Travel chaos as more flights cancelled at Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester
Travel chaos as more flights cancelled at Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester
Unless and until #WestJet gives a reasonable explanation as to why this is not blatant fraud, I will not be flying with them.
Which is a great shame, because I used to think their service was good.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/gopublic/go-public-westjet-flight-cancellations-9.7191542

Go Public has learned of more than 30 passengers who were denied compensation after WestJet cancelled flights and blamed safety-related maintenance. Flight data suggests the airline swapped in aircraft requiring maintenance shortly before those cancellations — a practice the regulator called out four years ago.
RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/montreal-efbss3oiz/-/a-u0u8vW_XRguI5TUTVBROhQ%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0
#WestJet continues to make #AirCanada look good...
This happened to me last Christmas. I got bumped from my flight - the reroute was going to leave from a different city (which they didn't provide transport too???) and put me at my destination over 36hrs later. They claimed weather was the cause - yet skytracker showed my original flight took off an hour later.
Thankfully, AirCanada had me on a different flight leaving from my City the next morning and direct to my destination...
WestJet accused of manoeuvre to deny dozens of passengers compensation after flight cancellations
https://www.cbc.ca/news/gopublic/go-public-westjet-flight-cancellations-9.7191542
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WestJet est accusée des manœuvres pour refuser des douzaines de demandes compensations de passagers après des annulations de vol
// Article en anglais //

Go Public has learned of more than 30 passengers who were denied compensation after WestJet cancelled flights and blamed safety-related maintenance. Flight data suggests the airline swapped in aircraft requiring maintenance shortly before those cancellations — a practice the regulator called out four years ago.