AUSTIN, TX \u2014 Porter Airlines has officially launched new nonstop service between Toronto Pearson International Airport and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, marking the carrier\u2019s entry into the Central Texas market and further expanding its North American network.<\/p>\n
The year-round route will operate five times weekly and is designed to strengthen connectivity between Toronto and Austin, while also providing travellers in Texas with access to Porter\u2019s broader Canadian network.<\/p>\n
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport marked the inaugural departure with a celebratory event on May 21, attended by airport executives, airline representatives, community partners and passengers travelling on the first flight.<\/p>\n
\u201cWelcoming Porter Airlines to AUS is an exciting milestone for our airport and the Central Texas region,\u201d said Ghizlane Badawi, Chief Executive Officer of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. \u201cEach new international connection strengthens Austin\u2019s role as a global destination and supports the economic vitality of our community. This service to Toronto provides our passengers with another seamless travel option while also inviting new visitors to discover everything that makes Austin unique.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, TX \u2014 Porter Airlines has officially launched new nonstop service between Toronto Pearson International Airport and Austin-Bergstrom…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,36197,68761],"class_list":["post-304744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-lead-story","tag-porter-airlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}