Los Cabos will add its eighth Canadian city connection when WestJet begins weekly service to Regina, Saskatchewan, starting December 14. The new route marks another step in the destination’s quiet expansion of winter airlift from Canada, a market that has grown from 8 percent to 11 percent of total airport traffic between 2024 and mid-2026.
The Monday-only flight will use Boeing 737-800 aircraft with 174 seats. It is a seasonal addition timed to the snowbird months, when thousands of Canadians trade prairie winters for Baja beaches. For property owners banking on rental income, the timing matters. December through March is when vacancy rates drop and nightly rates climb.
Regina is not a massive market. But it is another spoke in a widening network. With this route, WestJet will operate eight direct routes between Canada and Los Cabos this winter: Edmonton, Kelowna, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Calgary, Victoria, Toronto and now Regina. Seventeen airlines now serve 50 routes through the Los Cabos airport, which logged 3.8 million passengers through June 2026.
Francisco Villaseñor Reyes, director of Los Cabos International Airport, said the growth confirms the value of strengthening ties with Canada. He pointed to the market’s upward trend and called the Regina route a reflection of WestJet’s confidence in the destination’s potential.
John Weatherill, WestJet’s executive vice president and chief commercial officer, framed it more plainly: the airline wants to give passengers more ways to swap snow boots for sandals.
Why Regina Matters for Los Cabos
Regina is not Vancouver. It is not Toronto. But it is a capital city with purchasing power, direct access to the prairie provinces and a winter that starts early and ends late. For hoteliers, timeshare operators and vacation rental managers, another weekly flight from a cold-weather market is another chance to fill rooms when demand is strongest.
According to Datatur, Los Cabos ranks third nationally for Canadian visitor arrivals. More than 260,000 passengers traveled between Canada and Los Cabos in the first half of 2026 alone. That volume supports not just hotels, but restaurants, tours, ground transportation, retail and everything else that moves when tourists arrive.
The Regina route also fits into a broader pattern. Montreal flights returned to Los Cabos earlier this year. Vancouver service expanded. Calgary remains a cornerstone route. What used to be a destination heavily tilted toward the United States now draws nearly one in nine passengers from Canada.
What This Means for Residents and Businesses
For expats and part-time residents, more Canadian flights mean easier travel options if you are heading north to visit family or manage affairs back home. For businesses, it means a deeper customer base during the peak season. More flights also create price competition, which can bring fares down or at least keep them from spiking as hard during holiday weeks.
For those tracking the broader tourism picture, the Regina announcement is less about one route and more about momentum. Los Cabos has worked to diversify its source markets, and Canada has responded. Whether that momentum holds depends on how well the destination manages itself: water, waste, traffic, public safety and all the infrastructure questions that do not show up in airport press releases.
The new route launches December 14. Tickets are expected to go on sale through WestJet in the coming weeks. For now, it is one more line on the winter schedule and one more reason the airport keeps adding gates.
