If noise is a problem at the island airport now, think what it will be like in the future.  The following is an excerpt of an interview in a recent issue of Toro Magazine with Porter Airline president, Robert Deluce.

Toro Magazine: Please tell us about your plans for further expansion into the U.S.
market - and how far this can go if you continue to use propeller aircraft
and fly from the limited confines of the Island Airport.

Robert Deluce: We identified 17 Canadian and U.S. destinations as part of the original
business plan and have already added others beyond this. By the end of this
year, we'll be in one more U.S. market, with at least one other by the
spring. Boston, Chicago, Washington and Philadelphia are the top priorities.
Our aircraft fleet will double to 12 within a year and we'll have taken
delivery of all 20 Q400s we have on order in less than two years. This gives
us the ability to fulfill the objectives set out in the original business
plan.

Mr. Deluce’s promise to have taken delivery of all 20 Q400s within two years means that Porter will be able to reach the Tripartite Agreement sanctioned limit of 167 flights daily or a flight landing or taking off every five minutes.

What happened to the "clean, green waterfront" promised by every politician in the city?

Bob Kotyk