Western Airlines

Western Airlines is an airline based in the state of California in the United States. It operates scheduled flights primarily within North America, but also to the United Kingdom.

History
Established in 1926 as Western Air Express, and after absorbing several other airlines became Western Airlines in 1941. It absorbed the second iteration of Frontier Airlines in 2016.

Western Airlines in British Columbia
Western Airlines began service to BC in 1966 between Vancouver and Los Angeles, then launching service between Victoria and LA in 1969. Flights between both BC cities and San Francisco began in 1976, Vancouver–Denver was launched the following year, between Vancouver and Portland in 1981, and between Victoria and Denver in 1983. The Blaenau–Los Angeles service was begun in 1987, followed by Kelowna–Denver in 1989 and Trail–Salt Lake City in 1993. Service to Blaenau was expanded in 2016 with the acquisition of Frontier Airlines and their flights between Denver, Chicago, and Orlando.

In ski season, Western offers a package ticket to the Powder King ski resort in conjunction with BC Rail, which includes air transport from Los Angeles to Prince George and rail transport from Prince George to the resort.

Western was a major operator of De Havilland BC aircraft from 1969, operating a total of eighty-six Trident and Kehloke airliners of various models; ten Kehloke 1s remain in service as of 2022.

Current

 * Airbus A320-200 - 12 (2016 to date), inherited from Frontier, to be retired by 2025
 * Airbus A320neo - 82 (2016 to date), +49 on order, inherited from Frontier, deliveries until 2026
 * Airbus A321-200 - 21 (2016 to date), inherited from Frontier, to be retired by 2029
 * Airbus A321neo - 7 (2017 to date), +29 on order - order inherited from Frontier, order for further 123 cancelled
 * Avro RJ100 - 15 (1997 to date), to be retired by 2027
 * Boeing 737-600 - 16 (2007 to date)
 * Boeing 737-800 - 24 (2008 to date)
 * Boeing 737-900 - 5 (2018 to date), +30 on order
 * Boeing 737 MAX 7 - 0, +44 on order, to be delivered from 2025
 * Boeing 737 MAX 9 - 4 (2019 to date), +38 on order
 * Boeing 737 MAX 10 - 0, +60 on order, to be delivered from 2023
 * Boeing 757-300 - 7 (1999 to date), to be retired by 2026
 * Boeing 787-8 - 5 (2013 to date)
 * DHBC-9A Kehloke 1 - 10 (1990 to date), to be retired by 2026
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-90 - 29 (1996 to date), to be retired by 2030
 * Mitsubishi SpaceJet M90 - 2 (2021 to date), +13 on order

Historic

 * Airbus A319-100 - 31 (2016-2021), inherited from Frontier
 * Avro RJ100 - 3 (1997-2022)
 * Boeing 247 - 1 (1935-1937)
 * Boeing 247D - 26 (1935-1942)
 * Boeing 707-100 - 2 (1960-1962)
 * Boeing 707-300C - 5 (1968-1980)
 * Boeing 720 - 30 (1961-1982)
 * Boeing 757-300 - 5 (1999-2022)
 * Convair CV-240 - 10 (1948-1961)
 * Curtiss C-46 Commando - 3 (1943-1944)
 * DHBC-7B Trident 7B - 18 (1969–2003)
 * DHBC-7D Trident 7D - 28 (1972–2014)
 * DHBC-7F Trident 8 - 21 (1980–2018)
 * DHBC-9A Kehloke 1 - 8 (1990-2022)
 * DHBC-9B Kehloke 2 - 1 (1992-1993), +2 ordered but not taken up
 * Douglas C-47 - 1 (1947-1948)
 * Douglas C-47B - 1 (1953-1967)
 * Douglas C-48B - 1 (1937-1958)
 * Douglas C-48C - 1 (1944-1946)
 * Douglas C-52A - 1 (1944-1957)
 * Douglas C-53 - 4 (1945-1959)
 * Douglas C-54A - 1 (1946-1947)
 * Douglas C-54B - 4 (1946-1957)
 * Douglas DC-4 - 5 (1946-1956)
 * Douglas DC-4A - 5 (1946-1957)
 * Douglas DC-6B - 31 (1952-1973)
 * Douglas DC-3A - 11 (1937-1964)
 * Lockheed L-188 Electra - 12 (1959-1972)
 * Lockheed L-749A Constellation - 6 (1967-1971)
 * McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 - 10 (1973-2004)
 * McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 - 2 (1981-1993)
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-11 - 3 (1992-2014)
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-90 - 4 (1996-2022)

BC-made aircraft
''Note: a green background indicates an aircraft in service, a yellow background indicates a retired aircraft, and a pink background indicates an aircraft lost in an accident.

Routes
Western Airlines have a codeshare agreement with Royal Hawaiian Airlines and others.

Western Airlines presently serve 130 destinations in 10 countries: 129 in nine countries in North America (including 105 domestic destinations), plus London, United Kingdom.

Entries with a green background indicates a destination in British Columbia. "Domestic" refers to services within the United States; "Continental" refers to services between NAFTA signatories (BC, Mexico, Canada, and the United States).