Porter Airlines inaugurated service between Vancouver International Airport (YVR) and Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport (YUL) Thursday (April 11), marking the airline's first Western Canada destination from Montreal. With their codeshare partnership with Air Transat, they now can provide easy connections from YUL throughout Europe, to destinations like Paris and London.
Service from Montréal to Edmonton and Calgary begins later this spring. With the launch of the three new western destinations, Porter will operate 8 non-stop routes out of Montréal. The scheduled service offers a variety of connections to Eastern Canada via YUL, including Halifax, Toronto-Pearson and Toronto-City, complementing existing daily non-stop service between Toronto-Pearson and Ottawa to Vancouver.
The new route begins with one daily roundtrip flight operated with Porter’s state-of-the-art 132-seat Embraer E195-E2 aircraft.
“Our presence in Montréal is continuing to grow directly through new Porter service and with our strategic airline partnerships," said Kevin Jackson, President Porter Airlines. "Our first western route from Montréal will take Porter’s elevated economy service to even more passengers across Canada and the globe.”
"ADM Aéroports de Montréal is thrilled with the addition of Vancouver to the destinations offered by its partner, Porter," said Mark Ruel, Director, Capacity and Air Service Development, ADM Aéroports de Montréal. "Whether it's for business or to explore the landscapes of Western Canada, this new nonstop service offers a range of options for passengers departing from YUL. We are very pleased to be supporting Porter in expanding its Canadian offering to meet the needs of various groups of travellers. The quality of YUL’s service is a reflection of its vitality, which benefits the entire community!”
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