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WESTJET STEPS UP TO HELP HAITI

February 16, 2010

 

WestJet announces new steps to assist Haiti relief efforts; offers free flights to relief workers, adoptive parents and fundraisers.

 

WestJet announced that it is donating flights for volunteer and relief workers, adoptive parents of Haitian children and fundraising events to assist the relief efforts in Haiti. WestJet will fly volunteer/relief workers from recognized relief organizations operating in Haiti on its regularly scheduled flights from Canada to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.

The airline will also supply free return flights within Canada to adoptive parents of Haitian children registered with the federal government's Operation Stork program to meet their children when they arrive in Canada. In addition, WestJet will donate flight vouchers to recognized organizations holding fundraising events for Haiti relief efforts.

The additional assistance follows WestJet's $100,000 donation to the Canadian Red Cross on January 15. On January 19, WestJet donated a chartered aircraft to World Vision Canada and delivered $200,000 worth of medical supplies to Port-au-Prince and returned with approximately 120 Canadian evacuees.

In addition to WestJet's corporate donation, individual WestJetters have donated more than $75,000 to charities dedicated to assisting with the relief efforts in Haiti.

 

For more information or to apply for a flight, visit westjet.com and click on About Us/Haiti Relief.

 

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