Porter Airlines returns, Flair to expand service out of Saint John Airport
CBC
Flight service is steadily ramping up at Saint John Airport since its reopening three months ago, with Porter Airlines set to return this week and Flair Airlines planning to expand its flight roster.
The airport, which saw all commercial flights cancelled in December amid pandemic travel restrictions, welcomed their return on June 29 with an Air Canada flight from Montreal.
Since then, acting CEO Greg Hierlihy said Monday, business has been brisk — driven almost entirely by leisure travel and the pent-up demand from individuals separated from loved ones — and is poised to get brisker.
On Wednesday, Porter Airlines flights return to Saint John, with afternoon service to Ottawa and on to Toronto.
"They are all set to go … six days a week to Ottawa and then on to [Toronto's] Billy Bishop airport on Toronto Island," Hierlihy said. Flights leave at 3:25 p.m. every day, with the exception of Saturdays.
And Flair Airlines, an ultra-low-cost carrier that chose Saint John as its only New Brunswick destination, is planning to expand its current two-day-a-week service to Toronto to three days a week in March of next year.
Those plans have been propelled by strong uptake on their flights, which now run Wednesday and Saturday. That's changing to Tuesday and Saturday in November, and then to Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday next year, Hierlihy said.
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