WestJet Ordered to Compensate Family $2K for Flight Diversion

WestJet Ordered to Compensate Family $2K for Flight Diversion
A WestJet plane waits at a gate at Calgary International Airport in Calgary on Aug. 31, 2022. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press
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WestJet has been instructed by B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal to issue a full refund to a family for their diverted flight, and to compensate them for any associated costs incurred.

The family of three was travelling from Hawaii to Vancouver in April 2023 when their aircraft was redirected to Victoria due to smoke from a volcano, the tribunal said in its Sept. 17 decision.