WestJet was founded in 1996 by Clive Beddoe, Mark Hill, Tim Morgan and Donald Bell, four Calgary entrepreneurs who saw an opportunity to provide low-fare air travel across western Canada . The team researched other successful airlines in North America - in particular low-cost carriers. Following the primary examples of Southwest Airlines and Morris Air, they determined that a similar model could be successful in Western Canada.
Westjet currently have 62 aircrafts with all Boeing 737 Next-Generation fleet, their network was keeping expand in around of Canada, also they are expand more transboarder services from Canada.