Thunder Airlines Explained

Airline:	Thunder Airlines
Fleet Size:	14
Destinations:	6
Iata:	- ^[1]
Icao:	THU
Callsign:	AIR THUNDER
Founded:	1994^[2]
Aoc:	8882
Headquarters:	Thunder Bay, Ontario
Key People:	Christa Calabrese, President
Hubs:	Thunder Bay Airport
Focus Cities:	Thunder Bay, Timmins, Moosonee, Kashechewan, Fort Albany, Attawapiskat, Peawanuck

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

Thunder Airlines operates scheduled services to the following destinations in Ontario:^[3]

• 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

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

Thunder Airlines fleet

Aircraft	No. of aircraft	Variants	Notes
	7		Seats up to nine and cruises at 385km/h^[4]
	1		Seats up to nine, cruises at 270km/h, used mainly for cargo
	6		Seats up to seven, cruises at 500km/h, used mainly for MEDEVAC

The Transport Canada site lists:

• 1 - Mitsubishi MU-2L (MU-2B-36)^[5]
• 1 - Mitsubishi MU-2N (MU-2B-36A)^[6]
• 1 - Marquise (MU-2B-60)^[7] all with cancelled certificates.

Accidents and incidents

• 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.^[8]

External links

• Thunder Airlines official site

Notes and References

1. http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx IATA Airline and Airport Code Search
2. http://www.thunderair.com/company-history Company History
3. http://www.thunderair.com/daily-flights#route-map Route Map
4. http://www.thunderair.com/our-fleet Our Fleet
5. https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/CCARCS-RIACC/ADet.aspx?id=25028&rfr=RchSimpRes.aspx?cn=%7c%7c&mn=%7c%7c&sn=%7c%7c&on=THUNDER+AIRLINES%7c&m=%7c%7c&print=y Mitsubishi MU-2B-36
6. https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/CCARCS-RIACC/ADet.aspx?id=14594&rfr=RchSimpRes.aspx?cn=%7c%7c&mn=%7c%7c&sn=%7c%7c&on=THUNDER+AIRLINES%7c&m=%7c%7c&print=y Mitsubishi MU-2B-36A
7. https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/CCARCS-RIACC/ADet.aspx?id=14587&rfr=RchSimpRes.aspx?cn=%7c%7c&mn=%7c%7c&sn=%7c%7c&on=THUNDER+AIRLINES%7c&m=%7c%7c&print=y Mitsubishi MU-2B-60
8. Web site: MacDonald . Darren . November 27, 2023 . No injuries after plane destroyed in airport crash in Wawa, Ont. . November 28, 2023 . ctvnews.ca.