Thunder Airlines
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| Founded | 1994[3] | ||||||
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| AOC # | 8882[4] | ||||||
| Hubs | Thunder Bay Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Thunder Bay, Timmins, Moosonee, Kashechewan, Fort Albany, Attawapiskat, Peawanuck | ||||||
| Fleet size | 14[5] | ||||||
| Destinations | 6[6] | ||||||
| Headquarters | Thunder Bay, Ontario | ||||||
| Key people | Christa Calabrese, President | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Thunder Airlines is a Canadian scheduled flight, charter and medevac airline based in Thunder Bay, Ontario. It offers an on-demand charter service from bases in Thunder Bay and Timmins. The company was founded in 1994 and operates fourteen aircraft and flies to six destinations regularly.
Destinations[edit]
Thunder Airlines operates scheduled services to the following destinations in Ontario:[6]
- Attawapiskat First Nation (Attawapiskat Airport)
- Fort Albany First Nation (Fort Albany Airport)
- Kashechewan First Nation (Kashechewan Airport)
- Moosonee (Moosonee Airport)
- Timmins (Timmins/Victor M. Power Airport)
- Peawanuck (Peawanuck Airport)
Fleet[edit]
As of August 2019 Thunder Airlines website and Transport Canada list the following aircraft:[5]
| Aircraft | No. of aircraft |
Variants | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beechcraft King Air | 7 | 100 series | Seats up to nine and cruises at 385 km/h (208 kn; 239 mph)[7] |
| Cessna 208 Caravan | 1 | 208B Grand Caravan | Seats up to nine, cruises at 270 km/h (150 kn; 170 mph), used mainly for cargo[7] |
| Mitsubishi MU-2 | 6 | Marquise (MU-2B-60) | Seats up to seven, cruises at 500 km/h (270 kn; 310 mph), used mainly for MEDEVAC[7] |
The Transport Canada site lists:
- 1 - Mitsubishi MU-2L (MU-2B-36)[8]
- 1 - Mitsubishi MU-2N (MU-2B-36A)[9]
- 1 - Marquise (MU-2B-60)[10] all with cancelled certificates.
Accidents and incidents[edit]
- On November 27, 2023, a MEDEVAC flight flown on a Mitsubishi MU-2 crashed upon landing at Wawa Airport, destroying the plane. No injuries were reported, but the runway was closed for over 2 days.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ IATA Airline and Airport Code Search. Retrieved 1 December 2013
- ^ a b "ICAO Designators for Canadian Aircraft Operating Agencies, Aeronautical Authorities and Services" (PDF). Nav Canada. 2023-05-04. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
Thunder Airlines: THU, AIR THUNDER
- ^ Company History
- ^ Transport Canada (2019-08-26), Civil Aviation Services (CAS) AOC. wwwapps.tc.gc.ca.
- ^ a b "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result for Thunder Airlines". Transport Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
- ^ a b Route Map
- ^ a b c Our Fleet
- ^ Mitsubishi MU-2B-36
- ^ Mitsubishi MU-2B-36A
- ^ Mitsubishi MU-2B-60
- ^ MacDonald, Darren (November 27, 2023). "No injuries after plane destroyed in airport crash in Wawa, Ont". ctvnews.ca. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
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