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December 1, 2003 |
Member News |
| VIA Rail and WestJet sign agreement offering highly flexible fares across Canada | |
| VIA Rail Canada and WestJet announced today that they have signed an agreement, to provide travellers with "excursion-rate", multi-modal fares to destinations served by VIA and WestJet. Brewster, one of Canada's leading tour operators will be the exclusive sales agent for these package tours. Travellers will be able to combine rail/air travel with Brewster tour packages that include sightseeing and hotel stays. "Our shared goal is to provide customers with a seamless service that makes travel easier", said Steve Del Bosco, VIA Rail's vice-president, Marketing. "VIA is extremely pleased to partner with such a successful Western based airline. Our agreement with WestJet allows us to combine the strengths and benefits of air and rail travel to offer a flexible alternative at attractive fares for passengers who want to make the most of their travel time across Canada." Packages will go on sale in January for the 2004 winter touring season. Tours will include the following destinations: Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Toronto, Hamilton, Montreal and Moncton. Bill Lamberton, WestJet's Vice President, Marketing and Sales, said today: "This is another opportunity for WestJet to provide our guests with more flexibility and quality partnerships. This ultimately benefits our guests as WestJet and VIA offer Canadians one of the best all-around views of the country we live in at an affordable price." VIA Rail Canada operates Canada's national passenger rail network, with 480 trains weekly on 14,000 kilometres of track, connecting more than 450 Canadian communities from coast to coast. For more information visit VIA's website http://www.viarail.ca or call 1-888-VIA-RAIL. WestJet serves the 24 Canadian cities of Victoria, Comox, Vancouver, Abbotsford/Fraser Valley, Prince George, Kelowna, Grande Prairie, Calgary, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Windsor, London, Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal, Moncton, Halifax, Gander and St. John's. WestJet is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol WJA. |
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Contact Information: Catherine Kaloutsky Senior Officer, Public Affairs VIA Rail Canada, Toronto Catherine_Kaloutsky@viarail.ca (416) 956-7683 Siobhan Vinish Director, Public Relations & Communications WestJet Svinish@westjet.com (403) 444-2615 Jim Fraser Brewster (403) 762-6704 |
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