Business View Magazine | June 2019

227 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JUNE 2019 scenic flight destinations across Northern Ontario and points west; Porter Airlines, which offers regular flights to many destinations in eastern Canada and the U.S.; and Sunwing Airlines which offers seasonal flights to tropical locales. The SSMADC has 21 employees at the Airport, and, according to Bos, when you add up all of the tenants’ employees, the number reaches between 350-425. “Our largest tenant is JD Aero, which is an MRO/FBO, and they employ about 140 people,” he notes. JD Aero Technical is a Transport Canada Approved Aircraft Maintenance Organization that offers a full range of aircraft services to the regional commuter market. It specializes in the Dash 8 and CRJ series aircraft, providing services to airlines and operators world-wide. Its facilities at the Sault Ste. Marie Airport include two large bay hangars totaling over 60,000 square feet, offering aircraft, structures, and avionics repair capabilities, and FBO services. The Airport is also home to the Aviation, Forest Fire, and Emergency Services of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF). From its 5,700-square-metre facility, its Aviation Services Section provides aviation flight and maintenance crews, equipment, and other specialized aviation services, including non-scheduled air transport to all government ministries and agencies. MNRF administrators, aircraft maintenance engineers, warehouse personnel, and pilots comprise a group of 60 full-time staff. In addition to its hangar and office space, there is a 622-square-metre flight training facility that includes a state-of-the-art training simulator for the CL-415 Water Bomber. The simulator provides a complete simulation of the aircraft, including water scooping on lakes and drops on fires, and is the first of its kind in Ontario. In addition, there is Sault College Aviation, considered one of the best flight schools in Canada; Eagle Feather Aviation, a helicopter charter, sight-seeing, aerial work, and maintenance company; Sault Academy of Flight, another premier flight training center; and Humphrey Aircraft Services, offering aircraft maintenance and repair services for the general aviation community in northern Canada and northern Michigan. Humphrey’s operations take place at the Sault www.artgalleryofalgoma.com 10 EAST STREET, SAULT STE. MARIE, ON P6A 3C3 (705) 949-9067 John Hartman, Sault Ste. Marie, 2012 Oil on Linen Purchased with funds from the Building Communities through Art and Heritage program, Department of Canadian Heritage THE SAULT STE . MAR I E A I RPORT