Island Airlines
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| Founded | 1930 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | December 11 2015 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 12 | ||||||
| Destinations | 2 | ||||||
| Company slogan | Nantucket's Community Airline | ||||||
| Headquarters | Barnstable, Massachusetts | ||||||
| Website | islandair |
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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 & Islands Air Freight, ceased operations on December 11, 2015.
Milton "Red" Hersberger (December 19, 1901–August 18, 1987), 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. 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 sold the airline 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.
Island 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. Ocean Wings was based on Nantucket out of Nantucket Memorial Airport and White Plains, New York out of Westchester County Airport.
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