BEFORE THE 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

WESTJET 

for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 pursuant 

to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and a foreign air carrier 

permit pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 41301 

(U.S. – Canada) 

Docket DOT-OST-2001-11158 

SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 TO APPLICATION OF WESTJET FOR RENEWAL OF 

EXEMPTION AUTHORITY AND A FOREIGN AIR CARRIER PERMIT 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

Gregg Saretsky 

President & C.E.O. 

WESTJET 

22 Aerial Place NE 

Calgary, Alberta 

CANADA T2E 3J1 

Barbara Munroe 

Vice President, Legal Services 

WESTJET 

22 Aerial Place NE 

Calgary, Alberta 

CANADA T2E 3J1 

Don H. Hainbach 

Jason E. Maddux 

Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC 

1200 New Hampshire Ave., NW, Ste. 800 

Washington, DC 20036 

202-776-3970 

Counsel for WestJet

February 28, 2012 
BEFORE THE 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

WESTJET 

for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 pursuant 

to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and a foreign air carrier 

permit pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 41301 

(U.S. – Canada) 

Docket DOT-OST-2001-11158 

SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 TO APPLICATION OF WESTJET FOR RENEWAL OF 

EXEMPTION AUTHORITY AND A FOREIGN AIR CARRIER PERMIT 

By application dated December 2, 2011, WestJet requested renewal of its exemption 

authority to provide scheduled and charter foreign air transportation of persons, property and 

mail from points behind Canada via Canada and intermediate points to a point or points in the 

United States and beyond. WestJet further requested issuance of a foreign air carrier permit to 

enable WestJet to engage in the same foreign air transportation described above. This 

supplement provides additional information regarding the ownership and control of WestJet. 

In support of this application, WestJet states as follows: 

1. WestJet is an Alberta partnership comprised of WestJet Investment Corp. and 

WestJet Operations Corp., both of which are wholly owned by WestJet Airlines Ltd., a Canadian 

holding company. The Canada Transportation Act requires that WestJet Aircraft Ltd., as a 

corporation that indirectly wholly-owns the holder of a domestic license, a scheduled 

international license, and a non-scheduled international license, i.e. WestJet, be a Canadian 
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citizen. Specifically, WestJet Aircraft Ltd. must be controlled in fact by Canadians, and at least 

75 percent of its voting interests must be owned and controlled by Canadians. 

2. To ensure compliance with the Canada Transportation Act, WestJet Aircraft 

Ltd.'s Articles of Incorporation, as amended, restrict subscriptions, issues, transfers, or purchases 

of Common Voting Shares. Common Voting Shares may only be beneficially owned and 

controlled, directly or indirectly, by Canadians. Any Common Voting Share beneficially owned 

or controlled directly or indirectly by a person who is not a Canadian is automatically converted 

to a Variable Voting Share. Variable Voting Shares may only be beneficially owned or 

controlled, directly or indirectly, by non-Canadians. Any Variable Voting Share owned or 

controlled by a person who is Canadian is automatically converted to a Common Voting Share. 

3. Variable Voting Shares entitle the holder thereof to one vote per share unless the 

number of Variable Voting Shares outstanding as a percentage of the total number of votes 

exceeds 25%, in which case the vote attached to each Variable Voting Share will decrease so that 

the Variable Voting Shares as a class will have a maximum of 25% of the aggregate vote. 

Accordingly, the Variable Voting Shares as a class cannot carry more than 25% of the aggregate 

of the voting rights attached to all issued and outstanding shares. 

4. As of January 31, 2012, the total number of Voting Shares outstanding was 

138,286,603, of which the Common Voting Shares outstanding were 131,252, 093 (94.91%) and 

the Variable Voting Shares outstanding were 7,034,510 (5.09%). Based on this data, WestJet 

Aircraft Ltd., and thus WestJet, clearly complies with the requirement that it be substantially 

owned and effectively controlled by Canadian citizens. 
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ACCORDINGLY, WestJet respectfully requests that the Department renew WestJet’s 

existing exemption authority and grant a foreign air carrier permit as set forth more fully in its 

December 2, 2011 application. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Don H. Hainbach 

Jason E. Maddux 

Counsel for WestJet 

February 28, 2012
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

 I hereby certify that on this 28th day of February 2012, a copy of the foregoing 

Application has been served by electronic mail on the parties named below. 

 _________________________________ 

 Vanessa Krasniewicz 

Marshall S. Sinick (Alaska/Horizon) msinick@ssd.com 

Carl Nelson, Jr. (American/American Eagle) carl.nelson@aa.com 

John Richardson (Amerijet International) jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com 

Gerald Murphy (ASA/ExpressJet/SkyWest) gmurphy@crowell.com 

Jennifer Trock (Compass) jennifer.trock@pillsburylaw.com 

Alexander Van der Bellen (Delta) sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com 

Jeff Morgan (Delta) jeff.morgan@delta.com 

Sametta Barnett (Delta) Sametta.c.barnett@delta.com 

Lisa Harig (GoJet) lharig@mklawdc.com 

Jonathan Hill (Hawaiian/JetBlue/Air Wisconsin) jhill@dowlohnes.com 

Malcolm Benge (North American) mlbenge@zsrlaw.com 

Bob Cohn (Republic/Shuttle America/Chautauqua) robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com 

Pat Rizzi (Republic/Shuttle America/Chautauqua) patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com 

David Hayes (Trans States Airlines) dhayes@transstates.net 

Dan Weiss (United/Continental) dan.weiss@coair.com 

Howard Kass (US Airways) Howard.kass@usairways.com 

Benjamin Slocum (US Airways) benjamin.slocum@usairways.com 

Barbara Russell (Virgin America) barbara.russell@virginamerica.com 

John Allen (FAA) john.allen@faa.gov 

Kris Urs (State Department) urskr@state.gov 

Robert Finamore (DOT) Robert.finamore@dot.gov