Airport Hits New Passenger Record

Jason Wellwood September 19, 2018 1:17 pm Last Updated on July 2, 2025 10:54 am

A greater number of passengers have passed through the gates of the Thunder Bay International Airport, as of the end of August.

The airport points to increased service from Porter Airlines, also flights to Winnipeg via Westjet.

Airport CEO Ed Schmidtke adds a big part of the 4.6-percent increase comes from northern Ontario passengers coming in on Bearskin, Wasaya and North Star airlines.and flights to Cuba by Sunwing.

That percentage translates to over 588-thousand passengers.

The airport expects the numbers to stay solid, with the up-coming Canadian Chamber of Commerce General Meeting in Thunder Bay this week helping.

Jason Wellwood

Originally from southern Ontario, Jason found his way here and fell in love with the community and music scene of Thunder Bay over twenty years ago. In between various stints on radio, television and writing, Jason is a dad, a partner and (some would consider) a zoo keeper (seriously, he has a LOT of pets).

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