Four years later, Porter launches Toronto service
It took some deft political maneuvering, arm-twisting, wheeling, dealing and more than anything a lot of waiting, but Porter Airlines finally got airborne
It took some deft political maneuvering, arm-twisting, wheeling, dealing and more than anything a lot of waiting, but Porter Airlines finally got airborne on October 23 from Toronto’s controversial island airport amid fierce opposition from environmentalists and Air Canada Jazz.
The first service, aboard a new 70-seat Bombardier Q400 turboprop, connects Toronto City Centre Airport and the Canadian capital Ottawa 10 times each weekday and twice each Saturday and Sunday. A reeling Air Canada Jazz, meanwhile, finds itself on the outside looking in, effectively banished from the airport when fellow Porter Aviation Holdings subsidiary City Centre Aviation served it with an eviction notice to make way for the new airline.
