Let's start with the answer. I had help from the site, Seatguru.com. They have everything an aviation nerd might want to know.
From the Air Canada Rouge web site. |
From seatguru.com |
Then, searched Seatguru.com for Westjet's planes, but the 767 was not listed. Ok, right, they are brand new to the fleet and probably not on this comparison site yet.
So I looked up a Boeing 767 on Delta Airlines. They noted 262 seats, which sounds like the Westjet plane. So I took a screenshot. I remember Westjet saying that there would be 38" in the Plus seats, so I feel like I probably have the right plane.
So, according to these charts, the Westjet plane should have the space advantage by 1 inch, in both economy and plus seating.
But to make sure I had the right plane, I Googled "Westjet new 767 plane." And that's when I learnt that while it is a new route, and the plane is a new acquisition to the fleet, the actual planes (4) are NOT new.
Westjet has purchased the planes from Qantas Airlines which has retired them after decades of service.
Here, is a news article celebrating the plane's retirement. Yes. Qantas made a pretty big deal out of it.
An excerpt from the article. |
Here's a link to the Westjet blog and their announcing of the plane acquisitions.
Aside, during this little research stint, I found that there is an airline called "Vanilla Air." And another airline called SpiceJet. Perhaps airlines founded in the 1990s?
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