A new terminal building for the Thompson Regional Airport will be the culmination of many years of work and a huge investment in the community.

According to President and CEO of the Thompson Regional Airport Authority, Curtis Ross, the idea for a new terminal was initiated over 20 years ago.

Ross says our airport is a going concern and the new terminal building will increase the activity even more.

“There’s about fifty five Regional Airports across Canada and we’re still ranking in the top five but once, we were in the top three for how busy we were. Our biggest part is moving people to the communities and moving them further north and the amount of freight that we move out of here is phenomenal. We are a very very busy hub airport and I tell you, it’s about to get much busier with some of the initiatives going on.”

Since the TRAA took over management of the airport, around 60-million dollars has been spent  between equipment and air side upgrades, which includes runways, taxi-ways, lighting systems and guiding systems at the airport.

For more on the terminal building project, catch the complete interview with Ross on Thompson Today at 12:40 and 5:10 this afternoon.