Thunder Airlines

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.

Thunder Airlines

A Mitsubishi MU-2 at Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport
IATA ICAO Call sign - [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.

Destinations

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

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

Thunder Airlines fleet

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

• 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]