Porter adds Aruba, San Jose, Montego Bay & Los Cabos, boosts sun by more than 150%

Porter Airlines has added four new destinations to its winter 2026-27 season. In addition to new sun routes from Eastern Canada, the airline is also introducing its first international flights from Alberta.

This includes over 40 warm-weather routes for the 2026-27 season.

The carrier is growing with its Embraer E195-E2 aircraft, allowing it to expand throughout North America, serving new regions such as the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico.

Additions to this year’s schedule include Aruba, San Jose, Montego Bay and Los Cabos. This is in addition to existing service to Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, Nassau, Grand Cayman and Liberia.

New flights are also being introduced from Edmonton to Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, Las Vegas and Phoenix. From Calgary, service to Phoenix is being added to the schedule.

In addition, Porter will resume service between Vancouver and Phoenix, and introduce a second daily flight from Toronto.

All flights offer connectivity beyond Phoenix to partner American Airlines’ large domestic network.

Other markets benefitting from new service are Halifax, Hamilton, Ottawa and Toronto. Halifax will see flights to Cancun and Fort Lauderdale; Hamilton connects with Montego Bay; Ottawa adds Aruba, Montego Bay and Los Cabos; and Toronto adds Aruba, San Jose, Montego Bay and Los Cabos.

Porter, notably, will be the only airline to offer service to Aruba and Los Cabos from Ottawa, as well as Montego Bay from Hamilton.

In total, Porter will operate nearly 5,000 flights to sun destinations for the upcoming winter season. This represents an increase of greater than 150 per cent compared to the previous year, the airline said. 

“We are concluding an extremely successful first season of flying to southern markets beyond the U.S. and are building on this with additional destinations and routes for next winter,” said Andrew Pierce, vice president, network planning and reporting, in a press release.

“Our network is growing by two new countries, four cities and 15 routes through this announcement. Six airports across Canada are benefiting from this service, giving travellers many new and competitive options for choosing their winter getaways.”

Schedule overview

In addition to new routes, Porter is increasing capacity for several popular existing winter markets. 

On every flight, passengers receive Porter’s signature service, including no middle seats, complimentary wine and beer served in glassware and premium snacks. Routes operated with the new Embraer E195-E2 also have free, fast Wi-Fi available for everyone.

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