Mr. Ed Sims reports

WESTJET REPORTS MAY LOAD FACTOR OF 82.2 PER CENT

WestJet Airlines Ltd. has released its May, 2018, traffic results with a load factor of 82.2 per cent, an increase of 1.6 percentage points year over year. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs), or traffic, increased 7.5 per cent year over year, while capacity, measured in available seat miles (ASMs), grew 5.4 per cent over the same period. WestJet welcomed an additional 147,000 guests in May, a year-over-year increase of 7.5 per cent.

"Although May presented extraordinary challenges, we are delighted that 2.1 million guests chose to fly with us," said WestJet president and chief executive officer Ed Sims. "My sincere thanks go out to each individual WestJetter for their continued dedication to delivering our award-winning brand of friendly caring service."

                MAY, 2018, TRAFFIC RESULTS
  
                              May, 2018              May, 2017

Load factor                       82.2%                  80.6%
ASMs (billions)                   2.646                  2.511
RPMs (billions)                   2.174                  2.023

                      Year to date 2018      Year to date 2017

Load factor                       84.5%                  82.9%
ASMs (billions)                  13.280                 12.779
RPMs (billions)                  11.223                 10.594

In May, WestJet unveiled its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner livery, logo and cabin interior including the airline's first-ever business class cabin. Details, including images, video and an immersive 360-degree experience of each cabin, are available on the WestJet Dreamliner hub at the company's website.

About WestJet Airlines Ltd.

Together with WestJet's regional airline, WestJet Encore, the airline offers scheduled service to more than 100 destinations in North America, Central America, the Caribbean and Europe, and to more than 175 destinations in over 20 countries through its airline partnerships. WestJet Vacations offers affordable, flexible vacations to more than 60 destinations and the choice of more than 800 hotels, resorts, condos and villas. Members of the WestJet Rewards program earn WestJet dollars on flights, vacation packages and more. Members use WestJet dollars towards the purchase of flights and vacations packages to any WestJet destination with no blackout periods, and have access to member-exclusive fares offering deals to WestJet destinations throughout its network and those of its partner airlines.

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