en.Wedoany.com Reported - WestJet has unveiled a special Toronto Blue Jays livery, using a Boeing 737 MAX 8 narrowbody aircraft as its canvas. Approximately 1,000 people attended the unveiling ceremony in Toronto, with the Blue Jays mascot ACE present. The aircraft will serve as the team's aerial billboard, flying across Canada and internationally, with today (June 24) marking its first day back in service after repainting.
The main change in this livery is the deeper blue on the tail to match the team's colors, featuring the Blue Jays logo with a maple leaf. WestJet stated in a press release that nearly 1,000 employees, team representatives, and community members witnessed the livery unveiling at the Pearson Airport hangar. The livery marks the renewal of WestJet's partnership as the team's official airline, a collaboration that has been in place since 2012. Mark Ditmar, Vice President of Blue Jays Partnerships, noted that renewing the partnership and unveiling the livery during the 50th season reflects shared values of teamwork and community building.
According to WestJet's official website, as the official airline, its route network connects Canada's east and west coasts, covering multiple cities where the Blue Jays play away games. Passengers can watch live game broadcasts on the WestJet Flight Deck. The livery design incorporates baseball aesthetics, with the airline stating that its color scheme and smooth lines depict the flight arcs of both an aircraft taking off and a baseball after being hit, connecting the dynamic energy of both.
The aircraft featuring the livery is a Boeing 737 MAX 8, registration C-GORP. According to ch-aviation data, it is one of WestJet's 65 MAX 8s, first flown in December 2019, with an age of 6.5 years. Planespotters.net shows the aircraft was originally destined for Norwegian but was not accepted. It entered service with Swoop in June 2022 and was transferred to WestJet in October 2023. Flightradar24 tracking data indicates it flew to Jacksonville for repainting on June 3 and returned to Toronto on June 22. Today, the aircraft entered service, operating a round-trip flight between Toronto and Calgary.
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