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.
WestJet publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Travel, Canada, Aviation, Airline, and Distribution.
The WestJet catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.
WestJet’s developer surface includes getting-started guide, changelog, engineering blog, developer portal, documentation, signup flow, support, and 25 more developer resources.
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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/Fa...
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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.'
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label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
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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: '0.23'
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
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- 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
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- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/westjet-domain-security.yml
- type: Conformance
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- type: Lifecycle
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- type: StatusPage
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- 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
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- 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
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