London International Airport

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by Djeffery

Just saw some discussion on the Ottawa airport thread that shows Porter Airlines has London listed as a new city on their map of cities served. No listing in the cities route maps yet. Will be interesting to see what they plan to do from here. I haven't heard how their new Hamilton services have been doing but they do seem to be holding or slightly growing them so maybe that gives Porter some confidence to expand in southern Ontario. Ottawa and Montreal seem like the most likely options to me given London used to have flights to both and Air Canada never brought them back as the Jazz fleet reduced in size. Speculation to that since Porter and Air Transat have a partnership that Porter might do some of the winter sun routes for Transat

YOW makes more sense to me than YHU. Depending on timing and frequency, there are lots of potential Porter connections out of YOW. I wonder if this means YOW-YKF is unlikely in the foreseeable future?

[GreatTallNorth2]

Porter service from London would be the best news London airport has had in a long time! Hope it’s true.

[Djeffery]

https://www.flyporter.com/en_ca/flights-from-london-ca

This page shows Cancun and Punta Cana as destinations. The Transat website still shows those destinations as being served by AirTransat A321 aircraft, so I'm not sure if Porter will be adding these on their own or if it will still be part of their Transat vacations partnership. Kind of anti climactic though if this is all Porter is going to be doing from here.

[MrSlippery519]

True would be disappointing if that is all, but its still a step in the right direction they are even operating out of London. Would hope that add at least one domestic route

[MolsonExport]

True to form, when I flew into London a few weeks ago, my bags didn't make it. This happens at least 50% of the time, and is one of the reasons why I now usually just drive to Pearson.

[MrSlippery519]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

True to form, when I flew into London a few weeks ago, my bags didn't make it. This happens at least 50% of the time, and is one of the reasons why I now usually just drive to Pearson.

That sucks, I had previously had great luck flying London - Pearson however the last 2 times my flight has been cancelled which then made me spend close to an hour on the phone telling them to not reschedule my Toronto connection while rushing to Pearson to avoid missing my next flight.

It's a shame because that 5:10am London to Toronto flight is great, you show up 30 minutes before and walk on. Beats having to stay in Toronto overnight and or driving at 3-4am to Pearson.

[jammer139]

Tactical training to start in North Bay in a few weeks.

For more than 25 years, ITPS Canada has delivered aviation training to pilots and military personnel from more than 29 air arms worldwide and as global demand for tactical aviation training continues to grow, the school said ITTC is now positioned to provide NATO and allied air forces with a flexible, responsive and operationally focused training solution delivered in the skies over Canada. While ITPS Canada remains a leader in flight test training in London, Ont., the strategic move to relocate ITTC to North Bay allows the division to scale its existing tactical training capacity to meet growing demand from allied nations, enhancing Canadian sovereign capability.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/...-ready-to-take-off-in-north-bay-in-july/

[jammer139]

The story behind this ITPS move of tactical training to North Bay took a turn for the worse in light of a near miss incident in London that is still being investigated.


https://www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/...use-of-congested-airspace-in-london-ont/

[GreatTallNorth2]

I just saw an ad on Youtube advertising Porter Airlines now flying from London, Ontario. I did not catch all the destinations but Montego Bay and Orlando were both included. I cannot find any information on Porter's website so not sure if these ads were ahead of a formal announcement?