Porter is cutting limited Eastern U.S. service while ensuring Canada-US capacity remains 25% larger than last summer.
The carrier is also adding considerably more domestic capacity this summer.
On 31MAR, Porter announced its 2025 summer schedule. Increases in capacity are spread across new destinations, the continuation of winter routes into summer, and added frequencies.
Officials said domestic service for summer is now 80% of total network capacity, up from 75% in its original summer plan. That increased is balanced by "targeted frequency reductions in select U.S. markets."
Asked to specify what routes will see reduced service in the States, a Porter spokesperson said there will be "slight changes" in service to Boston, Newark and Washington D.C. over the summer to enable the airline to introduce YUL-EWR and also to allow for new regional routes in Eastern Canada. She also said Porter intends to maintain flights to every destination in their network.
"Despite the changes, Porter’s presence in the Canada-U.S. market will be 25% larger than last summer," the airline said.
"As we shift some summer capacity to domestic routes in the near term to account for consumer travel interest, we are still seeing an overall increase in US travel on Porter flights. For example, there is no change in frequency between the summer 2024 schedule for LAX, SFO and MCO and the summer 2025 schedule. We've added service to PHX, SAN and LGA. We've added service from YUL to EWR and increased service to LAS and FLL."
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 |
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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.
