Porter takes wage funds as operations remain shut

Porter Airlines will receive funds from Canada’s wage subsidy programme, allowing the carrier to pay many of the hundreds of workers it furloughed in March after grounding its fleet and suspending all operations until June. The carrier will remain grounded until June even as it returns furloughed employees to its payroll. Porter intends to return staff to active roles as operations restart, Porter’s CE Michael Deluce said Friday. Nearly all its 1,500 workers have been furloughed. “As we look ahead to restarting flights when it is appropriate to do so, we are doing everything possible to stay connected with our people,” Deluce says. Porter plans to eventually put its furloughed employees back to work “as operations restart and rebuild to previous levels”, the airline says. <br/>