For Immediate Release, December 2014
Porter Airlines Takes Flight to Charleston, South Carolina!
Charleston, South Carolina (December 15, 2014) - Porter Airlines today announced that it will begin service between Charleston International Airport (CHS) and Toronto, Ontario, Canada’s Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ). From February 14 to May 2, 2015, Porter Airlines will operate one weekly round-trip, non-stop, direct flight, with introductory one-way fares beginning at $238 including all fees and taxes. Flights are now available for booking at www.flyporter.com .
According to Charleston Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Chairman Dan Blumenstock, "Canada is the #1 source of international visitors to the Charleston area, and Ontario accounts for the overwhelming majority of our Canadian visitors." Blumenstock also noted, "When Condé Nast Traveler readers named Charleston the #1 Top City in the United States, they also named Porter Airlines the Top Small Airline in the World. We believe their customer-centric reputation meshes well with Charleston's legendary friendliness and Southern hospitality.”
Porter Airline executives indicated that Charleston’s international appeal to the discerning traveler and a welcoming hospitality industry were influential factors in their choice of Charleston, which represents the airline’s longest haul flight. “Charleston is a truly Southern destination that offers some of the world’s best hospitality,” said Robert Deluce, president and CEO of Porter Airlines. “It is a welcome complement to our growing network that I know passengers will embrace.”
Helen T. Hill, Executive Director of the Charleston Area CVB, enthusiastically welcomed the announcement, “We are excited to forge this partnership with a quality organization like Porter Airlines. Their expanding network affords our industry the opportunity to explore the Canadian market in a meaningful way that will benefit new visitors to our region. We look forward to offering Porter customers the same hospitality on the ground that they have come to expect in the air.”
Though the Toronto to Charleston service is Saturday only, passengers can travel daily via Porter’s interline partner, JetBlue with a connection through Boston Logan International Airport (BOS). www.llypoter.com
Porter Airline’s service to Charleston will fly on the 74-passenger Bombardier Q400, which includes all leather seats, complimentary in-flight services such as snacks, beer and wine, a generous 32-inch pitch between seats in all aisle/window configuration as well as well as spacious full height interiors.
The mission of the Charleston Area Convention & Visitors Bureau is to unify and lead the local travel industry in marketing the Charleston area as an individual, meeting, incentive and group destination to both the domestic and international markets.
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