Sunwing Airlines

No longer operating — ceased in 2024. Reviews below are kept as a record.

WG· SWG· SUNWING· Toronto· Flying since 2005· North America

Sunwing Airlines Inc, d/b/a Sunwing, was a Canadian low-cost airline headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with its main bases at Montréal–Trudeau International Airport and Toronto Pearson International Airport. Originally owned by Sunwing Travel Group, from 2023 onwards it was a subsidiary of WestJet, with which it merged on May 28, 2025.

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Where they crew

7 bases

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Sunwing Airlines shares 5 of its 7 bases with 6 other carriers.

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Industry data on Sunwing Airlines

Industry operator dataset

Published by an industry dataset, not reported by verified crew. Each figure is shown with the date its source was last revised — some are years old.

Figures dated Jan 17, 2009 – May 29, 2018

Recruitment

Positive outlook

Two new B737 MAX taken into service as of May 29, 2018 · 8 yrs old

Published pay

Captain
$89,000
Bottom of scale · period not stated
as of May 22, 2014 · 12 yrs old
First Officer
$52,000
Bottom of scale · period not stated
as of May 22, 2014 · 12 yrs old

Payscale by year of service

Captain · B737-800

All 5 published years

Year 1: CA$80
Year 2: CA$100
Year 3: CA$110
Year 4: CA$120
Year 5: CA$125

as of May 29, 2018 · 8 yrs old

First Officer · B737-800

All 5 published years

Year 1: CA$48
Year 2: CA$60
Year 3: CA$66
Year 4: CA$72
Year 5: CA$75

as of May 29, 2018 · 8 yrs old

Pension

Not set up yet. as of Jan 17, 2009 · 17 yrs old

Conditions

Discounted holidays: www.sunwing.ca/family as of Jan 17, 2009 · 17 yrs old
Annual leave: 9 statutory holidays plus 2-4 weeks of annual vacation. as of Jan 17, 2009 · 17 yrs old
Roster and how it is published: 11 Guaranteed days off per month. as of Jan 17, 2009 · 17 yrs old
Staff travel: Yes, after 6 months of service. as of Jan 17, 2009 · 17 yrs old

Entry requirements

Captain: Not currently hiring Direct Entry Captains. Upgrade from within as of May 22, 2014 · 12 yrs old
First Officer: Must have Canadian Airline Transport Pilot License with a minimum of 3000 hours of total flying time including multiengine and turbine time. as of Jan 17, 2009 · 17 yrs old

Selection process

Interview only. Technical and behavioural questions, with flight ops and HR as of May 22, 2014 · 12 yrs old

On order

2x B737MAX coming in 2019 as of May 29, 2018 · 8 yrs old

How to apply

email or fax. as of Jan 17, 2009 · 17 yrs old

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