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Porter Expands Service Throughout North America This Summer

Network capacity increasing by 25%

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Porter Airlines is updating its 2025 summer schedule. Increases in capacity are spread across new destinations, the continuation of winter routes into summer, and added frequencies. Domestic flying during this period is now 80% of total network capacity, up from 75% in its original summer plan. This is balanced by targeted frequency reductions in select U.S. markets. Despite the changes, Porter’s presence in the Canada-U.S. market will be 25% larger than last summer.

The summer schedule is supported by 10 additional Embraer E195-E2 aircraft compared to 2024, growing the number of jets in the airline's fleet to 44 (of an order up to 100). These operate in conjunction with the airline’s regional fleet of 29 De Havilland Dash 8-400s.

“Our goal is to fly where our customers want to travel, and this is a moment Canada is at the top of many people’s list,” said Kevin Jackson, president, Porter Airlines. “We are adding routes and increasing flights in regions across the country to meet this demand.”

The updated domestic schedule includes the following details over peak summer operations:

Route Changes

New Peak Summer Schedule

NEW Moncton - Toronto Pearson

5x weekly

Vancouver - Toronto Pearson

6x daily

Victoria - Toronto Pearson

12x weekly

Charlottetown - Toronto Pearson

7x weekly

St. John’s - Toronto Pearson

14x weekly

Kelowna - Toronto Pearson

7x weekly

Deer Lake - Toronto Pearson

3x weekly

Thunder Bay - Toronto Pearson

7x weekly

Calgary - Toronto Pearson

4x daily

Montréal - Vancouver

14x weekly

Hamilton - Vancouver

14x weekly

Hamilton - Calgary

6x weekly

Hamilton - Edmonton

7x weekly

Hamilton - Halifax

7x weekly

Victoria - Ottawa

7x weekly

Halifax - Deer Lake

7x weekly

Highlights:

  • Toronto Pearson-Moncton is a new route, which complements existing flights between Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport-Moncton and Ottawa-Moncton.
  • Hamilton-Vancouver service doubles to 14 weekly flights, representative of strong pre-booking demand for this new route taking off in June.
  • Montréal-Vancouver and Toronto-St. John’s both double planned service to 14 weekly flights.

“These routes complement existing schedules by creating more non-stop flight options and greater connectivity for travelling beyond hubs in Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal and Halifax,” added Jackson.

Porter is also launching new service between Toronto Pearson - New York-LaGuardia and Montréal - New York-Newark this spring. This is supported by expanding winter seasonal service through the summer to destinations such as Phoenix and San Diego, and increasing year-over-year capacity for Las Vegas and San Francisco.

“Porter has increased capacity in the U.S. by 25% year-over-year. Based on our current spring bookings, the number of passengers travelling on Porter across our transborder routes is up more than our capacity, demonstrating strong traveller demand for Porter’s elevated experience. As we shift some capacity to domestic routes in the near term to account for consumer travel interest, we are still seeing an overall increase in U.S. travel on Porter flights,” said Jackson.

On every flight, passengers enjoy Porter’s signature service, including no middle seats, complimentary wine and beer served in glassware and premium snacks. Routes operated with the new Embraer E195-E2 also have free, fast WiFi available for everyone.

Full schedule details are available at www.flyporter.com.

About Porter
Since 2006, Porter Airlines has been elevating the experience of economy air travel for every passenger, providing genuine hospitality with style, care and charm. Porter’s fleet of Embraer E195-E2 and De Havilland Dash 8-400 aircraft serves a North American network from Eastern Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, Porter is an Official 4 Star Airline® in the World Airline Star Rating®. Visit www.flyporter.com or follow @porterairlines on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

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