“Small airports in Canada are a tremendous need in the community,” says
Todd Tripp, CEO. “They allow us to connect Sudbury to Canada and to the
world.”
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EDUCATION HUB
Indeed, the airport typically sees 230,000
passengers through its gates a year, and
this year is already on track for a 10 per
cent increase. Of those travellers, approxi-
mately 70 per cent are flying for business
or education. After all, Sudbury is a major
centre of innovation and applied research
in many fields, including mining technol-
ogy, environmental restoration, special-
ized product development, health care and
astrophysics research, and is regarded as
one of the most important mining centres
in the world.
Sudbury is also a prime destination be-
cause of its position as the regional centre
of learning and applied research for north-
eastern Ontario. Laurentian University,
Cambrian College, and Collège Boréal,
and the Northern Ontario School of Medi-
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