Around this time last year, WestJet quietly introduced a new interior on their latest 737 MAXs.
Physically, this new cabin is essentially the same as the rest of the MAX fleet, but has some new touches bringing it more in line with those on their 787s.
This is a pretty noteworthy change since, with the exception of the new premium seats, the look of their 737 cabin hasn’t changed much in the last couple of years.
I lucked out with one of these new interior planes on a flight from Ottawa to Calgary back in March, and I thought it was worth taking a closer look!
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SOURCES:
WestJet MAX 8/10 new seat map: https://news.paxeditions.com/news/airline/westjet-integrate-sunwing-mainline-reconfigure-aircraft-memo-shows
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: WestJet (WJA.WS)
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8 MAX (B38M)
Flight Number: WS613
Seat: 15F (Economy)
Livery: Revised (2022)
Engines: 2x CFM LEAP-1B
Registration: C-GPFT
Route: Ottawa (YOW) – Calgary (YYC)
Callsign: WESTJET 613
Runway used: 25 (YOW) – 35R (YYC)
Date filmed: March 2023
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42 Comments
I have 3 flights in August onboard the Westjet 738 and hoping it at least will have new interior, especially in premium seating where I will be. Thanks Alex for the great info and another great video.
Are you in the industry or work in oil; how do you afford to fly so much? I'll hop in my car to go see something, but a flight just to see AF1? Must be nice.
I love that there is a Canadian reviewer who posts awesome videos like this!
Westjet still cant find it in their heart to install seatback screens on their maxes😔
737 Мax without tv😢
Eh, sorry. This is lipstick on a pig. I've been on these planes more than I care for and even when they were new, the interiors were uncomfortable and cheap.
The Max 8 interiors are much better, albeit still cheap on the materials.
Nothing new other than the colour scheme which makes zero difference once you're seated.
Great video as always! Flying to Calgary from Winnipeg (home) on AC8331 in August! You should do a flight review out or from Winnipeg sometime!
YOW airport setup has never been the same every time I fly in/out of there. I'm sure they're re-modelling it ever 4 years at this rate.
15F? You would think a veteran traveler would have selected or paid for a better seat; especially since you are tall
Westjet free snakes
The photos of AF1 are fantastic, with the fog.
Was there only one B747-200? Seems that both don't always fly together.
As per your request: "LIKE". 🙂Saddened to see Westjet follow Air Canada and reduce seat pitch to make flying as miserable as possible. In the end, they should just get A220s and fill them only with premium class. No point in buying larger jets if you don't want coach passengers (which is the signla an airline sends when it makes coach as miserable as possible to push sales to premium product).
Big improvement on the seat coverings. However, still don't get the tail logo.
Glad you enjoyed YOW, Alex!
Another excellent review, Alex, thank you!
Just a note though… you refer to Westjet as a "low cost carrier" but I think they left that concept behind some years ago. Route for route, dollar for dollar, their rates and services seem to match their competitors.
Maybe it's because being the "Spirit" of Canada doesn't really reminds anything good lol
Flew the inaugural IAD-YYC flight a few weeks ago on the -800. Seats were miserable for the five hour flight. Being a Delta Medallion member is felt like a whole new world! Those seats look 1000% more comfortable than the all black.
Hello Alex. Really enjoy your videos so please keep making them. I will take the time at this point to really voice my disappointment at the way our Canadian airlines continue to cram as many seats in their aircraft as possible making it extremely uncomfortable to travel. As someone who travelled more in the 70's and 80's there were the really the peak of airline travel when Air Canada, Canadian Pacific, Wardair provided internationally high standards. I no longer have any desire to travel because of the poor choices we Canadians have. You either have to have lots of money to pay for business or first class, and apparently even then, our services are lacking. This does not include the hard working airline staff who have to work in very difficult circumstances. Its our monopolistic, greedy, executives of our airlines making the decisions.
I really do have a preference for Boeing engine roars/takeoffs (they just sound better) compared to the airbus fleet 💕
I really like the very appropriate look of this plane's interior🛫
So overdue but underwhelming
I flew on the Max with their new interior and i loved it! It was a five hour flight so I got to spend sometime exploring the seat
Glad you saw AF1. I was fortunate to be having a late lunch at the legendary In’n’Out Burger adjacent to LAX when Obama arrived on this bird. At first thought it was a KLM 747 but as it came closer for landing it was clear what it was. (Another time with a long connection @LAX drove up to the Reagan presidential library and toured his 707 AF1 and Marine1 helicopter. Saw one of the others…there were more than two 707 variants…at the Puma Arizona air museum. Not sure where the two current 747 versions will be retired to.)
I just love the livery of the WestJet 737 max. Love the new seats!
No inflight entertainment? Sad. Though maybe they are trying to be like Southwest now.
Hi Alex! Are you going to the mirabel air show in September!
That was an awesome report Congrats to Westjet on the new cabins on the MAX also that C5 that you can see on take off was also apart of Bidens entourage I believe it comes ahead of him with among other things "The Beast" which is the presidential limousine. 🙃
The week POTUS landed we were actually getting married, and we had family coming in from the US at the same time, they got delayed over 4 hours for the AF1 landing
A real treat to start my day…..glad you got to see Air Force 1, just sorry our embarrassment was onboard…..take care and have a great day!
Good review. Too bad that WestJet insists on cramming in additional seats. It's time to call WestJet out, as well as other carriers, for what the cramming is – greed, and lack of concern for those who have to sit in those seats. I understand the need to maximize profits, but at what expense? Also, and may there never be a need for it, in the event of an emergency evacuation of the cabin in a potentially life threatening situation, those extra seats increase the evac times and the level of risk for both cabin crew and pax.
i flew that exact same plane in the of march to toronto from edmonton, wonderful interior but it would be nice if they brought screens over like the dream liner
I flew WJ to New York with the new cabin, and the larger overhead bins and accent ceiling lighting is a big improvement
The forward seats have horrible DeHaviland Comet style armrest walls. They could only be worse if they made them out of cinderblocks. The new Leap motors sound like old Pratt + Whitney's. Nice
Loved that zooming in onto the AF1 🤣🤣
i will be doing a simular vid cause i recently flew on their max for i think the first time!
Another great video Alex! And I noticed you're shooting for 100k! The new seat does look MUCH better, but those seats don't look as comfortable. I wonder how well it'll hold up over time. I'm curious about the comment about integrating Swoops ULCC concept into WJ mainline. Perhaps the back portion will be tighter legroom the the ULCC ticket price/basic fares and "nicer" seats further up included with standard fare bookings? Just trying to think how it could work.
Thanks for sharing!
Delta sells WJ premium as first class.
Boeing 737 Max? Yeah no thanks.
Took the new max 8 from Toronto to Vegas 2 months ago was like sitting on plywood and very cramped more comfortable on there old 737 dash 7 hopefully Porter starts the route soon
I've never flown WestJet as I'm a UA million miler and therefore the only Canadian airline I've used is AC – I must say that this interior looks pretty weak in comparison to the Airbus A220-300 I recently flew on from SFO – YYZ. The 220 had wider seats in a 2-3 configuration so only one middle seat per row and the seats are the widest I've experienced in economy. I'll stick with AC when traveling in Canada.