{"id":140627,"date":"2023-06-17T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=140627"},"modified":"2023-06-17T23:19:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T23:19:07","slug":"westjet-to-shut-down-sunwing-airlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2023\/06\/westjet-to-shut-down-sunwing-airlines.html","title":{"rendered":"WestJet to shut down Sunwing Airlines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>WestJet<\/strong> group is planning to wind down low-cost carrier <strong>Sunwing Airlines<\/strong> and integrate it into its main business, according to a memo seen by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/sunwing-shutdown-westjet\/update-1-westjet-to-shut-down-sunwing-airlines-idUSL1N3890BJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a>. The move is part of the integration process by WestJet which completed the acquisition of Sunwing airlines in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2023\/06\/westjet-closes-its-ultra-low-cost-airline-swoop.html\">WestJet closes its ultra low-cost airline Swoop<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the integration is complete, all Sunwing employees will continue to have employment with Westjet, said Len Corrado, President, Sunwing Airlines, in the internal memo sent to the employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo: Atlantic Aviation Media\/<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:C-FYJD.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Wikimedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-12142862     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid 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