Porter Airlines has launched three new routes between Ottawa International Airport and Boston, New York-Newark and Thunder Bay today, providing convenient travel links for the region.
The new routes are part of Porter’s broader expansion plan in Ottawa and its commitment to the region, including new maintenance hangars that are currently under construction at YOW. These will serve as a primary maintenance facility for the airline’s new E195-E2 fleet.
Porter is the only airline providing year-round daily direct flights to Boston and Thunder Bay from Ottawa.
“This builds on our already extensive network in Eastern Canada and substantially increases the number of destinations served directly from Ottawa,” said Kevin Jackson, Porter’s executive vice president and chief commercial officer. “Porter connects passengers coast-to-coast, with the level of service and generosity that economy travellers deserve.”
Porter will fly from Ottawa to Boston once a day, and to New York-Newark and Thunder Bay twice daily.
New York City. Hannah Busing/Unsplash photo
The new daily non-stop routes are served by 78-seat De Havilland Dash 8-400 aircraft. Passengers are able to experience Porter’s genuine hospitality and elevated onboard service, including premium snacks, and free beer and wine served in glassware for all passengers.
A number of one-stop connecting routes are also created with the introduction of these flights. Porter currently operates eight non-stop routes from Ottawa International Airport, with Charlottetown scheduled to become the ninth on May 17. Detailed schedules can be found on www.flyporter.com.
AIRPORT CHAOS IN GERMANY AND ISRAEL
The Guardian.com reports German commuters “face serious disruption on Monday as transport staff across the country staged a strike to push for wage rises in the face of brisk inflation.”
Workers at airports, ports, railways, buses and metro lines throughout much of Europe’s biggest economy heeded a call from two German unions to participate in a 24-hour stoppage, the Guardian said.
The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-735549 says flights from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport have been grounded today as union workers stage a widespread strike in Israel. The newspaper’s website says protests in the country have grown as thousands of Israelis protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed changes to the country’s judicial system.
There will be no flights leaving Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv until further notice as part of widespread strikes announced by the Workers’ Union on Monday morning in protest of the judicial reform, The Post stated today.
The Post said the announcement of grounded flights was made by Israel’s Airport Authority Committee Chairman Pinhas Idan. It wasn’t immediately clear how long the airport would be closed.
