Thunder Airlines

Canadian airline

Thunder Airlines

A Mitsubishi MU-2 at Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport

| IATA | ICAO | Call sign

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\- [1] | THU[2] | AIR THUNDER[2]
Founded| 1994[3]
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.thunderair.com
A Mitsubishi MU-2B of Thunder Airlines taxiing at the Toronto City Centre Airport The former logo of the company.

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

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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

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As of August 2019 Thunder Airlines website and Transport Canada list the following aircraft:[5]

Thunder Airlines fleet 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)[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

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* 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

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1. ^ IATA Airline and Airport Code Search. Retrieved 1 December 2013
2. ^ a b "ICAO Designators for Canadian Aircraft Operating Agencies, Aeronautical Authorities and Services" (PDF). Nav Canada. 2024-07-11. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-02-27. "Thunder Airlines: THU, AIR THUNDER"
3. ^ Company History
4. ^ Transport Canada (2019-08-26), Civil Aviation Services (CAS) AOC. wwwapps.tc.gc.ca.
5. ^ a b "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result for Thunder Airlines". Transport Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
6. ^ a b Route Map
7. ^ a b c Our Fleet
8. ^ Mitsubishi MU-2B-36
9. ^ Mitsubishi MU-2B-36A
10. ^ Mitsubishi MU-2B-60
11. ^ MacDonald, Darren (November 27, 2023). "No injuries after plane destroyed in airport crash in Wawa, Ont". ctvnews.ca. Retrieved November 28, 2023.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thunder Airlines.

* Thunder Airlines official site

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