CHANGING FLEET SIZE OF AIR CANADA AND WESTJET – CON’T WestJet WestJet’s fleet size grew by 7 aircraft from 2005 to 2006 (Table 2). WestJet had retired all of its B737-200 aircraft by 2006. According to WestJet’s 2005 Annual Report, WestJet considered slowing down its B737-200 replacement scheduled while securing additional aircraft for future growth. By delaying the B737-200 aircraft replacement, WestJet would have even more seats and it would help to restore Jetsgo’s capacity following the demise of Jetsgo in March 2005. Air Canada announced that it will begin taking delivery of eighteen 777s in 2007. WestJet will take delivery of eleven B737-700 and two B737-800 between 2007 and 2008. Table 2: Carrier Fleet Size and Composition 2004-2006 Dec Dec Dec Seat Configuration 04 05 06 AC Mainline A340-500 A340-300 A330 B767-300 B767-200 A321 A320 A319 CRJ-100/200 EMB-190 EMB-175 AC Mainline Subtotal AC Jazz CRJ-200 CRJ-705 BAe-146 Dash 8-300 Dash 8-100 AC Jazz Subtotal
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Fleet Seat Difference (2006-2005)
267 286 274 203, 212, 213 207 166 140 120 50 93 73
2 9 8 30 12 13 52 48 25 199
2 10 8 33 12 10 51 48 10 3 14 187
2 10 8 33 12 10 50 45 15 15 185
-1 -3 -10 +12 +1 -2
-140 -360 -500 +1,116 +73 +189
50 75 77 50 37
18 2 26 45 91
42 15 26 38 121
57 15 26 37 135
+15 -1 +14
+750 -37 +713
290
308
320
+12
+902
18 36 54
5 3 43 5 56
13 45 5 63
-5 +10 +2 +7
-625 +1,190 +272 +837
AC Total WestJet B737-200 B737-600 B737-700 B737-800 WestJet Total
Fleet Size Difference (2006-2005)
125 119 136 166
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