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New flights to the Windy City
Posted by: Laura MacNeil, Tuesday, Nov 18, 2008, 8:38 PM

The Canadian short-haul regional airline Porter has begun flying roundtrip from Toronto to Chicago three times a day during the week and twice a day on weekends.

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As of January 8th, service increases to six daily workweek flights. Porter differentiates itself by flying directly to the downtown Toronto City Centre Airport, rather than the less convenient Pearson airport. (Porter's new Toronto-Chicago service happens to also reintroduce international service to Midway airport.)

Bucking recent economic trends, the airline promises to expand service to Boston, D.C., and Philadelphia over the next three 18 months.

Porter uses new turboprops that offer custom leather seats with two to three inches more legroom than the 30 inches of legroom you typically find in the economy-class sections of other airlines.

Filed Under: airlines, airport news, chicago, illinois
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What about Amtrak/VIA's "International" train between Chicago & Toronto via Pt. Huron, Mich. & Sarnia, Ont.? I'd heard it had stopped running, Can you still get between Pt. Huron & Sarnia (across the St. Clair River) to connect with trains? What about Detroit, Mich. & Windsor, Ont.?
Oh--and Banff and Calgary don't have regular train service any more, just the "Mountaineer" excursion train in summer. Compare this with trains in Europe.
--Roger Williams, Boulder CO.

Posted By Roger Williams on November 20, 2008, 1:28 PM

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