WestJet has announced that starting in June, it will provide Year Round service from its hub in Calgary to Palm Springs International Airport, with flights occuring twice weekly on Thursdays and Sundays. WestJet — which has never before operated summertime flights to Palm Springs — currently offers daily service to Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. That flight schedule operates from October through May.
The airline has brought about 128,000 passengers — mostly “snowbirds” — in and out of the Palm Springs airport this year. “It’s simply great that our Canadian partners recognize how this desert oasis has so much to offer as a tourist destination even in the summer months,” said Tom Nolan, the airport’s executive director. “We look forward to this extended air service bringing more visitors to Palm Springs.”