For a local living in the city, it is important that LHR is closer and cheaper for me to get to and fro . Less leisure travellers coming and going in LHR , less of them to interact with at LHR.

Aside from that , Westjet is certainly progressing along with their partnerships. Perhaps not yet quite the scale nor size you are accustomed to with for example a carrier in the star alliance. But for an airline that has existed only for 25 years , they are doing quite well.

A client connecting from Toronto for example can now connect to places in Germany such as Frankfurt, Munich, Hanover , Hamburg, Dusseldorf or in France : MontPellier , Biarritz, Brest and in Italy : Milan, Venice, Turin.

We must not underestimate what we do not know. Behind the details of each codeshare there are obvious benefits otherwise these codeshares would not exist.

• Pre covid transatlantic routes were often filled with 50/50 Canadians/Europeans
• Pre covid 15-20 aircrafts per day were filled with interline/codeshare passengers

It is known they are in talks with Air France /KLM to initiate a joint venture. I am positive we will see something come to fruition in the next few years.

The airline is still in its infancy of international growth. I see them as making healthy strides , they are on the right path for their ambitions. Rome was not created in a day.

I remain optimistic of this outfit, they certainly made a customer out of me, when flying to Canada , even if it means hauling my Rimowa through the halls of Gatwick for the time being.