Gary Leff, writing for View from the Wing:
Asked by The Airline Observer‘s Brian Sumers at the Skift Aviation Forum whether oneworld alliance membership is in the cards for them, Porter’s President Kevin Jackson said that the “honest answer” is “We don’t know.”
“We are forming relationships with a lot of oneworld carriers now. Alaska and American are two of them.”
He mentions Qatar Airways as one of their partners, and they already partner with British Airways too. Jackson notes that “oneworld doesn’t have a partner in Canada and Porter would make an obvious answer to that if we choose to join.”
“Obvious” meaning “only” – Air Canada is in Star Alliance and WestJet is part-owned by a group of SkyTeam airlines.
Porter doesn’t have a business class and hasn’t opened any lounges, but the flights get good reviews for the little things like food and wifi. A sort of Canadian version of Alaska (with whom Porter has a deep partnership).
