Hey many people would pay a PREMIUM to avoid the long trip to the GTAA (Go to Another Airport), long security lines, AIFs, etc. These factors likely contributed to Porter's successes thus far. If they were based out of Hamilton airport for example it would have been a different story. Who wants to commute...to ride a commuter airline!
Location, location, location.

(As a side note Westjet has drastically scaled back YHM operations, from which they rose in humble beginnings)

I'm tired of the 40 minute 5am cab rides in a ramshackle cab with the driver doing 120km while on a cell phone...

Everyone knows...porter's private equity well will run dry soon. Their public IPO was a bust.