Sunwing Airlines to Fold Into WestJet Within a Year

A Sunwing aircraft is parked at Montreal Trudeau airport in Montreal on March 2, 2022. Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press

WestJet said Friday it aims to wind down Sunwing Airlines and integrate the low-cost carrier into its mainline business by October of next year.

WestJet, which bought the Toronto-based company’s main airline and vacation divisions in May in a major consolidation of the aviation market, said Sunwing’s 18 Boeing 737s and 2,000 employees will be folded into the Calgary-based carrier in a “seamless transition.”