WestJet to Wind Down Budget Airline Swoop, Fold It Into Main Operation

WestJet to Wind Down Budget Airline Swoop, Fold It Into Main Operation
A WestJet flight from Calgary arrives at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Enfield, N.S. on July 6, 2020. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan
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Amid fierce competition, WestJet will wind down its Swoop subsidiary by late October as it folds the budget airline’s operations under its main banner, the airline said Friday.

The move marks a major shift in Canada’s aviation skyscape, arriving five years after Swoop first surfaced as a response to discount rival Flair Airlines’ launch in 2017.