aid: westjet url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/westjet/refs/heads/main/apis.yml name: WestJet kind: company description: >- WestJet Airlines Ltd. is Canada's second-largest air carrier, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, operating scheduled passenger service to more than 100 destinations across Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia, alongside WestJet Encore, WestJet Vacations, WestJet Cargo and the Sunwing Vacations Group. In the distribution chain WestJet sits upstream of the agency channel: its inventory reaches travel sellers today through EDIFACT in the Amadeus, Sabre and Travelport GDSs, and it is standing up an IATA NDC surface (schema 17.2 and 21.3/24.1) built and hosted on Accelya's FLX/Farelogix platform, with a stated Q4 2026 rollout. Its API posture is honest but closed: there is no public developer portal, no self-serve signup, no OpenAPI or WSDL and no consumer API. The WestJet Direct Connect API is documented only as a public capability matrix at westjetndc.com, and access requires an IATA or ARC accreditation number (TIDS is explicitly not supported), a business-type and sales-volume qualification form, and WestJet approval. Agency booking through WestJet Agent Direct likewise requires an IATA/TIDS/ARC number and a five-to-ten business day review. There is no bulk export for agency or booking data; guest data comes out only via a verbally authenticated PIPEDA-style "Guest information report" request. image: https://www.westjet.com/favicon.ico tags: - Travel - Canada - Aviation - Airline - Distribution - NDC - Booking - Cargo - Loyalty created: '2026-07-28' modified: '2026-07-28' specificationVersion: '0.19' apis: - aid: westjet:westjet-direct-connect-api name: WestJet Direct Connect API description: >- WestJet's IATA New Distribution Capability (NDC) direct-connect interface for travel sellers, offered in NDC schema versions 17.2 and 21.3/24.1 and delivered on Accelya's FLX/Farelogix platform. Published capability tables cover shopping (fare brands, fare types, complex itineraries, promo codes), ancillaries (EMD-A for bags and pre-reserved seats, seat maps), order creation (book-and-hold, book-and-instant-ticket), payment and ticketing (credit/debit, BSP and ARC cash, UATP, multiple forms of payment), settlement via BSP and ARC, change notifications (OCN), and servicing (CAT 33 voluntary refunds, True Reshop, waiver codes, split/divide PNR, SSR and OSI updates). No OpenAPI, WSDL, XSD or base URL is published; enrolment is by application and requires an IATA or ARC accreditation number. WestJet states a Q4 2026 rollout, with a $20-$22 USD Distribution Cost Recovery surcharge applying to non-NDC (EDIFACT) bookings on the lowest class per cabin in NDC-enabled points of sale. humanURL: https://westjetndc.com/connection-options/ tags: - NDC - Distribution - Airline - Booking - Travel properties: - type: Documentation url: https://westjetndc.com/ - type: Documentation url: https://westjetndc.com/connection-options/ - type: Documentation url: https://westjetndc.com/capabilities/ - type: Documentation url: https://westjetndc.com/benefits/ - type: Documentation url: https://westjetndc.com/faq/ - type: SignUp url: https://westjetndc.com/direct-connect/ - type: GettingStarted url: https://westjetndc.com/connection-options/ - type: Support url: https://westjetndc.com/technical-support/ - type: StatusPage url: https://accelyastatus.statuspage.io/ - type: Roadmap url: https://westjetndc.com/capabilities/ - type: ChangeLog url: https://westjetndc.com/release-notes/ - type: Webhooks url: asyncapi/westjet-ndc-notifications.yml common: - type: DomainSecurity url: security/westjet-domain-security.yml - type: Conformance url: conformance/westjet-conformance.yml - type: Lifecycle url: lifecycle/westjet-lifecycle.yml - type: StatusPage url: https://accelyastatus.statuspage.io/ - type: Roadmap url: https://westjetndc.com/capabilities/ - type: GettingStarted url: https://westjetndc.com/connection-options/ - type: ChangeLog url: https://westjetndc.com/release-notes/ - type: ChangeLog url: changelog/westjet-changelog.yml - type: Webhooks url: asyncapi/westjet-ndc-notifications.yml - type: Packages url: packages/westjet-packages.yml - type: Blog url: https://westjetndc.com/news/ - type: Website url: https://www.westjet.com/ - type: Portal url: https://westjetndc.com/ - type: Documentation url: https://westjetndc.com/capabilities/ - type: TravelAgentResources url: https://westjettravelagents.com/ - type: PolicyLibrary url: https://westjettravelagents.com/policy-library/ - type: TermsOfService url: https://westjettravelagents.com/policy-library/ticketing-policy/ - type: TermsOfService url: https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/legal/terms-use - type: PrivacyPolicy url: https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/legal/privacy-policy - type: DataPortability url: https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/legal/privacy-policy/privacy-requests - type: Login url: https://westjetagentdirect.westjet.com/login-agent.html - type: SignUp url: https://westjetagentdirect.westjet.com/registeragency.html - type: Login url: https://agents.westjetvacations.com/ - type: Cargo url: https://www.westjetcargo.com/en-ca - type: BusinessTravel url: https://westjetbusinesstravel.com/ - type: Vacations url: https://www.westjetvacations.com/en/ - type: LLMsTxt url: https://www.westjet.com/llms.txt - type: LLMsTxt url: llms/westjet-llms.txt - type: LinkedIn url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/westjet - type: Newsroom url: https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/news - type: PressRoom url: https://westjet.mediaroom.com/ - type: Support url: https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/contact maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com