My worst compagnie aérienne
My worst compagnie aérienne. Too many delays, airplane was hot inside, etc...

Porter Airlines is a regional airline based in Canada, specializing in providing convenient air travel options to various destinations throughout North America and the Caribbean. The company operates a fleet of modern aircraft, offering passengers an enhanced travel experience that includes complimentary snacks, beer, and wine during flights. Customers can easily book flights online through the company's user-friendly website, flyporter.com. Targeting both leisure and business travelers, Porter Airlines aims to deliver a comfortable and enjoyable flying experience. The airline focuses on routes that connect major cities and regional hubs, making it a preferred choice for individuals seeking efficient travel solutions within the Americas. With a commitment to customer satisfaction, Porter Airlines continues to refine its services and expand its offerings to meet the evolving needs of its passengers.
Porter Airlines receives overwhelmingly negative feedback from customers, with many expressing frustration over flight cancellations, delays, and poor communication. Reviewers frequently report being rebooked without notice, leading to significant inconveniences, such as missing important events.
The check-in process is often described as slow and chaotic, with some travelers waiting over an hour just to check in. While a few positive comments highlight friendly staff members, such as Gihan at Toronto Pearson, these instances are overshadowed by complaints about overall service quality. Additionally, issues like delayed baggage and uncomfortable seating further contribute to the dissatisfaction. Overall, the sentiment is largely negative, with many customers advising against flying with Porter Airlines.
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| Source | Rating | Reviews | Weight | 6-mo | Fake risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trustpilot Imported Trustpilot reviews | 1.8 | 210 | 100% | -0.4 | ● Low |
Monthly average rating from reviews written by people · latest review Jul 2025.
| Month | Average | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 24 | 1.6 | 11 |
| Sep 24 | 2.8 | 11 |
| Oct 24 | 3.0 | 6 |
| Nov 24 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Dec 24 | 1.4 | 9 |
| Jan 25 | 2.3 | 6 |
| Feb 25 | 1.8 | 9 |
| Mar 25 | 2.0 | 4 |
| Apr 25 | 2.3 | 6 |
| May 25 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Jun 25 | 1.9 | 9 |
| Jul 25 | 1.2 | 5 |
Share of positive (4–5★) and negative (1–2★) reviews mentioning each topic · based on the 210 most recent reviews.
“March26, 2025 We took Porter Airlines from Montreal to Edmonton via Toronto”
“The reason I was given by their customer service rep is that the flight had been re-scheduled but no explanation as t...”
Same method for every company: overall rating, legitimacy checks, the average rating of reviews mentioning each area and the 6-month trend · Airlines.
| Company | Overall | Legit | Service | Booking | Website & app | Trend | Reviews |
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| 1.8 out of 5 (poor) | 100 out of 100 | 2.0 out of 5 (poor) | 1.6 out of 5 (poor) | 1.3 out of 5 (poor) | −15% | 210 | |
| 4.9 out of 5 (good) | 100 out of 100 | 5.0 out of 5 (good) | — | 4.2 out of 5 (good) | — | 1,109 | |
| 4.2 out of 5 (good) | 100 out of 100 | 4.2 out of 5 (good) | 3.5 out of 5 (good) | 3.5 out of 5 (good) | — | 1,083 | |
| 4.6 out of 5 (good) | 100 out of 100 | 4.5 out of 5 (good) | 4.5 out of 5 (good) | — | — | 1,069 | |
| 4.8 out of 5 (good) | 100 out of 100 | 4.9 out of 5 (good) | 4.9 out of 5 (good) | 5.0 out of 5 (good) | — | 1,050 |
Bottom line: Porter Airlines is #5 of 5 on overall rating in this group. On website & app, Audley Travel scores higher (5.0 vs 1.3).
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My worst compagnie aérienne. Too many delays, airplane was hot inside, etc...
Terrible service, staff are miserable, waited 45 mins to drop a bag in Calgary waited over an hour for a bag in Toronto on a domestic flight! Never again
it's a shame that this is a Canadian company, i can't believe it can operate with such low business standards. My flight was cancelled hours before due to STAFF SHORTAGE, no compensation given whatsoever. This has been the frequent practice for porter - they believe they can get away with cancellations as a 'small carrier' without offering compensations. When I contacted for help, the agent JOANNA was the worst i've ever encountered. She kept repeating 'so what do you want, refund? next flight?'. How unfortunate for Canada to have an airline that operates like this, causing inconvenience to customers at customers' expense all the time. Avoid at all cost unless you want to pay 2-3 times for another airline last minute.
