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Board of Directors. In the Marillion song Bitter Suite from "Misplaced Childhood" there is a reference to Lyon. Executive. Lyon is twinned with:. See: List of WestJet destinations. The long list of notable Lyonnais includes:. Westjet now operates the youngest fleet of aircraft by a major commercial airline in North America, with an average age of two years. Despite occasional problems with the technology infrastructure or lack of cards in vending machines, it seems to have been adopted as a viable means of public transport.

The last commercial revenue flight by a '200 was a charter flight, Las Vegas to Calgary, arriving at 0130 January 9, 2006, flown by tail 741 (C-GWWJ). The system was introduced in May 2005 and was a huge success in its first few months of operation. The aircraft was flown by Don Bell. Known as Vélo'v, it is owned and operated by the advertising company JCDecaux, which refers to it as Cyclocity. On January 9th, 2006, the last Boeing 737-200 (Tail 748 C-FCWJ) was flown during a fly-by ceremony at the Westjet hangar in Calgary. Lyon has a public bicycle network of 2000 bikes which can be picked up and dropped off at points around the city. Less then 10% of WestJet's available seat miles are flown by the 200's. In addition to the extensive metro and bus system, Lyon has a tramway system.

There will be three to four in operation on any given day throughout the busy Christmas holidays. The TCL (Transport en Commun Lyonnais : Lyon's Public transport) serves 62 communes of the Lyons agglomeration and constitutes the second grid system jointly French. As of March 2006, there will be no more 200 series planes in WestJet's fleet. Metro: see Lyon Metro. On July 12th, 2005, WestJet announced that it had completed the sale of its remaining Boeing 737-200 to Miami-based Apollo Aviation Group (Apollo). 1982. However, with the abrupt end of operations by discount rival Jetsgo on March 11, 2005, the retirement of the 737-200 fleet will possibly be delayed as WestJet plans to add flights to fill Jetsgo's void. It was the first city to be connected by the TGV c.

This will enable WestJet to further enjoy a lower-cost structure. Lyon is connected to the North (Lille, Paris) and the South (Marseille, Montpellier) by the TGV. It was announced early in 2005 that the 737-200 fleet would be retired within the year, to be replaced by newer, more fuel-efficient aircraft. Airport: Saint-Exupéry International Airport. The first deliveries of 737-600 and 737-800 aircraft began in 2005. The red vestments of the canons of Lyon are said to have given rise to red becoming the signature color of the cardinals, in a decree promulgated under Pope Innocent IV at the First Council of Lyons, 1245. WestJet continues to slowly retire the older 737-200 aircraft while they grow their overall fleet with Next Generation Aircraft consisting of -600, -700, and -800 series models from the 737 class. The archdiocese dates to Roman times before Franks entered modern France (see history above).

By year end 2005, the operating fleet will consist of 56 aircraft; Fifty of those aircraft are now Next Generation Boeing 737 aircraft. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of the city holds the title "Primate of the Gauls" (Primat des Gaules) and is the leading Archbishop of France. The airline flies a fleet that consists exclusively of Boeing 737s, taking a cue from the successful single operating type model pioneered by Southwest Airlines. Two of France's best known wine-growing regions are located near Lyon: the Beaujolais to the North, and the Côtes du Rhône to the South.
. During the event, the local population places candles in their windows and the city of Lyon organizes and projects impressive large-scale light shows onto the sides of important Lyonais monuments, such as the mediaeval Cathédral St-Jean. There are also weekly charter flights run year-round to Las Vegas, Nevada, from Calgary and Edmonton on behalf of Signature Vacations; this charter agreement is set to expire in the Fall of 2005. December 8 each year is marked by "la Fête de la Lumière" (the Festival of Lights), a celebration of thanks to the Virgin Mary, who purportedly saved the city from a deadly plague in the Middle Ages.

