Qatar Airways has signed a codeshare agreement with Porter Airlines that opens five more Canadian cities to its passengers, the Doha-based carrier said on November 9.
The deal follows a codeshare with WestJet that Qatar Airways announced on October 26. Both give the Gulf carrier reach beyond Toronto and Montreal, its only Canadian gateways, which it serves daily for a combined 14 flights a week.
Under the agreement, Qatar Airways will place its QR code on select Porter-operated flights. The added points are Edmonton, Halifax, Ottawa, St. John’s and Thunder Bay.
Bookings are open for travel from November 16 through the Qatar Airways website and app.
Passengers from Montreal and Toronto can connect through Hamad International Airport in Doha to more than 170 destinations. The airline named Delhi, Manila, Dubai and Addis Ababa among them.
The release did not say how many Porter flights the codeshare covers.
Qatar Airways has installed Starlink Wi-Fi on nearly 170 widebody aircraft and plans flights to Western Sydney International Airport in 2027.
Porter, which is based in Toronto, is also growing its own network this winter. It adds Montego Bay flights from Hamilton on December 20.
Qatar Airways has been adding long-haul reach elsewhere in the Americas. It launched flights from Doha to Bogotá and Caracas on November 4.
Hamad International Airport has been named Best Airport in the Middle East for 11 consecutive years.
