Canada’s Porter Airlines has signed an interline partnership agreement with Qatar Airways, Porter’s first such venture.

Porter’s chief executive said it would seek more such deals.

“It’s the beginning of a plan to add multiple interline partners in 2012, introducing Porter to an entirely new set of passengers,” said Robert Deluce, Porter’s president and CEO.

Under the agreement, Qatar’s flights between Doha and Montreal and Washington-Dulles can now connect more easily to Porter flights to Toronto and Halifax, Nova Scotia.