Airline says trash data a treasure: Air Canada court files indicate WestJet mapped out 'best and worst' routes

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WestJet Airlines Ltd. generated summaries of Air Canada's 'best and worst' routes by probing into the numbers of seats sold, according to court documents in a corporate espionage case that riveted the country's aviation industry. The summary reports that outline the number of seats available on an Air Canada route and the way passengers boarded, have become the centerpiece so far in the carrier's $220-million lawsuit against WestJet.

General services, Business services, not elsewhere classified, All Other Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services, Airline Reservation Services, Investigations, Company systems management, Information management, Espionage, Airline reservations

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Air Canada had WestJet executive's trash digitally reconstructed

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Air Canada has acknowledged that it had hired investigators to sift through a WestJet Airlines Ltd. executive's garbage, which were sent on to be digitally reconstructed. However, its Calgary-based rival, WestJet Airlines Ltd. plans to counter-sue the airline and its private investigators for allegedly seizing confidential financial information.

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Air Canada claims Web infringement

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Air Canada warns Website on using the company's logo.

Company Web site/Web page, Web sites (World Wide Web), Web sites, Web site/Web page development

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