Martin. The Lumière brothers invented cinema in the town in 1898. Some of the destinations that WestJet planes can be found at are the Dominican Republic, Puerto Vallarta, Panama City (Panama), Cancún, Mazatlan, Varadero, Cuba and St. For several centuries Lyon has been known as the capital of gastronomy, fine handweaving, and the silk trade. The planes are operated by WestJet crews. Lyon was an early center for printing books, and nurtured a circle of 16th century poets. WestJet Airlines entered into a two-year agreement with Air Transat in August, 2003, whereby Westjet Next Generation Boeing aircraft would be filled by Transat's two main tour operators, World of Vacations and Air Transat Holidays. Interpol headquarters is located in this neighborhood.

Soon after, the airline announced new service from Calgary to Fort Lauderdale; Edmonton to Las Vegas; Kelowna to Las Vegas; Toronto to Fort Myers and Phoenix; Montreal to Fort Lauderdale; Winnipeg to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Phoenix; and Vancouver to Las Vegas, Palm Springs, and Phoenix. This area also contains the Parc de la tête d'or, one of Europe's largest urban parks. However, WestJet ended service to New York (LaGuardia) on July 4, 2005, citing an inability to secure gates at the airport. Across the Rhône from the presqu'ile sits modern Lyon, home to the urban center Lyon Part-Dieu; central France's only skyscraper; and most of the city's population. On September 20, 2004 Westjet commenced the first phase of its transborder flights by flying from Calgary and Toronto to Los Angeles International Airport as well as Toronto to New York LaGuardia. Specifically, it is the largest clear square (i.e., without any patches of greenery, trees or any other kind of obstacles) in Europe. During a second quarter conference call in 2004, Clive Beddoe, announced that Westjet would be expanding to serve the United States. On the peninsula (presqu'ile) between the rivers Rhône and Saône, is the third largest public square in France, and one of the largest in Europe, the Place Bellecour.

In late 2002 the Airline was accused by rival Air Canada of [1] espionage for their role in accessing confidential information. The Saint-Jean and the Croix-Rousse areas, which are noted for their narrow passageways (traboules) that pass through buildings and link the streets either side, were designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1998. All flights returning from the Hawaiian Islands will be overnight flights (red-eyes) allowing the carrier to maintain a high utilization of the fleet. Croix-Rousse the hill that works was traditionally home to the many small silk workshops, an industry for which the city was renowned. Effective December 2005, the airline will fly from Vancouver to Honolulu and Vancouver to Maui. Fourvière, known as the hill that prays is the location for the highly decorated Notre-Dame de Fourvière basilica, several convents, the palace of the Archbishop, the Tour métallique (a highly visible TV tower) and a funicular. After rumours and speculation surrounding the implementation of extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS), WestJet announced new service to the Hawaiian Islands from Vancouver on September 20, 2005. The Rhône and Saône rivers meet at the south end of the city, which is dominated by the two hills Fourvière and the Croix-Rousse.

In June 2005, the airline announced it was ceasing service to Windsor, Ontario, effective October 30, 2005, and shifting capacity to nearby London. (See also Klaus Barbie.) The traboules, or secret passages, through the houses enabled the local people to escape Gestapo raids. Also in April 2005, WestJet ceased service to Gander. Lyon was a centre for the occupying German forces and also a stronghold of resistance during World War II, and the town is now home to a resistance museum. In April 2005, they announced new service seasonal to Charlottetown. The 1831 uprising saw one of the first recorded uses of the black flag as an emblem of protest. WestJet's transborder flights fly non-stop from Calgary (WestJet's main hub), as well as Edmonton, Kelowna, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Winnipeg. The silk workers of Lyon, known as canuts, staged two major uprisings: in 1831 and 1834.

