{"id":923004,"date":"2026-10-06T17:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/923004\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T17:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:10:12","slug":"porter-airlines-adds-new-route-from-edmonton-to-ontario-city-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/923004\/","title":{"rendered":"Porter Airlines adds new route from Edmonton to Ontario city | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Porter Airlines is adding a new nonstop route between Edmonton, Alta., and London, Ont., starting next spring.<\/p>\n<p>The year-round service will operate seven times weekly beginning May 6, 2027, connecting YEG with London International Airport (YXU).<\/p>\n<p>Porter will operate the route using its 132-seat Embraer E195-E2 aircraft. In addition to no middle seat, passengers will enjoy all the other familiar Porter perks, including complimentary beer and wine, premium snacks, and free Wi-Fi on the flights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPorter\u2019s new non-stop service to London is another strong signal of the airline\u2019s confidence in Edmonton,\u201d said Myron Keehn, president and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/edmonton\/edmonton-international-airport-new-global-ranking\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edmonton International Airport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe route links two thriving regions and creates new opportunities for business and travel between Southwest Ontario and the Edmonton region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Edmonton-London route is part of Porter\u2019s\u00a0plan to add\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flyporter.com\/en-ca\/about-porter\/media-centre\/news-details?title=Porter+Airlines+expands+London+International+Airport+footprint+with+five+domestic+routes+2026+10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">five new domestic routes<\/a> from YXU next spring, with service also\u00a0to Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, and Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1002\" height=\"406\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2317402\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-06-at-10.08.16-AM.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2317402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Porter Airlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Porter Airlines is adding a new nonstop route between Edmonton, Alta., and London, Ont., starting next spring. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":923005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-923004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/923005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}