Torres Strait Air

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Torres Strait Air
IATA ICAO Call sign
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Founded2013
Fleet size11
Destinations21
HeadquartersHorn Island, Queensland, Australia
Key peopleDaniel Takai (Chief Executive Officer)
Websitetorresair.com

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

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Torres Strait Air fleet
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

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Torres Strait Air previously operated the following aircraft.

Destinations

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As of 2024, Torres Strait Air offers services to the following destinations:

Incidents

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  • 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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  1. ^ "Australia's Torres Strait Air to renew fleet with 10 new-build Britten-Norman Islanders". FlightGlobal. 30 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Australia's Torres Strait Air adds maiden Caravan". ch-aviation. 11 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Fuel starvation and forced landing involving Pilatus Britten-Norman Islander BN2A, VH-WQA, Moa Island, Queensland on 3 October 2022". Australian Transport Safety Bureau.

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  1. ^ "Runway overrun involving an Aero Commander 500, VH-WZV, at Badu Island (ALA), Queensland, on 8 March 2015". Australian Transportation Safety Bureau (ATSB). 10 June 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2024.

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