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Porter Airlines adjusts its capacity based on demand for summer 2025 and announces a partnership with Pascan Aviation to add over 90 routes in Quebec and the Maritimes.
Summer 2025 Schedule Changes
In response to changes in demand between the Canadian and U.S. markets, Porter Airlines is adjusting its summer 2025 schedule to increase domestic flights to 80% of its total network capacity, while reducing frequency in other U.S. markets.
Here is a revised table of domestic flight frequencies:
| Modified routes | Summer 2025 frequency |
| Montreal – Toronto-Pearson | 5x/week |
| Vancouver – Toronto-Pearson | 6x/day |
| Victoria – Toronto-Pearson | 12x/day |
| Charlottetown – Toronto-Pearson | 7x/week |
| St. St. John’s – Toronto-Pearson | 14x/week |
| Kelowna – Toronto-Pearson | 7x/week |
| Deer Lake – Toronto-Pearson | 3x/week |
| Thunder Bay – Toronto-Pearson | 7x/week |
| Calgary – Toronto-Pearson | 7x/week |
| Montreal – Vancouver | 14x/week |
| Hamilton – Vancouver | 14x/week |
| Hamilton – Calgary | 6x/week |
| Hamilton – Edmonton | 7x/week |
| Hamilton – Halifax | 7x/week |
| Victoria – Ottawa | 7x/week |
| Halifax – Deer Lake | 7x/week |
News
Changes to the schedule include the following:
- A new route is added between Moncton and Toronto-Pearson, in addition to connections between Moncton and Toronto-Billy Bishop.
- The frequency of the following flights was doubled to 14 flights per week:
- Hamilton – Vancouver
- Montreal – Vancouver
- Toronto – St. Catharines -St. John’s
Despite the interest of Canadians in finding alternatives to travel within the United States, Porter is maintaining an increased capacity of 25% for U.S. service compared to last 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, President of Porter Airlines.
For more details on the new routes for summer 2025, read on.
New Partnership Between Porter and Pascan
This new partnership between the two airlines now offers connections via Halifax and Quebec, linking eight Pascan destinations in Eastern Canada to Porter Airlines‘ growing North American network.
This collaboration opens up more than 90 combined itineraries, which can result in connections such as:
- Vancouver – Sydney (Nova Scotia)
- Orlando (Florida) – Saint John (New Brunswick)
- Sault Ste. Marie (Ontario) – Bonaventure (Quebec)
- Gaspé (Quebec) – Timmins (Ontario)
So a person from Gaspé will no longer need to buy two separate tickets to go to Timmins. A single ticket and reservation will be required on either the Porter or Pascan websites.
And by the end of the year, Montreal will be another hub, as the new Montreal Metropolitan Airport terminal opens for business. Porter and Pascan will operate jointly there, strengthening their presence on the South Shore of Montreal and facilitating connections for travellers.
Pascan flights will be operated by 33-seat SAAB 340B aircraft.
This partnership follows Porter’s major announcement this week of the launch of two new VIPorter credit cards. Porter is definitely on a roll, and growing fast!
New Service Between Montreal and New York
In addition to this partnership, Porter Airlines continues its expansion in the New York region by adding a new route between Montreal-Trudeau Airport (YUL) and Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR).
Service will start on June 1, 2025 with one daily return flight, then increase to two flights a day during the peak summer season. Here is the initial flight schedule:
| Flight | Departure | Arrival | Frequency |
|
YUL – EWR |
1:10 p.m.* | 2:50 p.m.* | Daily* |
| 6:35 p.m. | 8:15 p.m. | Daily except Saturday | |
| 7:20 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | Saturday | |
|
EWR – YUL |
10:45 a.m.* | 12:25 p.m.* | Daily |
| 4:15 p.m. | 5:55 p.m. |
*Seasonal: from June 25, 2025 to September 7, 2025
Flights will be operated by 78-seat De Havilland Dash 8-400 aircraft.
