WestJet (WS, Calgary) would operate Boeing 737 MAX aircraft from Toronto Billy Bishop City Centre airport should it be granted takeoff and landing slots at the island airfield Chief Executive Officer Gregg Saretsky has said. Speaking to Bloomberg newswire, Mr Saretsky said the lack of slots at the airport was currently hampering his airline's expansion plans there. “We would like to have access to the island airport but there are no slots available. We would like to have the opportunity to fly jets ourselves from that airport. The 737 is capable of operating off the [1'219m] runway at Billy Bishop.” In September, WestJet placed an order with Boeing (BOE, Washington National) for sixty-five B737 MAX aircraft due from 2017 on. Situated on a Lake Ontario island about 100 meters from Toronto’s downtown waterfront, Toronto City Centre airport currently restricts access to turboprop aircraft only; a policy incumbent operator Porter Airlines (P3, Toronto Billy Bishop City Centre) has been trying to overturn. Porter has been fighting Toronto City Council to expand the airport's facilities and runway to pave the way for it to operate its planned fleet of A220-100s. City Council has deferred voting on the issue until early 2014 citing a lack of funding and information.