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'''Porter Airlines''' (stylized in [[Letter case#All lowercase|all lowercase]] as '''porter''') is a Canadian airline headquartered at [[Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport]] on the [[Toronto Islands]] in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada.<ref>"[http://www.flyporter.com/About/Contact-Call-Centre Contact Us]." Porter Airlines. Retrieved on September 13, 2011. "Address: Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport Toronto, Ontario Canada M5V 1A1"</ref> Owned by Porter Aviation Holdings, formerly known as REGCO Holdings Inc., Porter operates regularly scheduled flights between Toronto and locations in Canada and the United States using a fleet of Canadian-built [[De Havilland Canada Dash 8#Series 400|
Porter's operation at the Toronto Island airport was launched in 2006 with some controversy. [[Robert Deluce]], who is now the Executive Chairman of Porter Airlines, proposed creating a regional airline using Bombardier turboprop aircraft to service major cities of Canada within the range of Toronto. A planned bridge to the airport was cancelled in 2003, leading to lawsuits between Deluce and the City of Toronto. The airline lost the case in court but the idea for the airline remained. With the compensation received from the [[Toronto Port Authority]] for the lawsuit, REGCO bought the island airport terminal used by [[Air Canada Jazz]] and terminated [[Air Canada]]'s access. Porter has expanded its operations since 2006, adding more destinations and planes. Porter opened a new, larger passenger terminal at the island airport in March 2010, connected to the mainland by a [[Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport#Construction of a pedestrian tunnel connection to the mainland|pedestrian tunnel]] opened in 2015.
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Originally, Porter ordered ten 70-seat [[De Havilland Canada Dash 8#Series 400|Bombardier Q400]] turboprops, with ten more as options, at a value estimated by Porter of over {{CAD|500 million}}. In June 2009, Porter exercised the option on the 19th and 20th Dash 8s.<ref>{{cite web| title = Porter Airlines exercises remaining two Bombardier Q400 options; Full initial order of 20 to be in service by spring 2010| publisher = Porter Airlines| date = June 29, 2009| url = http://www.flyporter.com/en/press2009.aspx?id=88| access-date = June 30, 2009| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090703151133/http://www.flyporter.com/en/press2009.aspx?id=88| archive-date = July 3, 2009| df = mdy-all}}</ref> Porter chose the 70-seat configuration (less than the maximum of 78 seats) due to the short length of the runway at Toronto Island Airport; a fully loaded 78-seat configuration would need a longer runway than available at the airport. This means Porter aircraft have a slightly greater [[seat pitch]] than a 78-seat aircraft. The 70-seat configuration also allows Porter to use the shorter runway 11/29 at Newark.<ref>{{cite news |work=Toronto Star |date=April 2, 2008 |title=Porter Airlines takes a bite out of the Big Apple |author=Morra, Bernadette |page=L3}}</ref> In May 2010, Porter announced that it intended to order seven more
In April 2013, Porter Airlines announced a conditional (if Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport were to be expanded) purchase agreement for up to thirty [[Airbus A220#A220-100|Bombardier CS100]] (Airbus A220-100) aircraft, including purchase rights for six more Q400 NextGen aircraft.<ref name="bombardier-pr">{{cite press release|url=http://bombardier.com/en/corporate/media-centre/press-releases/details?docID=0901260d802b2550 |title=Porter Airlines Signs Purchase Agreement for up to 30 Bombardier CS100 Aircraft; Becomes CSeries Aircraft's Canadian Launch Customer |publisher=Bombardier Inc. |date=April 10, 2013|access-date=April 11, 2013}}</ref> Porter had signed a letter of intent with Bombardier in December 2012.<ref name="bombardier-pr"/> The total value of the deal was estimated at {{USD|2.29 billion}} for all 30 CS100s and six Q400s.<ref name="bombardier-pr"/> On November 13, 2015, Canada's transport minister [[Marc Garneau]] released a statement saying that the government would not reopen the Tripartite agreement, cancelling the expansion of the airport.
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In July 2016, Porter announced the purchase of a further three Q400 planes. Deluce stated that it still had its deposit in place for the 2013 order of jets and six Q400s, as "something we are looking at carefully".<ref name="ts-20160713">{{cite news |work=Toronto Star |first=Vanessa |last=Lu |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2016/07/12/porter-airlines-to-add-to-q400-fleet-with-new-order.html |title=Porter Airlines to add to Q400 fleet with new order |date=July 13, 2016}}</ref>
On July 12, 2021, Porter announced that it would purchase 30 [[Embraer E-Jet E2 family#E195-E2|Embraer
In July 2022, Porter announced a firm order for 20 Embraer
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