Thunder Airlines

A Mitsubishi MU-2 at Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport
IATA ICAO Callsign - [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

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:^[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]

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]