More flights planned by Canadian airline out of Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga

Canada’s second-biggest airline is bumping up service next summer to take more travellers to domestic destinations from Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga.

Calgary-based WestJet, which operates a large number of its flights out of Pearson, said in a news release on Monday its seat capacity out of Toronto to destinations across the country will grow by 14 per cent as part of its summer 2025 schedule.

The revamped schedule “represents our largest increase in domestic capacity out of Pearson since 2022 as we now serve 35 destinations in the summer season,” said WestJet Group executive vice-president and chief commercial officer John Weatherill.

Additionally, WestJet domestic seat capacity will grow by 36 per cent next summer out of Ottawa, airline officials said.

“These strategic service increases will optimize seamless and reliable connectivity for business travellers between Ontario and Western Canada, and for leisure travellers to sun destinations in the United States and Caribbean,” WestJet officials said.

The airline is also bringing back its service to Sudbury for the first time since 2018, “unlocking new connectivity between northern Ontario and WestJet’s global hub in Calgary.”

The Sudbury-to-Calgary flights will mark the first-ever nonstop service between the two cities, officials noted.

WestJet began service in 1996 with three aircraft, 250 employees and five destinations. Today, company officials say, it has grown to more than 180 aircraft, 14,000 employees and some 100 destinations in 26 countries.