Posted AT 9:32 AM EDT on 20/05/08
Porter adjusts course, will fly into Newark on weekends
Porter Airlines Inc. said Tuesday that it will be boosting weekend service between Toronto and Newark, N.J., after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration ordered it to scrap four daily prime-time flights this summer between the two cities.
The upstart carrier's business plan originally called for it to target business travellers on weekdays, but Porter president Robert Deluce said he's shifting his strategy to bolster weekend leisure traffic.
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