THUNDER BAY — Thunder Bay Airport will benefit significantly from a new federal relief program for the country's medium-sized airports.
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has announced a temporary expansion of the Airports Capital Assistance Program to support critical infrastructure improvements at airports that had passenger volumes of less than one million in 2019.
Thunder Bay Airport has been allocated up to $13 million.
President and CEO Ed Schmidtke says it will facilitate major airfield infrastructure work in the summer of 2022.
The government will match the airport's own expenditures on a number of projects estimated to have a total cost of up to $26 million.