TORONTO — The first phase of Air Transat’s and Porter Airlines’ new joint venture has officially launched.

Travellers can now use each partner’s distribution channels to book direct and connecting flights with either Air Transat or Porter, therefore significantly increasing their access to a wide range of destinations around the world.

This means that Air Transat now offers an extensive range of destinations operated by Porter across Canada – from St. John’s to Victoria – and select U.S cities including Boston, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Tamp and Washington through airtransat.com. Porter, meanwhile, now provides nonstop flights operated by Air Transat to Europe from Toronto Pearson (YYZ), Montréal-Trudeau (YUL) and Quebec City (YQB), as well as connecting flights to Europe from anywhere in Canada on flyporter.com.

Ticket sales for these new flight options, which will progressively open over the next few weeks, begin today, June 5, 2024, for travel starting June 13, 2024.

The two airlines first announced their codeshare agreement in March 2022, with their first codeshare flights taking off in October 2022. In November 2023, the then announced an expansion of the agreement with the creation of a joint venture that would integrate their complementary networks at YYZ and YUL airports. 

“Our alliance is enhancing the travel experience by seamlessly integrating our services across North and Latin America, as well as Europe and North Africa. By leveraging the strengths of our highly complementary networks, we are committed to delivering more choice to Canadians with a high-quality service,” said Sebastian Ponce, Chief Revenue Officer at Transat.

Edmond Eldebs, Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, Porter Airlines, added: “Porter’s growing presence throughout North America fits perfectly with Air Transat’s international routes. We are able to operate independently, but collaboratively, to give passengers more choices when they are booking their travel, whether for single flights or itineraries requiring connections with both airlines.”