Porter Airlines Inc

The airline is now flying to all 18 destinations it served before it was grounded by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Michael Deluce tells Routes that sun destinations will be a ‘smaller focus’ of the Canadian carrier’s Embraer jet fleet.

The turboprop operator is building back its network from its Toronto Bishop Airport base.

The Canadian flag-carrier will operate 5X-daily service between Bishop and Montreal.

By launching jet operations, Porter will be able to reach destinations in Southern California, Mexico and the Caribbean.

After a series of false dawns, the Canadian carrier is confident flights will finally restart in September.

The Toronto-based carrier has been dormant since March 2020 because of COVID-19.

The carrier has been grounded since March 21, 2020.

All Air Canada Express flights are to be consolidated under a single operator.

The airline's fleet of 29 de Havilland Dash 8-400s has been grounded since March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

While Jetstar and Sunwing are resuming suspended routes, Porter Airlines has further delayed its planned restart and Norwegian is preparing to ground 15 of the 21 aircraft currently in operation.

A weekly round-up of the latest news from the aviation industry as airlines and airports seek to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

Most US transborder services will be eliminated as Canada and the US scramble to contain COVID-19 coronavirus.

The new weekly seasonal flight will commence from December 19, 2015 and will operate every Saturday through to April 30, 2016 and will act as an alternate access point into Orlando and the many attractions within its vicinity. It will be the third longest Dash 8 scheduled turboprop flight in the world.

The independent regional carrier is the fourth operator to announce the start of service at Pittsburgh International Airport within the past 12 months and will see Toronto introduced as the 50th non-stop destination served from Pittsburgh and the sixth international destination.

Nigel Mayes, ASM senior vice president consulting and product development and Mike St-Laurent, senior consultant, explore the dynamics of the Canadian market.This article is from Issue 1, Volume 11 of Routes News for 2015.