Name for the WestJet Q 400 Operation

[WetJet]

I'm still hoping for the start a float plane service so they can call it... wait for it.... WetJet!!! Oh the royalties I will make!!!

[undashflyer]

QWestJet

[JoeCanuck]

WedgieJet

Almost-A-Jet

TestJet

ThereYet?

[Wacko]

Yesterday on Global they said the name is going to be the same as the parent... so maybe something like WJ Regional etc.

One odd thing they said was that pilots will fly BOTH types vs. other support staff ie flight attendants will only fly the national or regional?

[wrc]

PropJob

[wrc]

PropJob

[Brantford Beech Boy]

It's probably time to re-brand the whole mess. This is the risk in marrying a region with your brand name. As you outgrow your region, the name loses relevance.

Westjet should become something like "Maple Leaf Airlines". Then you wouldn't need a new brand for the company on the props, you could just brand the "service". You could call it something like Maple Leaf Connector. Or Maple Leaf Regional. Or Maple Leaf EXTRA. Which avoids branding the towns it serves as secondary.

Or....we can wait until Westjet absorbs Air Canada and they can just use that name.

Or...we can use a name that is synonymous with "Canada" and is used interchangeably by our government: Harper Airlines. The props can be "Senate Service".

i like it. they could call the mainline Canadi>n and the dash service could be called Canadi>n Regional...and being proudly canadian, they could paint some kind of canadian icon like, i dunno, a big goose on the fuselage..


BBB

[goleafsgo]

Why can't it just be westjet?

[square]

Little WestJunior

[cj555]

In this business, its all about brand recongnition, and brand reputation. WJ has done an excellent job of building an outstand brand and coporate culture, and must continue to nuture this brand in order to be successful. For these reasons, the new low cost carrier must have a similar name to WestJet.

WestJet Link
WestLink
WestJet Regional
WestJet Blue
WestJet Sky

[Oleo 4]

On the side of the planes.. how about "WestJet" - on paper you can call it WestJet Inc, corp, llc, etc etc

[ransaboolie]

absolutley for sure...... WEASLEJET!!!

[Rotten Apple #1]

SOLVENT.

In english, the business definition is that the company can pay its debts. And in french, it combines the french words for ground (SOL) and wind (VENT)...ground wind...

Do we have a winner?

[BTyyj]

SOLVENT

The chemical definition for it works well too:

"substance that dissolves another to form a solution"

[CID]

Westjet would never brand themselves with a name derived from French. They would consider "Redneck" before "Solvent". It would be much more representative of their roots.

Or even Crude Airlines. No wait. That's Air Canada.

[Stu Pidasso]

Spy-Jet Lite

Pest-Jet Express

[BTyyj]

Westjet would never brand themselves with a name derived from French. They would consider "Redneck" before "Solvent". It would be much more representative of their roots.

The name "Westjet" is actually two words, "West" "Jet", which are derived from Norse mythology and French, respectively.

West

The word west is derived from the name of one of the four dwarves in Norse mythology, Norðri, Suðri, Austri and Vestri, who each represented one of the directions of the world. cf Greek hesperus and Roman vesper.

Jet

The word "jet" first appeared in English in the 16th century and was adopted from the French verb "jeter" meaning "to project", "to throw out".

[mbav8r]

Seriously, you don't think the name was born from modern english, having to do with they started out West and operate jets?

[Rowdy]

.

[bandaid]

Western Regional Airline.

[Beefitarian]

-CounterJazz

WestJazz!

[BTyyj]

Seriously, you don't think the name was born from modern english, having to do with they started out West and operate jets?

The user I was replying to had commented that Westjet would not use a word that was derived from the French language as an airline name. My response was simply to point out that they already had, when they named their mainline carrier "Westjet".

[FenderManDan]

-CounterJazz

WestJazz!

That's awesome

Ok my turn:

- EastWestPropJet (I tried the other combos but this one sort of rolls the best)
- MapleProp
- MilkyWays
- WestJoke (I mean they like to have fun, not derogatory)
- Air Connect
- WestBlues, JetsBlues, Blues, ok somebody, please pick the blues.

[Big Pistons Forever]

OK WestJet here is one I dare you to use

Celine.

[mel gibson]

80 percent of Industry Standard Jet

Flow through Jet

Start small Jet

Common employer Jet

Race to the bottom Jet