Myers, Las Vegas was added to the growing list of destinations. Bartholomew's Day Massacres in 1572. In Fall 2005, Ft. Lyon was a scene of mass violence against Huguenots in the St. Palm Springs was added in early 2005, as was San Diego, while New York-LaGuardia was dropped. Thanks to the silk trade, Lyon became an important industrial town during the 19th century. These included San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, New York (LaGuardia). During the Renaissance, the city developed with the silk trade, especially with Italy; the Italian influence on Lyon's architecture can still be seen.

destinations were added or announced. When international banking moved to Genoa, then Amsterdam, Lyon simply became the banking center of France; its new Bourse (treasury), built in 1749, still resembled a public bazaar where accounts were settled in the open air. In 2004, a number of U.S. The fairs in Lyon, the invention of Italian merchants, made it the economic countinghouse of France in the late 15th century. All of the flights between Ottawa and Hamilton and Montreal and Hamilton were moved to Toronto, a move that brought WestJet more fully in to the lucrative Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal triangle. 327). In April, 2004, WestJet moved its eastern hub from Hamilton to Toronto. Fernand Braudel remarked, "Historians of Lyon are not sufficiently aware of the bi-polarity between Paris and Lyon, which is a constant structure in French development" from the late Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution (Braudel 1984 p.

John's, and Gander. In 843, by the Treaty of Verdun, Lyon, with the country beyond the Saône, went to Lothair I. In April 2003, WestJet added Windsor, Montreal, Halifax, St. Burgundian refugees from the destruction of Worms by Huns in 437 were resettled by the military commander of the west, Aëtius, at Lugdunum, which was formally the capital of the new Burgundian kingdom by 461. In 2002, the airline added two new eastern Canadian destinations, the cities of London and Toronto. The great Christian bishop of Lyon in the 2nd century was the Easterner Irenaeus. The airline's four creators also received another entrepreneurship award. The Christians in Lyon were persecuted for their religious views under the reigns of the Roman emperors Marcus Aurelius and Septimus Severus.

Marie, Sudbury, Thompson and Brandon. Two emperors were born in this city: Claudius and Caracalla. In 2001, expansion continued, to include Fort McMurray and Comox, and to the subsequently pulled cities of Sault Ste. It then became the capital of Gaul, partly thanks to its fortunate site at the convergence of two navigable rivers, and quickly became the main city of Gaul. That year, Beddoe, Hill, Morgan and Bell were given the Ernst & Young entrepreneur of the year award in Canada for their contribution to the Canadian airline industry. Agrippa recognized that Lugdunum's position on the natural highway from northern to south-eastern France made it a natural communications hub, and he made Lyon the starting point of the principal Roman roads throughout Gaul. In 2000, the airline expanded to Canada's eastern region, reaching Hamilton, Moncton, and Ottawa, and choosing Hamilton as the airline's eastern region hub. The three parts of Gaul mentioned by Caesar met at Lyon.

Also in 1999, the cities of Thunder Bay, Grande Prairie, and Prince George were added to WestJet's route map. Lug's 'totem' was a cock (rooster), hence the Modern French association with 'le coq'. In 1999, a milestone was reached when WestJet was able to offer its first public sharing at 2.5 million shares. The name was latinised as Lugdunum; Lug was equated by the Romans to Mercurius. In 1997 service to Abbotsford was added. Lyon was founded as a Roman colony in 43 BC by Munatius Plancus, a lieutenant of Caesar, on the site of a Gaulish hill-fort settlement called Lug[o]dunon—from the Celtic sun god Lugus ('Light', cognate to Old Irish Lugh, Modern Irish Lú) and dúnon (hill-fort). By the end of that same year, they had included Regina, Saskatoon, and Victoria. Lyon, similarly to Marseille and Paris is divided into 9 municipal arrondissements, referred to by number.

