Come on Porter Airlines.
Apr 11th 2013, 5:21 am
#31
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Re: Come on Porter Airlines.
I hope this is the announcement Porter Airlines are making tomorrow
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/...ombardier.html
Im all for it more competition and more choice if they buy these jets however they will have some negotiating to do as they wont be able to use the Billy Bishop airport.
Ive never flown them but have heard more positive than negative.
Be interesting to see how in particular Air Canada reacts to this as opposed to Westjet as AC got into a pissing match with them when they first started up.
Im not saying it will mean cheaper air fares but if they do drop then I wont be complaining.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/...ombardier.html
Im all for it more competition and more choice if they buy these jets however they will have some negotiating to do as they wont be able to use the Billy Bishop airport.
Ive never flown them but have heard more positive than negative.
Be interesting to see how in particular Air Canada reacts to this as opposed to Westjet as AC got into a pissing match with them when they first started up.
Im not saying it will mean cheaper air fares but if they do drop then I wont be complaining.
They seemed to think the airline was a decent enough operator but the fairly modest scale of it wouldn't be likely to have much impact on the likes of Westjet.
Apr 11th 2013, 5:33 am
#32
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Re: Come on Porter Airlines.
they are expanded very rapidly indeed though. I reckon fleet and number of flights has doubled or more in the pat few years. traffic at the airport is considerably higher than it was 2 or so years ago
Apr 11th 2013, 7:43 am
#33
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Re: Come on Porter Airlines.
Now lets not start an East/West war 
To me it just means if approved another carrier flying from my location to Toronto.
They will face challenges and no guarantees about extending the Island airport so the sale of the planes might not even go ahead.
Ive always wondered why no company has ever used Winnipeg as their HQ and hub. Its the centre of Canada basically so the distances are almost equal East and West.
To me it just means if approved another carrier flying from my location to Toronto.They will face challenges and no guarantees about extending the Island airport so the sale of the planes might not even go ahead.
Ive always wondered why no company has ever used Winnipeg as their HQ and hub. Its the centre of Canada basically so the distances are almost equal East and West.
