What Are Porter Airlines’ Longest Dash 8 Routes?

According to data (for November 2024) from “Cirium, an aviation analytics company“, two of the longest routes served by the De Havilland dash 8
of Porter Airlines
are not non-stop flights but have through points.

On all of the longest routes we are going to touch upon in the article, Porter Airlines is offering 78 seats per departure. Let’s dive deeper into the operations of Porter Airlines’ Dash 8s.

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The oldest dash 8 operated by Porter Airlines is 18.4 years old

According to data from planespotters.net, out of the 71 aircraft that Porter Airlines has, 42 are the Embraer E195-E2
type.

The rest (29) De Havilland Canada
DHC-8-400. Out of the dash 8 operated by the carrier, two are currently parked. The average age of the dash 8 operated by this Canadian carrier is 14.7 years.

The carrier recently turned eighteen years old. Porter Airlines revealed that in the past year, it had:

• Grown to 3,900+ team members (up from 1,500 in 2022)
• Taken delivery of 20 new E195-E2 aircraft (operating 42 in total of an order up to 100)
• Total fleet size of 71 aircraft, including 29 De Havilland Dash 8-400 aircraft
• Added 20 new routes (current total 65) and 11 new destinations (current total 38)

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Three of the youngest dash 8s operated by the carrier was delivered between December 2016 and March 2017. These three are the only dash 8s of the carriers that are less than a decade old. These three are configured C-GHQG, C-CHQH, C-GHQJ.

Porter Airlines’ operations have been recognized for its wonderful services as it has received the following accolades:

• Best Economy Class (USA Today Readers’ Choice Awards)
• Best Regional Airline North America (SkyTrax)
• Most Improved Airline in North America (PAX International)
• Favorite Airline – Economy Class Service voted by travel agents (Baxter Media

Between Ottawa and Charlottetown: the shortest among its longest routes

Out of the seven longest routes of the carrier, operations between Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport (YOW) in Ottawa
and Charlottetown Airport (YYG) in Charlottletown spanning 609 miles, is the shortest among the longest routes we are discussing in this article.

Photo: Porter Airlines

Porter Airlines is the sole carrier offering a non-stop flight between the two airports. According to FlightRoutes, Air Canada
is the only carrier offering a one-stop flight connection between YOW and YYG, as the falg carrier of Canada offers the flight via either of these two airports:

Other routes that are around 600 miles long

Porter Airlines offers 26 operations (equaling 2,028 seats) during its operations from YTZ to YFC. These numbers are identical for operations between YFC and YTZ.

In addition to the non-stop flight between YTZ and YFC, Porter Airlines also offers a one-stop flight connection between the two airports, with a stopover at Ottawa Macdonald Cartier International (YOW).

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Much like the operations between YTZ and YFC, Porter Airlines is the only carrier offering a non-stop flight between YQT and YOW. Porter Airlines and Air Canda offer a one-stop flight connection between YQT and YOW with stopovers at different destinations:

• Air Canada operates
  Airbus A319

  , Airbus A320, and other aircraft for flights between YQT and YOW, with a stopover at YYZ.

• Porter offers a stopover at YTZ.

The route with the highest number of operations

Porter operates a 791-mile route between Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) and Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ).

Porter has sixty operations between these airports in November. The flight is approximately two hours and fifteen minutes long. Porter is the sole carrier offering a non-stop flight between these routes.

The carrier offers 3.7 million available seat miles (ASMs) on its operations between these two destinations. As the carrier expanded its operations, it saw

a growth of 211% in the available seat miles (ASMs)
it offered on its flights in 2023.

According to FlightConnections, departure times for flights from YTZ to YHZ vary between 07:00–17:25, and you can only fly in economy class. You can read about the ticket types offered by the carrier for other flights in our guide below:

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Porter also operates a 741-mile route from YTZ to Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport (YQM). The number of operations between YTZ and YQM is half of those between YTZ and YHZ.

Two of the longest routes have thru points

Porter Airlines’ operations between YYT and YTZ is the carrier’s only route spanning over a thousand miles. On the sixty operations on this route, the carrier is offering 4,680 seats and more than six million ASMs – the highest on the routes we are discussing.

Porter operates 60 flights between YYT and YTZ (and an identical number from YTZ to YYT) – the joint-highest with the route we discussed above.

Currently, no carriers offer non-stop flights between YYT and YTZ. Air Canada is the only carrier besides Porter Airlines offering a one-stop flight connection between these two airports.

According to FlightRoutes, Porter also operates a one-stop flight connection between YYT and YTZ with a stopover at Ottawa Macdonald Cartier International (YOW). For operations between YYT and YTZ, Air Canada’s thru point is YUL.

While Porter will only operate 25 times from YYG to YTZ (with a thru point at YOW) in November, there are 30 flights from YTZ to YYG (with a through point at YOW). This means that the carrier has 390 more seats on offer from YTZ to YYG.