WestJet ordered to pay travellers $2K for cancelled flights

WestJet must pay $2K for cancelled flights after B.C. tribunal rejects airline's 'highly technical' evidence

A B.C. tribunal has ordered WestJet to pay more than $2,000 to two passengers after ruling the airline failed to provide sufficient evidence that weather conditions made it unsafe to operate scheduled flights. In a decision from the province’s civil resolution tribunal published last week, Nathan and Leah Baugh were awarded $1,000 each under Canada’s Air Passenger Protection Regulations (APPR), which mandate such compensation when arrival at a…

WestJet ordered to pay travellers $2K for cancelled flights

B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal has ordered WestJet to pay two passengers $1,000 each after it deemed the airline did not provide enough evidence to prove their flight was cancelled for safety reasons.