Torres Strait Air

Torres Strait Air
Founded	2013
Fleet size	11
Destinations	20
Headquarters	Horn Island, Queensland, Australia
Key people	Daniel Takai (Chief Executive Officer)
Website	torresair.com

Last updated December 30, 2025

Torres Strait Air is an Australian airline based in 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

Torres Strait Air fleet
Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers
Aero Commander 500S	1	-	6
Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander	7	10^[1]	9
Cessna 206	3	-	5
Total	11	10

Former fleet

Torres Strait Air previously operated the following aircraft.

Cessna 208 - 1 aircraft (2016–2020)^[2]

Destinations

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

Incidents

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

↑ "Australia's Torres Strait Air to renew fleet with 10 new-build Britten-Norman Islanders". FlightGlobal. 30 August 2023.
↑ "Australia's Torres Strait Air adds maiden Caravan". ch-aviation. 11 August 2016.
↑ "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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↑ "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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[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.

[4] "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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