Porter Airlines introduced its latest route to the US with the launch of daily flights between Toronto YYZ and Fort Myers. The 1,910-kilometre service will be maintained by the 132-seat E195 E2 aircraft. The airline will compete directly against 14-weekly Air Canada flights and 10-weekly WestJet services. Flight PD535 departs Toronto YYZ at 16:45 local […]
November 17, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Porter Airlines introduced a new domestic service between its Toronto YYZ hub and Winnipeg on Thursday 7 September. The 1,505-kilometre service will be maintained 2-daily with the 132-seat E195E2 aircraft. Winnipeg joins Porter Airlines’ network for the first time. What they said Kevin Jackson, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Porter Airlines, said: […]
September 12, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Porter Airlines introduced flights between Ottawa and Vancouver on Wednesday 26 July, as the carrier continues to build coast-to-coast connectivity. The 3,565-kilometre service will be maintained daily with the 132-seat E195E2 aircraft. Flight PD268 departs Ottawa at 18:00 local time, arriving in Vancouver at 20:10 local time. The return service, operating as flight PD260, departs […]
August 1, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Porter Airlines has commenced a two-daily service between Toronto YYZ and Calgary on 22 February. The carrier is utilising its new E195E2 aircraft on the 2,680-kilometre route. The addition of Calgary is part of Porter Airlines’ new strategy to develop Toronto YYZ as a hub with its new all-economy cabin jets. The airline recently introduced […]
February 23, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Ottawa ended 2022 with just shy of three million passengers, according to the airport’s own statistics. Traffic at Canada’s capital airport was 41% lower than in 2019, with US and non-US international down by 72% and 79% respectively. It was not helped by the exit of American and Delta, nor the loss of eight US, […]
February 15, 2023 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Porter Airlines is the latest entrant on the competitive domestic route between Toronto YYZ and Vancouver. On Tuesday 7 February, the airline added the 3,350-kilometre sector to its network, with an initial 2-daily service operated by its new E195E2 aircraft. Flights PD305 and PD313 depart Toronto YYZ at 10:15 and 17:59 local time respectively, arriving […]
February 9, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Renowned for being a Dash-8-Q400 operator from Toronto YTZ, the close-to-downtown Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, Porter has now entered a new era of growth and network change. On 1 February, the carrier introduced its first jet service with its new Porter Airlines (Canada) Limited AOC. Using the Embraer E195-E2, it started two routes: Toronto […]
Passenger demand in Canada is finally starting to recover. Latest passenger figures collected by CATSA at Canada’s eight busiest airports shows a rapid improvement since early June. At that time demand was only at 10% of the 2019 figure. However, by the end of August, demand was up to around 45% of the pre-pandemic figure, […]
September 17, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America