From a consumer, unless its cheaper why would someone not just fly direct on a jet on AC or WS - take off it seems every other hour.

Looking at November on google flights, you can get RT for $500 bucks. With about $150 being taxes, AIF security. So how much under can Porter get fares than $350 before taxes/fees?

Could this just be a move to attract new staff and keep them in a city where it is cheaper to live, so don't have a big pressure on salaries.

I think it's just a trial balloon by Porter to go father west. They have to try something.

Given the constraints the company has (no jets out of YTZ) and the equipment that it is stuck with (the Q400), it is effectively maxed out in terms of growth.

They've actually dropped a few of their US destinations (Pittsburgh and Charleston), so I guess those markets aren't as robust there as they have hoped.

If they wanted to expand out west, and needed a connection - isn't there a better option?

Fly people to Ottawa, than send them west on Jets? They already have what 18 flights a day to Ottawa. Maybe this works, I just don't see this as a great plan.

I could see them making a go of it into Saskatoon and Regina. These cities can be expensive to fly into and they currently there is only non-stop into Winnipeg and Toronto (with Ottawa tossed in during the summer).

Any movement on Billy Bishop runway extension? I thought Porter had thoughts of landing c-series jets at that airport and that the SPL of those jets was below the threshold.

That proposal is dead. The federal Liberals put the kibosh on it after the election - they will not reopen the agreement that forbids jet aircraft at Billy Bishop.

That would require a commitment to the CSeries. That's risky, given the fact if the expansion flops, they have these jets that they can't use at their primary hub. Porter's unique selling point has always been service to downtown Toronto. Without that, they're just another airline.

Running west out of Thunder Bay can be done with the Q400. Not well, mind you, but it can be done. They do something similar out to Newfoundland - all flights have a stopover in Halifax.

Does porter still have all its Halifax flights stop in Montreal or Ottawa?

I did that a few years ago, not sure why people would do that route vs AC or WS. I just didn't know when I booked.

I wonder with the porter announcement for Thunder Bay, they will use Waterloo as a feeder for flights out west. Waterloo wants new routes, could be opportunity to give them a monopoly on Sask and Manitoba from Waterloo for 2 years. Could also open up porter to
Op up flights to Montreal and Ottawa (which can connect to halifax, Saint John, Fredricton, and Moncton from this two cities)

Porter can take a stab at a region with about a million people and while it's close to Pearson, it's 2 hours at rush hour.

Porter has no planes that will reach out west from Waterloo.

The CSeries (which they have a deposit on) will be able to, but taking on those planes would be a high-risk move, as they cannot be operated out of Porter's current hub at Billy Bishop, which is what their business is built around.

I think they have a seasonal service direct from Billy Bishop to Halifax, but otherwise, yes, the flights are stopping in Ottawa and Montreal.

I think that person meant having those planes stop in Thunder Bay on the q400, like the Halifax flights stop in Ottawa/Montreal when they head east.

Like already said DEAD! And thank god. Those C-Series Jets while quieter then most jets are still really loud. Also we don't need to want to extend the runway 300m into our inner Harbour.

Porter was trying to tell us these are quiet. Imagine the sound echoing off Toronto's skyscrapers around our harbour.

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Dude, those CSeries are quieter than the Q400 turbopros that already fly out of there. They wouldn't have increased noise pollution out of Billy Bishop...in fact, if those flights would have replaced Q400 flights, they would have reduced noise pollution at Billy Bishop.

Your loss, man.

Edmonton International Airport

Updated Passenger Statistics for August 2017 --

Highlights:

§ Terminal Traffic: 722,794 passengers (4,954,722 Year-to-date)
Q Domestic 632,864 passengers (4,039,590 Year-to-date)
Q Transborder 61,117 passengers (581,670 Year-to-date)
Q International 28,813 passengers (333,462 Year-to-date)

§ FBO Traffic*: 38,370 passengers (281,652 Year-to-date)

§ Grand Total: Overall 761,164 passengers (5,236,374 Year-to-date)


Growth%:

§ Terminal: 8.0% (5.0% Year-to-date)
Q Domestic 8.0% (7.4% Year-to-date)
Q Transborder 6.9% (-6.9% Year-to-date)
Q International 10.5% (-0.7% Year-to-date)


§ FBO Traffic: -11.7% (-22.7% Year-to-date)

§ Grand Total: Overall 6.8% (3.0% Year-to-date)


*FBO passengers are passengers using the fixed base operators at YEG and not the main terminal. Most of this traffic serves energy and mining projects in the north.

little knowledge is a dangerous thing. In the long term it will be a big loss for toronto
I hope Porter can still continue to expand though, maybe a proper hub at YUL or somewhere in western canada

Great numbers for YEG, glad to see that the bleeding seems to have stopped and things are on the upswing.

lol, where were these extra 13,000 transborder passengers last week? Seems EIA is cooking the books.....:runaway:

Stick to topics you know & understand. This clearly isn't one of them.

Shelved is a more accurate assessment. Another proposal for runway expansion/approval of jets will surface when the political climate is more favourable. They wouldn't propose such a thing unless demand dictated expansion. We may not see another proposal for a long time, but it will re-surface eventually.