A Porter Airlines Review
Porter Airlines Review: Zvakakosha Kufambisa Porter?
Iyi Porter Airlines inongororwa yakagoneka kuburikidza neyo ndege shomanana yekufambisa ndege *, uyo akakumbira kuti ndiongorore ruzivo rwePorter munaNovember 2011, nhepfenyuro yakagadzirirwa kusvitsa chiziviso chenguva yegoridhe yekubhururuka.
Izvi, zvisinei nekutsvaira kwekupedzisira kwekudzidzira ndege iyo yakagadzirisa kuitika kwezvinhu mumamiriro angu. Nenguva yekufamba kwenguva kunonoka kwakaguma mukana wakarasikirwa nemubvunzurudzwa uye bhiriji rinopisa rine bhizinesi rekushandira.
Maererano nehutungamiri wepamusoro unowanzofambidzana neshamwari yangu, kuregererwa kunoitika kwaari kamwechete kamwe chete nendege saka zvingave zvakadini kuti ndege yangu yokutanga naPorter inogona kuguma yakanatswa?
Yakasvika pafoni yangu zvakanaka pamusoro penguva yandaiverenga kuti ndiende kunhandare yemhepo, mumiririri wePorter akandidana kuti ndizivise kuregererwa uye akandidzivirira kusindira kushungurudzika nokundiwana chigaro chakavimbiswa pane imwe nguva yendege. ** Ndakaguma ndichibva imwe yakarongerwa maawa matatu gare gare kupfuura kugovera kwangu kwokutanga. Uye kunyange kunyange snafu iyo, yakapiwa mukana weramangwana, ndaizouya nePorter zvakare.
Chii Chinodiwa?
Nekuona, kwemaawa matanhatu kusvika kune masere nehafu yehora yeMontreal-Toronto inotarisana nebhasi pakuderera kwakaderera kunodhura madhora zana. Uye iri pedyo neawa matanhatu yezvematongerwo enyika ekirasi yepamusoro kufamba kwechitima chigaro chinowanikwa mune anenge $ 200.
Kana iri Porter yaMontreal-Toronto kweawa imwe chete, inosiyana-siyana. Kwete kusanganisira nzvimbo yekutengeserana, rwendo rwendo rwokumhanya rweMontreal-Toronto ruchienda kuToronto Island Billy Bishop Airport ringava kubva pa $ 175 kuti rive rakasimba-zuva-kwete-kuregererwa rinokwana madhora mazana mana ehurukuro yekusununguka-kana-kutsvaga.
Porter inopa ushumiri hwebhazi hwepamusoro kuRoy York York, iyo inotsika kubva kuUnited Station uyewo mamwe mahofisi ekutungamirira kuToronto, kusanganisira Le Germain Maple Leafs Square, kwandakazogara parwendo rwangu.
Mutasvikiro wacho maminitsi gumi pamusoro. Zvose mune zvose, kuenda kuBilly Bishop ndiyo inofanirwa kuenderera mberi kune imwe nzvimbo yekufambisa kana kutengesa mabhizimisi kunosanganisira kuguta kweguta reToronto (pedyo neToronto's Financial District inosvika mupfungwa).
Iwewo unoponesa mari inosvika $ 70 pane imwe yekodhi zvakare, izvo ndizvo zvaizodhura kuti uzvibvise kubva kuToronto Pearson International Airport kusvika kuguta reToronto.
Porter Airlines: The Service
Mukuwedzera kune mhepo isina mhepo isina kuputika kuburikidza nekuongororwa pazvikwata zvepamusoro zveMontreal neToronto uye nguva yepamusoro inobatanidza boka rakanakisa zvikuru rekuchengeteka kwekambani yandakambosangana nayo, nzira inoshusha yekutaurirana kwevatengi inopararira, kusanganisira vashandi vekuvhara vese vaiva vose kunakidza uye kunyatsoteerera. Munyika yangu inoninipiswa, kuvhara maonero akanaka akadaro ndiko kunoita kuti musiyano pakati pehupenyu hwakanaka uye hukuru.
Porter Airlines: The Freebies
Tiri munzira kuenda kuToronto, ndakashumirwa waini yakaisvonaka uye nechingwa mabhokisi nechingwa chinonaka cheku Thai chicken sandwich uye michero saladhi. Kwemaawa imwe chete.
Pandakanga ndadzoka, ndakashamisika kuti ndiende muBilly Bishop Airport mahofisi eToronto Island apo hovha isina mahwanda, tei isina mahwanda, mahwanda eIcelandic glacial, juisi isina mahwanda, zvinwiwa zvisingabhadhari zvakasununguka, maamondi asina kuviriswa akasununguka uye biscotti vakasununguka vakamirira vatakuri vaitevera waini inofadza uye inopisa paawa imwe chete.
