WestJet

airlines around the world struggling for survival” (Webber, 2001). In 2002 After Canada 3000 had gone out of business, Air Canada tried once again to launch a “low-cost carrier called Zip Air Inc” (Webber, 2002). Air Canada was also competing with WestJet Airlines Ltd., which was more profitable at the time. Unfortunately, with the high fuel costs and the “global economic slowdown and its impact on travel”…

capitalization. The corporate headquarters allocate at Summerlin, Nevada, a suburban neighbourhood in Las Vegas. Allegiant Air was founded in 1997 and it’s under the name WestJet Express. It charter domestic operations in 1998. After a dispute with West Jet Air Center of Rapid City, South Dakota, and with the name's similarity to WestJet Airlines of Calgary, Alberta, the airline adopted the name Allegiant Air and received its operating certificate for scheduled. The airline also…

population growth and economic wealth, availability and capacity of secondary airports and the growth of internet use as a distribution channel accelerated the spread of LCCs (Francis, Humphreys, Ison, Aicken, 2006). Southwest, Ryanair, easyJet, Westjet, GOL and Air Asia are examples of this model.  Hybrid carriers Hybrid airline business model combines best features of low-cost model (cost saving methodology) and full service model (service, flexibility and en-route structure). Hybrid airlines…

"[S]elling holidays is like selling dreams" (Holloway and Humphreys, 2012, p.10) and dreams live from inspiration as the initial impulse for planning holidays. Due to the tourism characteristic of mostly providing intangible products and services, “the tourism industry is highly information intensive and information is its lifeblood” (Benckendorff, Sheldon, & Fesenmaier, 2014, p.5). Consequently, information is key for consumers and tourism businesses to come together and to create a memorable…

The Boeing 737 is a short-to medium –range twinjet narrow-body airliner. Basically designed and developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin engine aircraft, modified from Boeings 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of nine passenger aircrafts with occupancy of 85 to 215 passengers. It is the Boeings one and only narrow-body airliner is production, with the -700, -800 and 900 ER variants currently being built and supplying. A reengineered, re engine version, the 737 max is set to fly in…