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.
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Founded | 1994[2] | ||||||
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AOC # | 8882[3] | ||||||
Hubs | Thunder Bay Airport | ||||||
Focus cities | Thunder Bay, Timmins, Moosonee, Kashechewan, Fort Albany, Attawapiskat, Peawanuck | ||||||
Fleet size | 14[4] | ||||||
Destinations | 6[5] | ||||||
Headquarters | Thunder Bay, Ontario | ||||||
Key people | Christa Calabrese, President | ||||||
Website | www |
Thunder Airlines operates scheduled services to the following destinations in Ontario:[5]
As of August 2019 Thunder Airlines website and Transport Canada list the following aircraft:[4]
Aircraft | No. of aircraft | Variants | Notes |
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Beechcraft King Air | 7 | 100 series | Seats up to nine and cruises at 385 km/h (208 kn; 239 mph)[6] |
Cessna 208 Caravan | 1 | 208B Grand Caravan | Seats up to nine, cruises at 270 km/h (150 kn; 170 mph), used mainly for cargo[6] |
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[6] |
The Transport Canada site lists:
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