Torres Strait Air
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| Founded | 2013 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 11 | ||||||
| Destinations | 21 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Horn Island, Queensland, Australia | ||||||
| Key people | Daniel Takai (Chief Executive Officer) | ||||||
| Website | torresair | ||||||
Torres Strait Air is an Australian airline based on Horn Island, Queensland, Australia, offering charter services between to the Torres Strait Islands and Cape York Peninsula islands. It also provides charter services between the region and Papua New Guinea.
Fleet
[edit | edit source]| Aircraft | In service |
Orders | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aero Commander 500S | 1 | - | 6 | |
| Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander | 7 | 10[1] | 9 | |
| Cessna 206 | 3 | - | 5 | |
| Total | 11 | 10 | ||
Former fleet
[edit | edit source]Torres Strait Air previously operated the following aircraft.
- Cessna 208 - 1 aircraft (2016–2020)[2]
Destinations
[edit | edit source]As of 2024, Torres Strait Air offered services to the following destinations:
- Australia, Queensland
- Papua New Guinea
Incidents
[edit | edit source]- On 3 October 2022, a Britten-Norman Islander BN-2A VH-WQA made a forced landing on a road near Kubin Airport on Moa Island due to fuel starvation.[3]
- On 8 March 2015, an Aero Commander 500 aircraft registered VH-WZV over-ran the runway at Badu Island Airport during an attempted take-off attempt, following an aborted take-off.
References
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