This Airline Simply Launched a New York to Montreal Route—and It Serves Free Wine and Beer

Porter Airways lately introduced a brand new flight between New York Metropolis’s Newark Worldwide Airport (EWR) and Montréal Trudeau Airport (YUL). The brand new route takes off on June 1, 2025, and can function day by day, earlier than increasing to twice day by day throughout peak season. The flight shall be operated on a Sprint 8-400 plane. 

The flights will function seasonally for the summer season journey season by September 7, 2025. Montréal’s airport authority added that the Newark flight can also be useful for passengers in search of connecting flights to Europe. 

“We’re excited to associate with Porter Airways to supply new nonstop service between Montréal and Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport,” Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Aviation Director Charles R. Everett Jr. acknowledged in a press launch. “This enlargement displays our area’s rising demand for extra seamless journey choices to high North American locations and highlights our continued dedication to providing extra flexibility for the New York-New Jersey space’s vacationers, particularly as worldwide journey demand will increase.”

The airline affords a premium expertise which incorporates no center seats within the cabin, plus complimentary beer and wine in glassware. The meals and beverage choices are regionally sourced and embody Mr. Porter’s Espresso Mix from Saint-Henri in Montréal, and wine from Jackson-Triggs Wines, from Niagara Peninsula, Ontario. The airline additionally serves Moosehead Canadian Lager beer. 

Montréal is thought for its French tradition and meals, historic structure, and number of actions. The town can also be close to a number of massive outside parks and mountaineering trails, together with the Parc-nature du Cap-Saint-Jacques. Journey + Leisure readers beforehand ranked Montréal as one among their favourite cities in Canada.  

The Canadian metropolis is dwelling to quite a few luxurious inns, together with The Ritz-Carlton Montreal and Hôtel Nelligan, which had been each ranked in T+L’s World’s Greatest Awards.  One other reader favourite is the 4 Seasons Resort Montreal, which honors 4 Seasons’ Canadian roots, because the lodge was based in Toronto, and is positioned within the Previous Montreal district.