The airline industry continues to be battered by COVID-19 travel restrictions.
WestJet is cutting hundreds of flights and laying off employees as it fights to stay alive.
Some 1,000 employees will be impacted through a combination of furloughs, temporary layoffs, unpaid leaves and reduced hours.
A hiring freeze has also been implemented.
The airline is eliminating more than 230 weekly departures, including 160 domestic.
It’s also suspending 11 routes and another 13 seasonal international and trans border destinations.
With the reductions, WestJet will operate at a more than 80 per cent reduction year over year.
Specific to international markets, capacity will be down 93% year over year where the airline will be operating only five daily flights compared to 100 last year.