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I recently had the pleasure of flying with Porter Airlines, and I must say it was an exceptional experience from start to finish. This airline truly knows how to deliver outstanding service, making every moment of the journey a delightful one. From the moment I stepped foot in the airport to the final landing, Porter Airlines exceeded all my expectations. One of the standout features of Porter Airlines is their dedication to providing a seamless and stress-free travel experience. The check-in process was incredibly efficient and hassle-free, with friendly and knowledgeable staff readily available to assist. The entire boarding process was swift, and the cabin crew greeted passengers with warm smiles, setting a positive tone for the flight ahead. The aircraft itself was impeccably clean and comfortable. The seating arrangement provided ample legroom, ensuring a relaxed journey. The attention to detail in the cabin's design and aesthetics showcased Porter Airlines' commitment to creating a pleasant ambiance for passengers. I was particularly impressed by the complimentary in-flight snacks and beverages, which were delicious and served with a touch of elegance. Porter Airlines goes above and beyond in terms of customer service. The flight attendants were attentive, courteous, and genuinely seemed to enjoy their work. They promptly addressed any concerns or requests, ensuring that everyone on board felt well taken care of. It was evident that the staff had been trained to prioritize customer satisfaction, and their efforts truly made a difference in enhancing the overall flying experience. Furthermore, the timeliness of Porter Airlines is commendable. My flight departed and arrived exactly as scheduled, which is a testament to their commitment to punctuality. The airline's dedication to adhering to the flight schedule was greatly appreciated, as it allowed me to plan my itinerary with confidence and minimized any unnecessary waiting time. Another notable aspect of Porter Airlines is their focus on convenience. The airline operates from convenient airports, often located closer to city centers, making travel more accessible and time-efficient. The complimentary access to Porter Airlines' lounges further adds to the convenience factor, providing a peaceful and comfortable space to relax or work before departure. Overall, my experience with Porter Airlines was nothing short of exceptional. The airline's commitment to delivering excellent customer service, combined with their attention to detail and dedication to punctuality, sets them apart from many others in the industry. I would highly recommend Porter Airlines to anyone seeking a premium travel experience and look forward to flying with them again in the future.
What went wrong between 2 travel company cheapair &porter airline down 1000$ no one help everyone say they have to change your ticket evoid the this company so you won't be crying pay more for good company cheap say it all mistake I admit will not use any of those compay trust pilot want to verify ticket I send them booking they said need more to keep my review read other review you come to decisions leave my review
I am seriously bitter over the way I was handled by this airline. My 2 hour connecting flight was cancelled by this airline. It was the last flight of the day, so they transferred me to the next day. Instead of offering to cover my hotel, which would have been the reasonable thing to do considering they cancelled my flight, I was given an utterly fake "discount" voucher that only sent me to the hotel website main page, a phone number that left me on hold, and was left to dry in the middle of the night in a huge airport. I am a student and don't have the budget to stay in an expensive hotel. Instead of helping me out, they offered a "stretch" seat, as if some extra leg room on a 2 hour flight could make up for a sleepless night in the airport. This airline does not take responsibility for their customers, and I would not recommend to anyone!!
Would never recommend Porter after being delayed for both flights and 1 by 4 hours for no reason at all. Fly air Canada or west jet if you want your flight to leave on time when flying within Canada. I did call the customer service number and they tried to understand the status as much as they could but offered no support.
I had an incredible first experience flying with PORTER! I flew Toronto(Pearson) to Edmonton. I was generously assigned an upgraded seat to my surprise! The snack and meal was very fresh and delicious. Staff was welcoming, friendly and professional. I will absolutely book with PORTER again.
Buyer Beware. When booking Porter Airlines via Expedia, they purposefully break roundtrips into two segments. Additionally, there are two segments for each traveler. This occurs despite scheduling on Expedia all at once, under a single itinerary number, and getting a "total" cost in the confirming email. Here's where they get clever to keep more of your money. They tell you there is a $100 (or 85) change fee. Because everything was done on a single itinerary and total cost basis, you reasonably think the change fee is for the single itinerary. When you attempt to use the "credit" it is applied to each segment and each traveler. Suddenly a $700 charge authorized on Expedia's site is now only worth about 1/2 that amount. Additionally, the credits have to be individually used on new segments by the specific travelers, which makes using the credits near impossible. This is never discussed in the confirming document and Porter refuses to discuss the actions of its representative: Expedia. If you wish to book a flight for yourself and others, while maintaining a functional opportunity to use the change flight option, think long and hard before booking Porter Airlines on Expedia.
