WestJet's low-cost subsidiary Swoop will launch routes to five new U.S. cities for summer, each of them a popular tourism destination.
The carrier is adding New York, Chicago, Nashville, San Francisco, and Los Angeles to its route map, while extending its current seasonal services to San Diego, Palm Springs, Las Vegas, St. Pete-Clearwater, Orlando and Phoenix into the summer season.
In total Swoop will serve 11 U.S. destinations from its three main Canadian bases in Toronto, Hamilton, and Edmonton.
"As part of our planned growth in 2022, we're excited to be adding five new popular U.S. destinations to our network," said Bert van der Stege, Head of Commercial & Finance at Swoop.
"As Canada's leading ultra-low-cost carrier, we are growing our fleet, expanding our network, and adding service to existing destinations to ensure we are ready to meet Canadians' pent-up demand for travel experiences south of the border."
In addition to the new U.S. destinations announced today, Swoop previously announced it will begin service to 10 new Canadian destinations, bringing the airline's total number of destinations served to 33 this summer.
From Toronto, Swoop will fly five times weekly to Chicago beginning May 30, five times weekly to NYC's JFK starting June 20 and four times weekly to Nashville beginning May 26.
From Edmonton, Swoop will initiate four times weekly service to San Francisco on June 6, three times weekly service to Los Angeles beginning June 23 and twice weekly flights to Nashville starting June 19.
Swoop's announced U.S. expansion comes as the ULCC reports significantly increased domestic passenger numbers and record bookings, which it says are now on par with pre-pandemic demand. The airline says it expects to see that pent-up demand trend extend to U.S. leisure travel this summer as more than 30.5 million fully vaccinated Canadians look to resume their trans-border travel habits.
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