{"id":495921,"date":"2026-02-24T08:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/495921\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T08:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:39:12","slug":"porter-becomes-latest-canadian-airline-to-restart-service-to-mexico-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/495921\/","title":{"rendered":"Porter becomes latest Canadian airline to restart service to Mexico &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted February 23, 2026 9:52 pm<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUpdated February 24, 2026 12:36 am\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Porter Airlines is resuming service to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on Tuesday after cancelling flights because of widespread violence.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The announcement follows similar moves by Air Canada, WestJet and Air Transat on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>A social media post on Monday from Air Canada said full operations from Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver to Puerto Vallarta will start up again on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>WestJet and Air Transat have both said they\u2019re restarting service to and from Puerto Vallarta on Tuesday, with WestJet also doing the same for Guadalajara and Manzanillo.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>Tourists and locals in multiple regions of Mexico were told to shelter in place to avoid the violence that broke out Sunday after the death of a cartel leader as part of a Mexican government operation.<\/p>\n<p>More than 26,000 Canadians in Mexico have registered with Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 23, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11679229\/us-judge-bars-release-trump-document-report\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771922351_562_donald-trump.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" 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