Ive been flying for over 30 years... First time flying with Porter. Edmonton to Ottawa and return. Connecting through Toronto. Edmonton to Ottawa...impressed. Great customer service, clean plane, really positive experience. Return flight, a nightmare. Non communicative customer service, flight attendants had very frosty personalities, and tight connection times with a last minute change in gates that was not announced by flight attendants or via text (which i signed up for), led me to almost miss my connecting flight home. Needs improvement.
Just got home with United Airlines Tucson Denver Denver Montreal operated by Air Canada I was checking my credit card this morning HUGE SUPRISE I am charged $487.57 by Porter Air Cad, I never heard of them and less booked anything from them. I finally get them on my telephone the person was rude kept and had a terrible accent. Hope I get my money back
Absolutely a crappy company with 0% customer service . Do not fly with these people . Waste of money and time . They will change your terminal on you without notifying you . Also , they don’t like helping or answering questions either
Mar 3 Porter cancelled flight PD2286 from Halifax to Toronto due to a "coming storm in Toronto" --- But because they did that they also cancelled flight PD2283 from Tor to Hal leaving 5 hours earlier @12.55pm from Toronto with clear skies in both Cities and no weather warnings in Halifax. This was to avoid having the plane (which was supposed to turn around and fly back to Toronto), avoid the coming storm in Toronto so. This cost 80 passengers stranded in Tor about $200 night for hotels, food, cabs etc. I estimate 80people x$200/night=$16,000 and Porter didn't give a cent. And saved the cost of 2 flights by booking us passengers on scheduled flights the next day. The Canada Transportation Agency only requires them to state the circumstances were "Unavoidable" to get away with no restitution to their Customers - What a sleazy move, and they do it time and time again
Worst airline ever! We travelled from the Netherlands to Canada to visit our family in Calgary and Ottawa. We booked a national flight with Porter to Ottawa. They cancelled three times on us. First was due to weather conditions so understandable the other two times were due to shortage on crew. They rescheduled us on the day we had to flight back, 6 days later than our original flight. We tried to contact customer services. First we hang on the phone for over 1 hour and 30 minutes and they just hang up on us. We tried again in the morning and found a live chat on their website. After waiting a whole morning we got finally through to someone. After a whole hassle they agreed to change the flight so we could fly earlier. But we never got a confirmation of them. The day we're supposed to fly like agreed in the chat we we're on the airport. Tried to get someone on the phone the whole morning because we didn't got a confirmation of them, finally we're talking to someone and he denied everything at first 🙄 after a while they said that every flight was cancelled to Ottawa until the 28th of February. They lied because the flight we're supposed te be on was still going... We had enough and cancelled our flight with them and rebooked with Flair for the same day. Still didn't see a refund from then, but i'll never book a flight with them again. This is a super unreliable airline! That doesn't do customer service.
Just FYI - the $100 charge fee to change flights is not for the trip - it is per direction... so if you buy tickets don't opt for the more expensive option like me because if you have to change your flight, it is literally the cost of buying new tickets if you count in having the pay for the taxes, new itinerary fee and difference in price. I had paid $330 originally. After trying to change my flight it was going to charge me an additional $200... The actual flights that day cost $250... like why would I commit to a flight. I had to throw these away and decided to never book with them again.
I was excited that Porter was flying out of YYZ to YYC as I was a fan of the airline given my positive experiences flying with them years back. The inaugural flight to YYC was great; friendly professional crew, lots of nice perks like free food and a voucher for future travel. The CEO was on the flight and I mouthed the word "impressed" as I walked-by as he set-up for his press conference. I extolled them to friends and family...until this morning. When checking-in to my return flight, I took note of how the plane appeared almost empty (almost every seat was up for grabs, for a price). I woke-up this morning receiving an email that my flight this afternoon had been cancelled due to a lack of crew. I'm now scheduled for a flight tomorrow on a near full flight and can't help but suspect the lack of passengers and this cancellation are cause/effect. The cancellation is classified as "controllable", as-in, this was Porter's decision. Obviously this has torpedoed my opinion of the airline and I'd mouth something else to the CEO in passing next time...
