Porter adds multiple nonstop routes

Porter Airlines is widening its summer map with new nonstop flights in Canada and the United States, including Nashville and Boston. (flyporter.com) The carrier said on January 29 that Nashville becomes a new destination with daily service from Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport starting May 11, 2026. Boston also gets new Porter flights from Toronto Pearson and Montreal Trudeau starting May 14. (flyporter.com) Porter’s other newly listed summer routes include Toronto Pearson to Quebec City from May 12, Ottawa to Windsor and Sudbury from May 1, Ottawa to Kelowna from May 13, Hamilton to St. John’s from May 15, and Hamilton to Winnipeg from May 15. The airline said its overall network will grow 20% this summer. (flyporter.com) The Montreal piece is bigger than a single route. Porter said flights from Montreal Metropolitan Airport, the revamped Saint-Hubert field on Montreal’s South Shore, start June 15, 2026, with 12 nonstop domestic routes. (openjaw.com) Those Montreal Metropolitan routes include Quebec City, Hamilton, Halifax, St. John’s, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, Moncton, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto Pearson and Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. Porter said it will schedule up to 138 weekly departures there, more than its service from Montreal Trudeau. (openjaw.com) The expansion rests on two different airport models. Porter is still building around short-haul turboprop flying from Billy Bishop, while its Embraer E195-E2 jets have let it add longer routes from Toronto Pearson, Ottawa, Hamilton, Halifax, Montreal Trudeau and now Montreal Metropolitan. (flyporter.com) Montreal Metropolitan gives Porter a second airport in Greater Montreal and a terminal built to handle jets, something Billy Bishop cannot do today. Canadian Press reported Porter and Macquarie Infrastructure Partners have invested more than $400 million in the terminal project. (cbc.ca) Porter said the new airport sits about 15 kilometres from downtown Montreal and will be linked by an express shuttle to the Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke metro station. The airline is betting that geography, plus two-airport service in Montreal, will pull traffic from both local travellers and connecting passengers. (openjaw.com) The near-term test is simple: whether Porter can fill more seats across eastern North America while opening a brand-new Montreal base in June and adding U.S. service in May. By mid-June, the airline expects Montreal Metropolitan to be one of its main summer operating points. (flyporter.com; openjaw.com)