"Traffic is flying high at St. John's International Airport. More than 1.3 million people travelled through the airport's gates in 2010, up eight per cent from 2009." from The Telegram

"Also contributing to the increase in traffic flow was an increase in competitiveness of ticket prices and the number of available flights brought on by the establishment of Porter Airlines, said Collins. Porter added hundreds of seats every day in various flights to and from St. John's when it was established in 2009."