Porter Airlines Boosts Capacity to Florida

Shortly after being named North America’s Best Regional Airline at the SkyTrax World Airline Awards, Porter Airlines has released details about its upcoming Winter 2024 plans for expansion in Florida.

Passengers in search of warmer waters this winter will enjoy a flurry of new routes and increased service on flights to Florida departing from Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto. 

Porter Airlines Boosts Capacity to Florida

This winter, Porter Airlines is adding new routes to Florida and expanding capacity on existing ones as the airline continues to grow its North American network.

For the Winter 2024/2025 schedule, passengers will enjoy up to 126 weekly departures on 14 routes to six destinations in Florida from four airports in Eastern Canada. As a result, Porter is more than doubling its capacity to Florida this winter compared to last.

As of November 2, 2024, Porter will launch up to seven-times weekly flights from Montreal (YUL) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL), with flight times as follows:

• PD571, Montreal (YUL) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL), departing 9:20am and arriving 1:10pm
• PD572, Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Montreal (YUL), departing 2:10pm and arriving 5:35pm

Beginning November 29, 2024, Porter will launch up to four-times weekly flights from Montreal (YUL) to Fort Myers (RSW), with flight times as follows:

• PD569, Montreal (YUL) to Fort Myers (RSW), departing 3:55pm and arriving 7:50pm
• PD570, Fort Myers (RSW) to Montreal (YUL), departing 11:35am and arriving 3pm

Meanwhile, passengers departing from Halifax (YHZ) will enjoy two new routes to Florida with Porter Airlines this winter with the launch of non-stop flights to Orlando (MCO) and Tampa (TPA).

Beginning December 5, 2024, Porter will launch up to thrice weekly flights from Halifax (YHZ) to Tampa (TPA), with flight times as follows:

• PD561, Halifax (YHZ) to Tampa (TPA), departing 4:35pm and arriving 8pm
• PD562, Tampa (TPA) to Halifax (YHZ), departing 11:10am and arriving 3:40pm

Haligonians can also fly non-stop to Orlando (MCO) with Porter Airlines this winter, with flight times as follows:

• PD559, Halifax (YHZ) to Orlando (MCO), departing 11:20am and arriving 2:30pm
• PD560, Tampa (TPA) to Halifax (YHZ), departing 3:30pm and arriving 7:55pm

Passengers departing from Ottawa (YOW) will enjoy two new routes to Fort Myers (RSW) and Tampa (TPA) this winter, which come in addition to the existing service to Fort Lauderdale (FLL)…