SRQ airport lands new airline

A Calgary-based airline, WestJet, plans to serve the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport with nonstop service to Toronto twice a week.

A low-cost carrier that flies to 90 destinations in more than 20 countries, WestJet brings the total number of carriers at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport to six. The other carriers include Air Canada, which flies daily nonstop flights to Toronto in the winter and spring and on Thursdays and Saturdays in the summer and fall.

The WestJet flights, according to a release, will begin Dec. 18 and run through April 26, flying on Fridays and Sundays. The inbound flight to Sarasota Bradenton will leave Toronto Pearson International Airport at 8:05 a.m. and arrive at 11:06 a.m. The return flight to Toronto will leave Sarasota Bradenton International, which uses the call letters SRQ, at 11:55 a.m. and arrive in Toronto at 2:39 p.m.