From Toronto to Charlottetown and Deer Lake
The expansion announced by Porter Airlines continues in Atlantic Canada, with new flights from Toronto-Pearson (YYZ) to Charlottetown (YYG) and Deer Lake (YDF) from June 2025. Here are the schedules for both routes:
| Flight | Departure | Arrival |
|
YYZ – YDF YDF – YYZ |
1:55 p.m. | 6:05 p.m. |
| 7:00 p.m. | 8:36 p.m. | |
|
YYZ – YYG YYG-YYZ |
1:45 p.m. | 4:55 p.m. |
| 5:50 p.m. | 7:15 p.m. |
Service between Toronto Pearson and Deer Lake will be three round trips per week from June 10, 2025, while service between Toronto Pearson and Charlottetown will start on June 13, with four round trips per week. The Deer Lake service will be operated with the new Embraer E195-E2 aircraft, while the Charlottetown service will be operated with the De Havilland Dash 8-400 aircraft.
Both services will be available until September 13 and 14, respectively.
Four New Routes from Hamilton
Starting in June 2025, Porter Airlines will offer new air service from Hamilton, Ontario (YHM) to four new destinations: Calgary (YYC), Edmonton (YEG), Halifax (YHZ) and Vancouver (YVR). All four services will operate daily.
Here are the timetables for each route:
| Flight | Departure | Arrival | Start date |
|
YHM – YHZ YHZ – YHM |
8:55 p.m. | 12:21 a.m. (+1) | June 3 |
| 6:00 a.m. | 7:25 a.m. | ||
|
YHM – YVR YVR – YHM |
8:20 a.m. | 10:30 a.m. | June 3 |
| 9:55 a.m. | 11:35 a.m. | ||
|
YHM – YEG YEG – YHM |
8:35 a.m. | 10:47 a.m. | June 11 |
| 12:20 p.m. | 6:08 p.m. | ||
|
YHM – YYC YYC – YHM |
7:05 p.m. | 9:24 p.m. | June 11 |
| 5:15 p.m. | 11:18 p.m. |
The flights will be operated by new 132-seat Embraer E195-E2 aircraft, with a two-by-two seating configuration. The arrival of these new flights coincides with improvements underway at Hamilton International Airport, including renovation of the terminal interior, check-in counters and gate seating, new digital signage, and more.
This is good news for travellers in the Golden Horseshoe and Greater Toronto Area.
New Route Between Toronto and LaGuardia
Porter Airlines continues its expansion in the USA with the announcement of a new route between Toronto’s Pearson International Airport (YYZ) and New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA).
Service will begin on May 1, 2025, with up to three daily return flights.
Flights will be operated from LaGuardia’s new Terminal B, recently renovated at a cost of US 5.1 billion. Flights will also be tailored to business travellers, with the following schedule:
| Flight | Departure | Arrival |
|
YYZ-LGA |
7:15 a.m. | 8:55 a.m. |
| 2:50 p.m | 4:30 p.m | |
| 7:25 p.m | 9:05 p.m | |
|
LGA-YYZ |
6:15 a.m. | 7:55 a.m. |
| 9:55 a.m. | 11:35 a.m. | |
| 5:30 p.m | 7:30 p.m |
Flights will be operated by new 132-seat Embraer E195-E2 aircraft. Porter offers a flight experience with no middle seat, free Wi-Fi, premium snacks and complimentary beer and wine.
This new route offers convenient connections via Toronto Pearson to many Canadian cities, including Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa and Vancouver.
The partnership with JetBlue also enables travellers to easily reach various destinations in the southern U.S. via LaGuardia (LGA).
This expansion complements Porter’s existing operations at Newark Airport (EWR), bringing the total number of daily round-trip flights between Canada and the New York region to 15.
New Flight Between Ottawa and Victoria
Porter Airlines is adding a new direct route between Ottawa (YOW) and Victoria (YYJ), British Columbia, starting May 15, 2025. Non-stop flights will be available up to four times a week during the summer.
Victoria thus becomes the province’s second destination with direct flights to Ottawa, after Vancouver. Here is the initial schedule:
| Flight | Departure | Arrival |
|
YOW-YYJ |
8:35 a.m. | 10:55 a.m. |
|
YYJ-YOW |
11:50 a.m. | 7:35 p.m. |
This is Porter Airlines’ twentieth direct service from Ottawa.
This service is in addition to the existing connection between Toronto and Victoria. Currently, one round-trip flight per day is offered, and this will increase to 10 round trips per week in May.
Porter Airlines frequent flyers will be able to take advantage of this expansion at the same time as Porter BMO Mastercard credit cards arrive, allowing cardholders to earn more VIPorter points and enjoy exclusive benefits throughout their trip.
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