DWS Aviation

Porter Airlines, a regional passenger carrier based at Toronto’s City Centre Airport in Canada, has launched a new service between Toronto City Centre Airport and Chicago’s Midway International Airport in the United States.

A new airline called Enerjet will be launched in Canada in 2009 by a group of former executives of WestJet Airlines Limited.

Porter Airlines, the regional passenger carrier based at Toronto City Centre Airport, Canada, will start flying to Midway International Airport, Chicago, the United States, from November 12, 2008.

Skyrocketing fuel bills have taken its toll on yet another airline: Air Canada, the flag carrier of Canada and the country’s largest airline, has suffered a 21% drop in its profits in the second quarter of 2008.

The ambitious plans of Air Canada to renew its fleet has run into rough weather with aircraft maker Boeing Company, based in Chicago, the United States, saying that it will deliver the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft to the airline at least 2 years later than originally promised.

Transport Canada, the department within the government of Canada which is responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in the country, has been found guilty of laxity in overseeing the aviation industry properly. 

The Federal Aviation Administration of the United States has ordered Porter Airlines Incorporated, a regional airline based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to “trim” its weekday schedule for flights from Toronto to Newark, New Jersey, the United States.

Frontier Airlines, based in Denver, Colorado, the United States, has decided to raise the charge for taking antlers on its planes to $100 from $75.