Thunder Bay International Airport YQT / CYQT

Provides GPU (ground power unit) and lavatory/water cart service plus general aircraft handling; FBO facilities include a pilot lounge, private meeting space, flight planning computer, and a courtesy van available on request.

Ontario-based ground handler headquartered at 305 Hector Dougall Way, Thunder Bay (on-airport), providing above-wing, below-wing, ramp, and cargo handling for regional, national, and international airlines from Pilatus PC-12s up to Antonov An-124s (An-124 documented landing at CYQT carrying Bombardier rail car parts, 2017-2018); Wikipedia's Thunder Bay International Airport article lists Maintair among the airport's ground handling providers.

Self-handled at its Thunder Bay hub: employs its own ramp agents, passenger service agents, cargo agents, and ground equipment maintenance personnel, who certified with the IAM (Local 714) in 2009 and have since ratified successive collective agreements.

Bearskin Airlines (Perimeter Aviation's Eastern division, part of Exchange Income Corp) is headquartered at Thunder Bay International Airport, its main base linking northern Ontario communities to Winnipeg and Sudbury; Perimeter recruits its own Cargo & Ramp and Northern Station Agent staff for loading, marshaling, de-icing, and fuelling duties at its bases, consistent with self-handling at its home station.

FBO and Shell Aviation network fuel seller on the West End of Apron 2 at CYQT, offering Jet A1 and Avgas into-plane and bulk fuelling; locally owned with over 35 years in aviation refuelling. · 0530-2130 local; callout available outside normal hours

Second FBO/fuel seller at CYQT, operating under the World Fuel Services network with nearly 40 years of operation; private ramp, modern FBO terminal, and attached/overnight hangar for aircraft from PC-12 turboprops up to G550-class jets. Jet A is confirmed; 100LL availability could not be independently confirmed. · Mon-Fri 0530-2230, Sat 0600-2000, Sun 0700-2230; available on call 24/7

Offers aircraft de-icing among its listed airside services alongside GPU and lavatory/water cart service; de-icing is a seasonal, winter-only operation typical of northern Ontario FBOs.

Operates the Wasaya Center maintenance hangar at CYQT (the former Kelner Pilatus Center Hangar, acquired 2002), centralizing the airline's maintenance department for its own fleet.

Transport Canada Approved Maintenance Organization at YQT holding a Maintenance of Aeronautical Products approval rated for Aircraft — DHC-6 Twin Otter, DHC-3 Otter, DHC-2 Beaver, all non-specialized work — plus Structures (sheet metal/tubular), GTAW arc welding, and EASA Part-145; separately holds a Manufacturing of Aeronautical Products approval and manufactures/stocks 500+ replacement-part line items for these types, including a main landing gear reinstallation kit and an engine hose kit. Verified rating is airframe/parts-level (not a confirmed Component-class rating for landing gear or hydraulics); no dedicated overhaul/exchange back-shop for complete landing gear or hydraulic assemblies could be confirmed — the landing gear kit is explicitly a customer self-install reinstallation kit, not an exchange service. Class rating for any distinct component shop remains unconfirmed.

Runs a dedicated cargo office/operation at Thunder Bay as northern feeder hub for scheduled and charter cargo to remote northern Ontario communities.

Provides CATSA pre-board screening officer services at Thunder Bay International Airport terminal; confirmed via active job postings for the YQT location.