I was in row 30 and it was stupid tight for someone 5’11”. I’d never do it again, unless I knew the adjacent seat was open, (which isn’t a practical solution).




Porter’s issue is they don’t have the cost structure to be a discounter and price below AC or WS.

The 132 seat E2 is a high cost airframe, and even moreso after the sale / leaseback transactions that keep the cash rolling in as long as deliveries continue, but take the monthly lease payments pretty close to us$300k.

Porter needs premium fares to make their model work. Selling cheap seats to the sun isn’t going to do it, especially with the anemic utilization, sub 7.6hrs airborne on peak days per tail, that they’ve achieved since day one.

The low utilization generates far too few ASM’s per tail per day, which, in turn limits revenue generation opportunities and keeps unit costs far higher than their competitors.

it’s not a good scenario.