Originally Posted by
cfoster83
Hi Darren,
Thanks for providing this information. Just wondering if you had an update on equipage or where it might stand at the end of this quarter?
From your information above it seems that year-end 2015 numbers were as follows:
32 x 737-800s
2 x 737-700s
1 x 767
TOTAL = 34 Wi-Fi equipped aircraft
Does that sound right? If all your jets are to be equipped by the end of this year, are we looking at an eventual total of 132 aircraft?
Thanks,
Craig
Hi Craig,
Here are the latest numbers:
32 x 737-800s
6 x 737-700s
2 x 767s
TOTAL = 40 WestJet Connect-equipped aircraft.
In addition, there are currently eight 737-800s in operation that were delivered from Boeing with the new seats (so they have power outlets), but have not yet had WestJet Connect installed. That will happen in the coming months.
We currently have 118 Boeing jets (737s and 767s) and 28 Bombardier Q400s for a total of 146 aircraft in our fleet. By year-end 2016 our fleet plan calls for a total of 119 Boeing jets (we're adding one more 767 next month), so we will have a total of 119 aircraft with WestJet Connect installed by the end of December. Note that the Q400s won't have Wi-Fi, so when we refer to "all our jet aircraft" we we're talking about our 737s and 767s.