 2018, the WestJet Encore fleet consists of the following aircraft:[50]

Westjet Encore fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes/sources
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 43 2 78 [49]
Total 43 2

Marketing

WestJet Encore participates in WestJet Rewards, a frequent flyer program and loyalty scheme. Instead of miles or points, WestJet Dollars are earned by participants. Participants earn 1% of their airfare in WestJet Dollars. Elite level participants, who spend $3000 or more per year in WestJet airfare are classified as Silver or Gold and earn a 3% or 5% rate in WestJet Dollars[51]. WestJet also participates in WestJet Rewards as does Air France (2017[52]-present), KLM (2017[52]-present), Delta Airlines (2014[53]-present), Qantas (2016[54]-present), and American Airlines (2012[55]-July 31, 2018)[56]. WestJet Dollars earned as a base amount do not expire but bonus amounts have an expiry date[57].

Passengers flying on WestJet Encore may alternatively receive credit in Air France/KLM Flying Blue[58][59], Delta Skymiles[60], Qantas Frequent Flyer[61], or, until July 31, 2018, American Airlines AAdvantage.

Cabins and services

WestJet Encore Q400 Next Gen ground loading at Brandon Municipal Airport, Manitoba

In addition to economy class seating, WestJet Encore aircraft has a Plus section, which consists no change fees and seating in the forward part of the cabin but not increased legroom or space unlike on WestJet mainline flights[62]. The flights are ground loaded. The Q400 NextGen aircraft have large overhead lockers in the cabin allowing for larger luggage to be brought aboard[2][63]. GoCart service is provided, where the largest carry on baggage are surrendered before boarding and retrieved at plane-side upon arrival.[48]

Starting in 2014, newly hired flight attendants were required to be bilingual in English and French. As a result, 94% of flight attendants are bilingual[64].

Food for purchase in available. In 2017, McDonald's McCafe coffee service was announced. The formulation is modified from the restaurant version owing to flight conditions altering taste bud sensation. The coffee is hotter and uses a darker roast of coffee beans[65].

WestJet Encore does not operate airport lounges but has arrangements with private, non-airline affiliated airport lounges where WestJet Encore passengers are extended a discount for pay-for-visit use.[66]

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