“International” Flights Begin

In October, Porter Airlines announced they would offer twice weekly flights between Toronto and Burlington. They named December 15 as the first day the shuttle service would begin and they held true to that commitment as the first flight landed on its scheduled day and time in Burlington on Thursday.

The Burlington Free Press reported that four different ski resorts have helped pay to market the flights and are offering special packages for passengers. Porter has committed to run the service through April of 2012, but their President and CEO said he may consider adding more flights to the schedule because the flights have been well received by both cities. Over half of the tickets for the season’s flights have already sold and while Thursday’s inaugural flight into Burlington was a mix of people associated with the partnership, the return flight was scheduled to take off with several Vermonters.