Porter Airways provides 3 new routes to American Airways hubs

Porter Airways is losing no time including U.S. flights underneath its new partnership with American Airways.

The Canadian provider will join American’s hub at Miami Worldwide Airport (MIA) with Ontario’s Ottawa Worldwide Airport (YOW) in January 2026 and the U.S. airline’s Phoenix Sky Harbor Worldwide Airport (PHX) hub with YOW and British Columbia’s Vancouver Worldwide Airport (YVR) in February 2026.

Porter’s new U.S. routes will run as follows:

• MIA-YOW: Three weekly flights on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays from Jan. 24, 2026
• PHX-YOW: Three weekly flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from Feb. 7, 2026
• PHX-YVR: Each day flights from Feb. 2, 2026

Porter will fly Embraer E195-E2 jets on the brand new routes.

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The routes come days after Porter unveiled a brand new loyalty partnership with American Airways. The pact permits vacationers to earn and redeem American Airways AAdvantage miles on sure Porter flights and earn all-important Loyalty Factors towards elite standing.

Porter additionally has tie-ups with U.S. carriers Alaska Airways and JetBlue.

For American, the brand new Porter pact fills a niche in its associate community in Canada. Its predominant opponents, Delta Air Strains and United Airways, rely Canadian carriers WestJet and Air Canada, respectively, amongst their shut companions.

American tentatively deliberate to associate with startup airline Join Airways on flights to and from Billy Bishop Toronto Metropolis Airport (YTZ). Nonetheless, Join by no means received off the bottom.

Whereas Porter faces no competitors on the brand new MIA-YOW and PHX-YOW routes, the airline will face Air Canada, Aptitude Airways and WestJet on the PHX-YVR route, schedule information from aviation analytics agency Cirium reveals.

Along with the brand new routes, Porter may even add flights to 2 current U.S. routes: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Worldwide Airport (FLL) to each John C. Munro Hamilton Worldwide Airport (YHM) in Ontario and Toronto Pearson Airport (YYZ).

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