Southwest says reported WestJet deal with Delta could jeopardize its plans

Southwest-WestJet deal in jeopardy

DALLAS — Southwest Airlines may be looking soon for a new partner to provide service to Canada.

Southwest has planned for more than a year to operate U.S.-Canada flights in a partnership with Canada’s WestJet, which would actually do the cross-border flying.

But Canadian media reports indicate that WestJet is talking about hooking up with Delta.

Southwest said Thursday that a WestJet-Delta deal might make a Southwest-WestJet partnership impossible.

Southwest says if it can’t work out its differences with WestJet, it will look for other ways to offer customers flights to Canada.