Canadian airline Porter announced Wednesday that it is adding nonstop routes to the U.S. in a bid to shore up transborder connectivity.
For the first time ever, the carrier will serve a U.S. destination, Phoenix, from Vancouver. Currently, Porter connects Vancouver only to cities in eastern Canada, including Toronto and Montreal.
The airline is also adding nonstop service from Ottawa to Phoenix and Miami, and from Montreal to Nassau, The Bahamas. This will be the carrier’s first nonstop Caribbean service from Montreal.
Phoenix and Miami are both hubs for American Airlines, which announced a new codeshare agreement with Porter on Monday. As part of that deal, American and Porter officials suggested that new U.S.-Canada routes, including a link between Canada and Phoenix, were being worked out.
Service between Vancouver and Phoenix will start Feb. 2, 2026, and operate daily. Flights between Ottawa and Miami will begin earlier, on Jan. 24, and service between Ottawa and Phoenix will come online Feb. 7. Both of those routes from Ottawa will operate three times a week.
Service between Montreal and Nassau will launch Feb. 5, and will also operate three times weekly.
Porter is also expanding service on existing routes to warm weather destinations this winter. These routes include Hamilton, Ontario, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Ottawa to Grand Cayman; Ottawa to Liberia, Costa Rica; Ottawa to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Toronto to Cancun; Toronto to Fort Lauderdale; and Toronto to Liberia.
All new and expanded routes will be operated by Porter using Embraer E195-E2 aircraft.
