El Al & WestJet Sign interline agreement

02.10.11 / 00:00
El Al & WestJet Sign interline agreement
02.10.11
El Al & WestJet Sign interline agreement

Tickets purchased on El Al for Toronto, can now be purchased combining connecting flights to one of WestJet’s 30 Canadian destinations

 

El Al Israel Airlines and Canadian Airline WestJet entered last week an interline agreement designed to facilitate travel from Canadian cities to Israel while boosting tourism by Israelis to destinations reached by WestJet.

 

Under the new arrangement, passengers will be able to seamlessly book travel to Israel from locations outside Toronto.Tickets purchased on El Al for Toronto, can now be purchased combining connecting flights to one of WestJet’s 30 Canadian destinations, as well as Florida and the Caribbean.                                                                                                               

 

The official signing of the agreement took place in Israel on September 12 in the presence of Elyezer Shkedy, President & CEO of El Al; Dinah Kutner, general manager El Al Canada; and Gregg Saretsky, president & CEO of WestJet.

 

El Al already has similar agreements with a number of US airlines including JetBlue, American Airlines and Virgin America.