WestJet Reports Single-day Record For Guests Flown - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - WestJet (WJA.TO) announced the airline will fly an estimated 74,600 guests across its network on December 24, surpassing the previous record of 74,247 set on January 3, 2016. Separately, the company announced that its 1,380 pilots have voted in favour of plans to expand wide-body operations. Such approval is required under the airline's agreement with the WestJet Pilots Association.

Gregg Saretsky, WestJet CEO, said: "This agreement now allows us to proceed with plans to expand our wide-body operations to new destinations in the future. We will now turn our attention to acquiring additional wide-body aircraft to satisfy the demand for our low fares."