{"id":814659,"date":"2026-07-20T18:14:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/814659\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T18:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:14:21","slug":"westjet-adds-direct-flight-to-a-new-tropical-destination-from-calgary-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/814659\/","title":{"rendered":"WestJet adds direct flight to a new tropical destination from Calgary | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve been thinking about taking a trip to Mexico, WestJet just unlocked a whole new destination from Calgary.<\/p>\n

The Calgary-based airline announced on Monday the addition of a non-stop flight to Merida from the YYC Calgary Airport to its lineup.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that Calgarians are always eager for direct flights south, and this new weekly flight to Merida puts another sunny vacation spot on the map,\u201d said Balazs Bogats, chief commercial officer at Calgary Airports, in a release<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The new service between Calgary and Merida will run once a week, with flights set to take off starting on Dec. 17, 2026, and marks WestJet\u2019s first-ever service to Merida from YYC.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe weekly route will serve as the only non-stop connection point between the cultural capital of Yucat\u00e1n and Western Canada, providing unmatched access to the rich history, famous architecture and distinct cuisine of Mexico\u2019s safest city,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n

During the peak winter travel season, WestJet will now serve 50 sun destinations from 15 Canadian cities, the most out of any other Canadian airline.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re already looking at a winter getaway, now might be the perfect time to start planning a trip to a new sunny destination.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a busy year for YYC, with Flair Airlines announcing new Mexico flights from Calgary<\/a>, WestJet announcing three new domestic flights<\/a>, and Air Canada also adding new Mexico flights to its lineup<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve been thinking about taking a trip to Mexico, WestJet just unlocked a whole new destination from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-814659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}