At that time, the airline served Calgary (the airline's hub), Edmonton, Kelowna, Vancouver, and Winnipeg with a fleet of three Boeing 737-200 aircraft and two-hunded and twenty employees. Lyon is the capital of the Rhône-Alpes région, the préfecture of the Rhône département, and the capital of 14 cantons, covering 1 commune, and with a total population of 445,452 (1999). On February 29, 1996 the first WestJet flight (a Boeing 737) departed. . Originally meant to be a western Canada operation, WestJet soon became one of the fastest growing airlines in the world. Lyon is also the international headquarters of Interpol. Founded in 1996 by Clive Beddoe, Mark Hill, Tim Morgan, and Donald Bell, WestJet tried to follow the same path as Southwest Airlines and Morris Air, as a low-cost carrier. Lyonnaise Region is an unofficial, popular name, not to be confused with the administrative région of Rhône-Alpes, which is much larger than the Lyonnaise Region.

. Today the region around Lyon is still known as Lyonnais (French: le Lyonnais), or sometimes even as the Lyonnaise Region (French: Région Lyonnaise). Profit-Sharing is credited for this fact. The city gave its name to the Lyonnais province, of which it was the capital. WestJet is a rarity in the airline industry due to the fact that it is non-unionized. Lyon is the capital of the Rhône-Alpes région, and the préfecture (capital) of the Rhône département.
WestJet TSX: WJA is a Canadian low-cost carrier based in Calgary, Alberta that flies to most major cities in Canada and 12 cities in the United States. Together with its suburbs and satellite towns, Lyon forms the second largest metropolitan area in France after Paris, with 1,648,216 inhabitants at the 1999 census, and approximately the 20th to 25th largest metropolitan area of Western Europe.

Fridhandler (IR Professional). Location: 45°46′1″N, 4°50′3″E. Daryl S. Lyon (often Lyons in English) (French pronunciation: /ljɔ̃/) is a city in east central France. Hugh Bolton (Board Member). A historical article about a 19th century flood inspired the 1979 song The Flood at Lyons by Renaissance. Arthur Scace (Board Member). Yokohama, Japan, 1959 Yokohama's Sister City page.

James Homeniuk (Board Member). Frankfurt, Germany, 1960. (Larry) Pollock (Board Member). Saint Louis, United States, 1975. L.M. Milan, Italy, 1966. Tim Morgan (Board Member). Guangzhou, China, 1988.

MacDonald (Board Member). Birmingham, Great Britain, 1951 Birmingham's Partner City page. Donald A. Hector Guimard, Art Nouveau architect. Wilmot Matthews (Board Member). Bernard Pivot, journalist. Murph Hannon (Board Member). Caracalla, IIInd century roman emperor.

Ronald Greene (Board Member). Bertrand Tavernier, movies director. Allan Jackson (Board Member). Raymond Domenech, trainer French football team. Russ Hall (Executive Vice President). Youri Djorkaeff, football player. Sean Durfy (Executive Vice President). Henri Cochet, tennis player.

Fred Ring (Executive Vice President). Bishop Mathias Loras, the first Bishop of the Dubuque, Iowa Diocese. Sandy Campbell (Executive Vice President). Jean-Michel Jarre, musician. Donald Bell (Executive Vice President). Maurice Jarre, composer. Clive Beddoe (CEO). Marie-France Gaîté (la Gribouille), singer.

5 Boeing 737-800. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, aviation pioneer and writer. 41 Boeing 737-700. Tony Garnier, architect and utopian planner. 2 Boeing 737-600 (More on order). Jules Favre, republican statesman. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, painter.

Shlomo Aviner, renowned Religious Zionist rabbi. François Rabelais, 16th century writer. Louise Labé, 16th century poet. Cathédrale Saint-Jean.

Cité Internationale, 1998, Renzo Piano, architect. Lyon Airport Railway Station, 1994, Santiago Calatrava, architect. Opéra National de Lyon, renovation and expansion 1993, Jean Nouvel, architect. Guillaume Gilbert, architect.

Satolas Airport, 1975. Sainte Marie de La Tourette monastery, 1960, Le Corbusier, architect. La Mouche Cattle Market and Abbatoir, 1914, 1928, Tony Garnier, architect. Tour métallique de Fourvière, 1894.

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