Saskatoon and Regina Air Service

[casper]

Originally Posted by chrisniel

Looks like it also fills a nice hole in Air Canada's schedule. Will be good for those taking evening international flights out of Toronto.

Looks like their flights have now started.

https://thestarphoenix.com/news/loca...western-canada

What makes this a game changer for Saskatoon is Porter has interline/codeshare agreements with AirTransat. That provides solid competition for Air Canada between Saskatoon and Europe.

[Dino35]

Originally Posted by casper

Looks like their flights have now started.

https://thestarphoenix.com/news/loca...western-canada

What makes this a game changer for Saskatoon is Porter has interline/codeshare agreements with AirTransat. That provides solid competition for Air Canada between Saskatoon and Europe.

I have to disagree here. The Porter flight departs YXE at 5pm…
Making it an arrival into YYZ at 10pm. MCT in YYZ is likely an hour so you have missed a large portion of the AT flights departing the same day.

[casper]

Originally Posted by Dino35

I have to disagree here. The Porter flight departs YXE at 5pm…
Making it an arrival into YYZ at 10pm. MCT in YYZ is likely an hour so you have missed a large portion of the AT flights departing the same day.

Yes, your right. Rome, Zagreb are the only two that work roundtrip. Faro and Lamezia Terme work outbound but not coming back to Canada. Hopefully that changes over time.

[Justanothermember]

Originally Posted by casper

Yes, your right. Rome, Zagreb are the only two that work roundtrip. Faro and Lamezia Terme work outbound but not coming back to Canada. Hopefully that changes over time.

The only way that would change is if Porter adds an early morning flight to TO, which may occur if loads are strong enough.

[Brutopian]

Porter Airlines Lands in Saskatoon for the First Time

Business Wire

May 16, 2024 10:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Porter Airlines is inaugurating service to Saskatchewan for the first time with daily nonstop roundtrip service between Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) and Saskatoon International Airport (YXE).

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Read more:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...ource=hs_email

[The mayor]

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sight-to-b...gina-1.6933191
Sight to behold': U.S. Air Force cargo jet lands in Regina

[one_brick_at_a_time]

Beginning Sunday October 27th
Air Canada Mainline Service YQR-YYZ (2x Daily) A321-200

(Rouge cannot disappear fast enough).

[Justanothermember]

Originally Posted by one_brick_at_a_time

Beginning Sunday October 27th
Air Canada Mainline Service YQR-YYZ (2x Daily) A321-200

(Rouge cannot disappear fast enough).

Same for YXE, except they will have 3 daily flights.

[EDM753Fan]

Originally Posted by one_brick_at_a_time

Beginning Sunday October 27th
Air Canada Mainline Service YQR-YYZ (2x Daily) A321-200

(Rouge cannot disappear fast enough).

W-O-W!

2 x Daily isn't nearly enough but hey I'll take AC mainline. That is fantastic news!

(and yes - rouge certainly can't disappear fast enough!)

[one_brick_at_a_time]

https://leaderpost.com/opinion/lette...el-frustrating

Really frustrating with only 2 options.

[Myst]

Not sure what the average loads on YXE-YYZ are, but the couple of days I’d looked at weren’t great. It seems to be the way things go that everyone chases the same thing - I suspect both Porter and Flair would be better off if one moved their service to YQR.