WestJet closes deal to buy Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines

The WestJet Group says it has closed its acquisition of Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines that was first introduced in March final yr.

The firm says that, initially, the airways will proceed unbiased operations.

However, WestJet says the 2 airways will transfer from being opponents to collaborators.

Stephen Hunter, previously the CEO of Sunwing Vacations, has been appointed CEO of the WestJet Group’s holidays business. Hunter shall be accountable for all tour working and trip package deal companies at each Sunwing Vacations and WestJet Vacations.

The federal authorities authorized the takeover of Sunwing by WestJet in March.

In signing off on the deal, Ottawa hooked up circumstances that embody extending Sunwing packages to 5 new cities, sustaining capability on probably the most affected routes and retaining each a holidays business head workplace in Toronto and a regional one in Montreal for at the least 5 years.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed May 1, 2023.