WestJet announced a multi-billion-dollar, 15-year commercial agreement with German aircraft services firm Lufthansa Technik to build a new engine repair station in Calgary. Lufthansa Technik will establish and operate a the aircraft engine maintenance facility at  the Calgary airport to service WestJet’s approximately 50 Boeing 737 Max airplanes, which West Jet says make up around a quarter of its fleet. The airline is projected to have more than 130 of the aircraft before the end of the decade. The facility will be built by the Calgary Airport Authority and is expected to cost about $120 million, and begin operating in 2027. 
The project includes funding from the federal and provincial governments as well as Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund, Calgary Economic Development, Calgary International Airport and the Canada Infrastructure Bank. The project is expected to create up to 160 new jobs in Calgary by 2030.