Montreal Metropolitan Airport welcomed its first commercial passengers on 15 June as the new YHU Terminal opened in Longueuil and Porter Airlines launched service from the South Shore field. The first departure left just after 9:00 a.m. for Vancouver, marking the start of scheduled domestic operations at a terminal built for 4 million passengers a year.
The facility gives Greater Montreal a second commercial airport option, with 138 weekly Porter flights planned across 11 Canadian destinations. The terminal is designed around single-aisle operations, nine boarding bridges, and a compressed passenger flow that cuts arrival times to 20 to 30 minutes before boarding. Pascan Aviation is also operating domestic services. For operators, the launch adds capacity and a tighter Montreal network footprint.
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