Kufanana nemwana muzvinyorwa izvi zvemasipi, mutsara wokudzoka weMontreal-Toronto rwendo rwese rwakanga rusingafadzi.
Porter Airlines: The Flight
Sezvo ndakanga ndave nguva yokutanga ini ndakabhururuka mune imwe ndege ye turbo propeller kunze kwejetti yakazara, ini ndakanyarara uye kwenguva pfupi ndinotya kana ndichitanga kufamba mumugwagwa.
Denga iri mu Q400 iine 6'5 "chete, kwete biggie kune vamwe, asi zvitsitsinho zvezuva zvakange zvine ini pa5'11". Zvisinei, pakarepo pandakanga ndakagara pasi, kukwirira kwedenga kwakanga kusingabviri, uye mukamuri wemakumbo wakagutsikana. Maererano nePorter, Q400 inopa "mamita maviri kusvika matatu masendimiti akawanda kupfuura mararamiro ehupfumi-akagara."
Yakatora nguva inenge maminitsi maviri ekutiza kuti aenzanise nemhepo inoremedza yakaoma yakanzwa pane imwe nzvimbo yepasi kunze kwekuti, ichiti, Airbus kana Boeing. Pakupera kwemaawa angu okutanga-famba, ndaive kuseka nevamwe vatinha pamusoro pekudedera sezvatakanga tichikwira, izvo zvinoshamisa chaizvo kana iwe wakangove uri pajets.
Pasinei nematambudziko acho, handina kumboona kurwara kurwara mumativi maviri aya, ndakakwanisa kuverenga nekunyora zvakanaka. Ini chaizvoizvo ndakatanga kufara kuti iwe unogona sei "kunzwa" denga uye kufamba kwechifambisi.
Pakati pegumbo reToronto Island-Montreal rwendo rwangu, ndakatora zvishoma nezvishoma chero nzira ipi zvayo kuti ibude pasi, uye yakakurumidza kuteverwa nemhepo yakananga yakasara yakasara uye ndege iri kufamba madigiri makumi matanhatu pairi, zvichiita kuti ione kushamisa kwemaonero iyo chitsuwa nemvura yakapoteredza kubva pachigaro changu chekugara. Yakanga iri nguva inonakidza yausingazombotaridzi pane imwe nzvimbo yakakura yenharaunda, yakakwana kundiita kuti ndizvishamise kuti ndiani angavenga kuvhuvhuta mudiki aircrafts.
Zvichida chimwe chinhu chinonakidza chokubhururuka nePorter kupinda uye kubva kuToronto ndiyo nzvimbo yenhandare yayo. Kazhinji, zvikwata zvemapurisa ndezvokudhura kwekambani inodhura kunze kweguta riri pakati. Asi Billy Bishop Airport yeCoronto Island inonyanya kugadzikana, iyo inowanikwa nyore nyore inofanirwa kufamba kune vanofamba.
Chero Mhedziso?
Kunze kwezvinetso zvakapoteredza zvakatipoteredza zvekufambisa ndege, iyo turboprop ndege inoshandisa nekushandisa zvishoma hafu yefurairi yejetati yedunhu, dzimwe nguva zvishoma, zvichienderana nenhandare, kushandiswa kwekudzidzira kunogona kuve kubatwa, sezvinenge kune imwe ndege.
Chinhu chimwe chekufunga munyaya yePorter ndechekuti kuregererwa kuri kuBilly Bishop yendegeyo, iyo iri chikamu chekufamba kwenguva shoma kudenga kana zvinhu zvose zviri munzira: zvinwiwa zvisingabhadharwi, zvokudya zvinonaka, WiFi uye chivako chokugadzira zvinonakidza. Zvisinei, kana ndege ichibviswa uye imwe inoramba yakamira paBorly Bishop yeToronto kwenguva isingagumi, hapana nzvimbo dzokudyira, mabhizinesi akawanda, kana magazini inobatsira kutarisa nenzira inogona kunge yakareba kwenguva refu.
Kune mumwe kutora paPorter Airlines chiitiko, shanyira shamwari yangu John McLean's Porter Airlines profile.
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** Nokuda kwehutano hwekufamba kwangu uye kusava nekuzivikanwa, zvakaoma kuongorora kana nzira iyo Porter yakagadzirisa nayo unyanzvi hwokuregererwa kwendiza inoratidza kuti vatengi vanogadziriswa sei zvachose.