Milton "Red" Hersberger (December 19, 1901 – August 18, 1987),[2] a former Chicago barnstormer, developed the first aerial transport to the island in 1930, beginning with two biplanes, and acquiring his first Ford Trimotor in 1932. He called the operation Erie Isle Airways. His first Trimotor was purchased after it had crashed in the mountains near Pittsburgh; after it was repaired and put into operation, it was so useful that four other examples soon joined the fleet.[3] After World War II, Hersberger was able to buy several hundred surplus engines from the US government for use in the Trimotors; they cost fifteen dollars each.
Hersberger renamed the airline Sky Tours[4] and sold it in 1953.. It was sold again in 1973. It received its current name in 1991 when ownership of the operation was assumed by William McGrath.[5][3]
A division of Island Airlines, Cape & Islands Air Freight, provided freight service between Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Hyannis, MA and New Bedford, MA. Cape & Island Air Freight also went out of business effective December 11, 2015.[8]
In January 2009, Island Airlines announced the addition of a Grand Caravan to their fleet, becoming the first airline in over 30 years to add a new type of aircraft to the Hyannis/Nantucket route. The airline has since added three more Grand Caravans and plans to eventually transition to an all-Caravan fleet. Island Airlines was the only airline flying this type of aircraft between Hyannis and Nantucket, a market traditionally dominated by the twin–engine Cessna 402.[9][10]
island, airlines, this, article, uses, bare, urls, which, uninformative, vulnerable, link, please, consider, converting, them, full, citations, ensure, article, remains, verifiable, maintains, consistent, citation, style, several, templates, tools, available, . This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Island Airlines was a commuter airline headquartered at Barnstable Municipal Airport in Barnstable Massachusetts United States which operated hourly scheduled flights between the island of Nantucket and Hyannis Massachusetts Island Airlines Hyannis along with its sister company Cape amp Islands Air Freight ceased operations on December 11 2015 1 The company slogan was Nantucket s Community Airline Island AirlinesIATA ICAO CallsignIS ISA ISLANDFounded1930 1930 Ceased operationsDecember 11 2015 December 11 2015 HubsBarnstable Municipal Airport Nantucket Memorial AirportHeadquartersBarnstable Massachusetts Contents 1 History 2 Ocean Wings 3 Cape amp Islands Air Freight 4 Former fleet 4 1 Cessna Grand Caravans 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editMilton Red Hersberger December 19 1901 August 18 1987 2 a former Chicago barnstormer developed the first aerial transport to the island in 1930 beginning with two biplanes and acquiring his first Ford Trimotor in 1932 He called the operation Erie Isle Airways His first Trimotor was purchased after it had crashed in the mountains near Pittsburgh after it was repaired and put into operation it was so useful that four other examples soon joined the fleet 3 After World War II Hersberger was able to buy several hundred surplus engines from the US government for use in the Trimotors they cost fifteen dollars each Hersberger renamed the airline Sky Tours 4 and sold it in 1953 It was sold again in 1973 It received its current name in 1991 when ownership of the operation was assumed by William McGrath 5 3 Ocean Wings editIsland Airlines operated Ocean Wings Air Charter providing private flights across the Northeast on their fleet of Beechcraft King Air Cessna 414 and Cessna 402 aircraft 6 Ocean Wings was based on Nantucket out of Nantucket Memorial Airport and White Plains New York out of Westchester County Airport 7 Cape amp Islands Air Freight editA division of Island Airlines Cape amp Islands Air Freight provided freight service between Nantucket Martha s Vineyard Hyannis MA and New Bedford MA Cape amp Island Air Freight also went out of business effective December 11 2015 8 Former fleet edit nbsp An Island Airlines Caravan over NantucketAs of June 2013 Island Air s fleet consisted of the following aircraft Type Fleet Passengers UseCessna 208 Caravan 5 8 1 In co pilot seat when not in use CommuterCessna 402 3 8 1 In co pilot seat when not in use CharterBeechcraft King Air C90 2 6 CharterCessna 414 1 6 CharterCessna 402 1 6 CharterCessna Grand Caravans edit In January 2009 Island Airlines announced the addition of a Grand Caravan to their fleet becoming the first airline in over 30 years to add a new type of aircraft to the Hyannis Nantucket route The airline has since added three more Grand Caravans and plans to eventually transition to an all Caravan fleet Island Airlines was the only airline flying this type of aircraft between Hyannis and Nantucket a market traditionally dominated by the twin engine Cessna 402 9 10 See also editList of defunct airlines of the United StatesReferences edit Wilder Charlotte December 11 2015 Nantucket s Island Airlines shutting down effective immediately Boston com Retrieved March 19 2016 findagrave com Milton Red Hersberger a b The Little Airline of the Lake Air amp Space Smithsonian February March 1987 pp 50 56 Sky Tours Airline History Retrieved March 26 2020 Entertainment in Hyannis MA www capecodonline com Archived from the original on June 15 2013 Island Airlines Charters Archived from the original on June 11 2013 Retrieved June 6 2013 http flyoceanwings com Island Airlines Freight Archived from the original on June 10 2013 Retrieved June 6 2013 Entertainment in Hyannis MA www capecodonline com Archived from the original on May 5 2014 Entertainment in Hyannis MA www capecodonline com Archived from the original on May 5 2014 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Island Airlines Island Airlines Ocean WingsPortals nbsp United States nbsp Companies nbsp Aviation 41 40 5 43 N 70 17 19 28 W 41 6681750 N 70 2886889 W 41 6681750 70 2886889 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Island Airlines amp oldid 1177130890 History, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
