Island Express Air

{{Short description|Canadian airline}}

{{Infobox airline

| airline = Island Express Air

| logo = Island_Express_Air_logo.png

| logo_size =

| image = C-GMDL PA-31 Island Express Air flight to Victoria from Abbotsford on Aug. 12, 2013.jpg

| caption = A Piper PA-31 Navajo of Island Express Air

| aoc = 19080{{TCAOC|2019-09-01|160-80|Island+Express+Air}}

| fleet_size = 11

| destinations = 6

| IATA = -

| ICAO = IAX{{CanICAOD|Island Express Air|IAX|ABBOTSFORD AIR|4|February 26, 2023}}

| callsign = ABBOTSFORD AIR

| parent = Shorebird Enterprises

| founded = 2009

| num_employees =

| headquarters = Abbotsford, British Columbia

| key_people = Jim Young

| hubs = Abbotsford International Airport

| secondary_hubs =

| focus_cities = Victoria, Nanaimo

| frequent_flyer =

| lounge =

| alliance =

| website = {{URL|www.islandexpressair.com}}

| ceased = 2020

}}

Island Express Air was a small Canadian airline based in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Its first flight was on August 7, 2009, as part of the Abbotsford International Airshow.{{cite news |last1=Tucker |first1=Cam|title=Island Express ready to lighten travel load|work=Abbotsford Times|date=7 August 2009|page=12}} It operated scheduled air service between the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island, as well as charter flights and cargo service. On February 23, 2018, one of their planes, a King Air B100, crashed at Abbotsford Airport (CYXX) immediately after take-off in blizzard conditions.{{Cite news|url=https://www.abbynews.com/news/abbotsford-airline-grounded-following-friday-accident-at-yxx/|title=UPDATED: Abbotsford airline grounded after YXX accident was fined $30,000 last year - Abbotsford News|date=2018-02-28|work=Abbotsford News|access-date=2018-03-02|language=en-US}} As a result of this accident, and due to public safety concerns, Transport Canada suspended Island Express' air operator's certificate (AOC) shortly thereafter, on February 28, 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/transport-canada/news/2018/02/transport-canada-suspends-island-express-airs-air-operator-certificate.html|title=Transport Canada suspends Island Express Air's Air Operator Certificate - Canada.ca|last=Canada|first=Transport|website=www.canada.ca|language=en|access-date=2018-03-02|date=2018-02-28}} However, following a robust review of the company's safety procedures the operating certificate was reinstated on June 26, 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cheknews.ca/transport-canada-reinstates-island-express-air-for-operations-following-february-crash-464448/|title=Transport Canada reinstates Island Express Air for operations following February crash|date=2018-06-26|work=CHEK|access-date=2018-06-26|language=en-US}} The company slogan was Your Island Connection.

In 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Island Express Air ceased operations and sold its assets to a group of investors.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/business/covid-19-new-air-carrier-sought-for-qualicum-beach-airport/|title = COVID-19: New air carrier sought for Qualicum Beach Airport|date = 22 September 2020}}