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Porter Airlines Adds Nashville, Expands Summer 2026

TORONTO — Porter Airlines (PD) unveiled its summer 2026 schedule, adding Nashville service, new Canada–U.S. routes, and higher frequencies across key Canadian markets.

The Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ)-based airline announced the expansion on January 29, 2026, outlining new destinations, new routes, added frequencies, and extended winter markets as it grows its network for the summer season.

In the U.S., PD added Nashville (BNA) as a new destination with daily flights from YTZ starting May 11, while Boston (BOS) gains new Porter flights from Toronto Pearson (YYZ) and Montréal (YUL) starting May 14.

Across Canada, PD launched new links via Ottawa (YOW), Hamilton (YHM), and Toronto Pearson (YYZ), including Ottawa–Windsor (YQG) and Ottawa–Sudbury (YSB) beginning May 1—a move that shifts Sudbury and Windsor service to Ottawa to deepen connections through PD’s growing capital hub.

Porter also boosted flying on select seasonal domestic markets and extended several winter “sun” routes into summer, including YYZ–Cancún (CUN) up to 6x weekly and YOW–Cancún 3x weekly.

Porter (PD) framed the update as a ~20% network increase for summer 2026 and pointed to its “elevated economy” onboard product—no middle seats, complimentary beer and wine, and (on E195-E2 routes) free fast Wi-Fi—as it adds capacity and new city pairs.

New routes and destinations

Porter summer 2026 • starts May 1–15
Route Start date Frequency Note
YOW–YQGMay 1, 20267x weeklyNew
YOW–YSBMay 1, 20267x weeklyNew
YTZ–BNAMay 11, 20267x weeklyNew destination
YYZ–YQBMay 12, 202612x weeklyReturning
YOW–YLWMay 13, 20265x weeklyNew
YYZ–BOSMay 14, 202614x weeklyNew
YUL–BOSMay 14, 20267x weeklyNew
YHM–YYTMay 15, 20265x weeklyNew
YHM–YWGMay 15, 20264x weeklyNew
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Weekly frequencies for announced new routes (counts per week).

Seasonal frequency boosts

Select domestic markets • summer 2026
Route Initial New
YOW–YWG7x weekly12x weekly
YYZ–YDF3x weekly5x weekly
YHM–YHZ7x weekly14x weekly
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Before/after weekly frequencies for highlighted routes.

Sun routes extended into summer

Seasonal markets continue • summer 2026
Route Frequency
YYZ–CUNUp to 6x weekly
YYZ–LIR2x weekly
YYZ–NAS2x weekly
YHM–FLL2x weekly
YOW–CUN3x weekly
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Weekly frequency snapshot for extended sun routes.