November 4, 2026
WestJet to make new hangar home near Winnipeg airport
By: Gabrielle Piché – Posted:
WestJet will become the first tenant in a new development near the Winnipeg Richardson International Airport.
The Calgary-based airline plans to open a 73,110-square-foot aircraft maintenance hangar in West Lands, a sprawling site meant to boost business near the airport.
“Winnipeg is a very important market and city for WestJet,” said Alexis von Hoensbroech, WestJet’s chief executive officer. “We always had one missing piece of the puzzle, which is that we don’t have a hangar in Winnipeg.”
The hangar will allow WestJet to store its planes in the Manitoba capital and perform maintenance on site.
“That makes it easier for us to grow our network here,” von Hoensbroech said.
Calling WestJet Winnipeg’s “home carrier,” he noted the airline flies to 35 destinations from the city and employs more than 500 people.
