If you’re out of country you may now be stuck there. Effective Sunday night. Get back if you can.
CALGARY — WestJet will suspend all international and transborder flights for 30 days, starting March 22 at midnight.
That was the word in a statement posted to the WestJet blog by company president and CEO Ed Sims Monday evening.
“Our final commercially scheduled flights from international and transborder destinations will launch on Sunday night by 11:59 p.m. local time,” he wrote. “After that, we will be operating rescue and repatriation flights in partnership with the Canadian government.”
“On Wednesday, March 18, at 11:59 p.m. MDT, WestJet will suspend all outbound international ticket sales for travel until Sunday March 22 at 11:59 MST, so we are no longer sending Canadians out of the country and can instead focus on bringing them home.”
The policy includes flights to the U.S., Mexico, the Caribbean and Europe.