I am a travel writer and a gold and privileged flyer with two other airlines. I was excited when Porter sent me a communique that they were flying to other points of Canada including Vancouver We reserved their “premium” class as we were told that they had a priority lounge in Montreal and Toronto - a lie! We had a return flight to Victoria BC via Vancouver ( we made arrangemts to fly to the Island with another airline as Porter does not fly there) Two days before we were scheduled to leave we were informed that our flight was cancelled on Friday morning and delay until Saturday. Contacting reservations took 40 minutes and our reservation individual said that it was because there was no crew ( amazing how they knew that 2 days prior). Her comment was that we could get in Saturday afternoon and I said that we would miss our connections to Vancouver Island. Her comment well you could take the train to Vancouver 😤 Our only way to get to the Island then is take a taxi to the ferry terminal, pay for the ferry and then another taxi to Victoria airport to retrieve our car When checking in at Montreal ( the Porter staff were very compassionate). They said we can get you to the Toronto Island airport take an Uber and then you can book a room near the Airport. Which we did. There was a Porter jet flying to Pearson but they said it was full! Arriving at 11 pm 8 hours after arriving at the Montreal airport Our flight was to depart at 10: 35 am on Feb 25 When checking in they were unable to have seats together for us! The flight was then delayed to 12:35 but our new boarding passes still indicated boarding at 9:45. The gate is at the farthest end of the Terminal 3 there is no gate attendant but our plane, covered in snow, is at the gate We do not trust that this flight will leave on time. So we have been at airports/travelling Montreal -Toronto for the last 29 hours. Our out of pocket expenses now exceed $1000. One extra night hotel stay, Uber, car rental , meals, extra cost of car parking in Victoria airport, two extra days for a babysitter, two taxis, ferry I do hope that a PR person picks this up and makes an effort to reach out as it will have to take something special for us to recommend Porter to anyone flying outside of the Montreal /Toronto corridor I hope we can get home Such a disappointment!! Michael and Susanne
This is honestly the worst airline I have ever used! Do not book a flight with them!!!!!! The customer service (both in person and via phone) was horrible. They had no sense of understanding the situation and did not care enough to make an effort to help. I rarely complain but this was just so bad. We missed our connecting flight because of their incompetence and they did not help us getting a new flight to our end destination
I am having trouble searching a rt trip with adding my daughter to the return flight. I was OK with buying separate ticket,either way as long as we are all on the flight! I had to call CS and what a mistake that was!! I gave the gentlemen my dates and airports I would like. The man kept cutting me off rudely while I gave him my info 3 separate times. He kept putting me on hold and coming back 5 minutes later to ask what dates and cities I want to leave from and land in. I gave him info 4th time for him to n9w ask me if I was going to stay in Jamaica for 1 or 2 days!!!!! Like huh? Have yoy smoked before your shift kind sir who goes to the Caribbean for 1 or 2 days???? He then argued with me that I never told him how long I wanted to go for the whole 4 times I said leaving 1st of March and coming home the 15th. He said yes you told me this but you never told me how long you wanted to travel for!!!???!! I'm so 😕and I'm not to sure I should trust my life with this airline if the cs a nuts. I told him it's OK u will call another airline and hung up ,would you believe he waited 5 minutes and is calling me back to back and leaving long msgs on my phone with the background of ither cs agents taking their calls...not 1 word from him just the background of his work station OVER AND OVER. I never even gave him my number,we never made it that far in our conversation. What gives him the right to harass me like this!!!!
Porter Airlines is a regional airline based in Canada, specializing in providing convenient air travel options to various destinations throughout North America and the Caribbean. The company operates a fleet of modern aircraft, offering passengers an enhanced travel experience that includes complimentary snacks, beer, and wine during flights. Customers can easily book flights online through the company's user-friendly website, flyporter.com. Targeting both leisure and business travelers, Porter Airlines aims to deliver a comfortable and enjoyable flying experience. The airline focuses on routes that connect major cities and regional hubs, making it a preferred choice for individuals seeking efficient travel solutions within the Americas. With a commitment to customer satisfaction, Porter Airlines continues to refine its services and expand its offerings to meet the evolving needs of its passengers.
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