WestJet Says Flight Cancellations Post-Hailstorm to Continue for ‘Foreseeable Future’

WestJet Says Flight Cancellations Post-Hailstorm to Continue for ‘Foreseeable Future’
Travellers at the Calgary International Airport, in Calgary, on Aug. 6, 2024. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
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WestJet says it will be issuing flight cancellations “for the foreseeable future” after planes were damaged by a Calgary hailstorm last week, upending travel plans for thousands of passengers.

The country’s second-biggest carrier says 16 aircraft, or 10 percent of its fleet, remain out of commission nine days after the tempest rained down golf ball-sized ice pellets onto parts of southern Alberta, including the province’s largest airport.