Canada’s capital is served by only the sixth busiest airport in the country, but how has traffic developed in the last 15 years? How seasonal is traffic, which are the leading airlines, and how much competition is there on the busiest domestic routes?
Porter Airlines now flies to Washington Dulles from its Toronto City Airport base.
Porter Airlines now flies to Timmins from Billy Bishop Toronto City.
Porter Airlines now flies once a week from New York’s Newark Airport to Mont Tremblant in Quebec, Canada.
Porter Airlines introduces twice-weekly service from Toronto City Airport to Burlington in Vermont.
anna.aero’s intrepid Editor was in Halifax, Nova Scotia this week attending Altitudes East. What did he learn about Air Canada’s future plans? What has Porter Airlines recently celebrated? And which hit songwriter provided musical entertainment for guests at the Fisheries Museum in Lunenberg?
Fourteen airports are members of the Canadian Atlantic Airports Association with Halifax and St. John’s the two largest. How many airlines serve these airports and which international markets are served non-stop? And what significant event is taking place in Halifax next week?
Out of this week’s 63 routes, Ryanair stands for 20. But which US low-cost carrier entered a route where it faces five competing airlines that already operate over 30 flights a day? And which European national carrier began serving Turkey? Don’t forget the downloadable spreadsheet in left-hand column on the website, detailing all of this week’s new routes.
Canada’s airports had a decent 2010 but which major airport grew fastest? What’s happening so far in 2011? What explains Halifax’s traffic spike in February? What trend is continuing at both Air Canada and WestJet? And what new development has taken place at Toronto’s downtown City airport?
Porter Airlines has launched a new route within Ontario from its Toronto City base. The airline now flies Windsor at the U.S. border, neighbouring Detroit, Michigan.
51 new routes were launched across the world in the last week, with Russian, German and Canadian airports represented the most. But which airport had 500 people celebrate the arrival of its first international passenger service? And in which country did three airlines launch domestic, regional services?
