IBC Airways

IBC Airways
IATA ICAO Call sign
II CSQ CHASQUI
Founded1991
HubsMiami International Airport
Fleet size13
Destinations13
HeadquartersFort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Key peopleJoe Costigan, President
Websitewww.ibcairways.com
www.flyibcair.com

IBC Airways is an FAR Part 135 on-demand airline headquartered in unincorporated Broward County, Florida, United States, near Fort Lauderdale.[1] IBC Airways operates on-demand cargo services to the Caribbean. Its main base is Miami International Airport[2] (MIA). In 2005, IBC Airways began offering on-demand passenger services.

History

The airline was established in 1991. It developed out of Joseph Costigan's recognition that the Caribbean market was not sufficiently serviced by the legacy airlines.

It previously had its head office in Building 101 in unincorporated Miami-Dade County in Greater Miami.[3]

The airline had previously flown flights from Fort Lauderdale to the Leeward airfield at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.[4]

Destinations

IBC Airways has scheduled flights to the following airports (as of January 2025:[5]

Fleet

The IBC Airways fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of October 2020):[6]

IBC Airways Fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers
Embraer ERJ 145EP 2 — 30
Hawker 800XP 1 — 9
SAAB SF-340AF 9 — 0
SAAB SF-340BF 1 — 0
Total 12 0

The airline fleet previously included the following aircraft (as of May 2019):

Incidents and accidents

IBC Airways suffered one fatal accident.

Part of the wing, the extended landing gear clearly visible

On 2 December 2013 IBC Airways Flight 405 a 28-year-old Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III on a cargo flight from Las Américas International Airport, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, Puerto Rico crashed near La Alianza after suffering a structural failure.[8][9] The crash killed the 35-year-old captain, who had 1,740 flight hours, 686 of which were on the Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III, and the 28-year-old first officer, who had 1,854 flight hours, including only 92 on the same aircraft type. The accident was investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board which concluded that it was caused by the flight crew's excessively abrupt use of the elevator controls during a rapid descent at night. This led to structural overload and the subsequent in-flight breakup of the aircraft. A contributing factor was an initial loss of control, the cause of which could not be determined, as the investigation revealed no mechanical anomalies.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Contact Us Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine." IBC Airways. Retrieved on March 28, 2012. "Corporate Office 690 Southwest 34th Street Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315-3628"
  2. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 91.
  3. ^ "Locations." IBC. April 14, 2008. Retrieved on March 29, 2012. "Airways Office 5650 NW 36th Street Building 101 Miami, FL 33122"
  4. ^ "Flights to Guantanamo Bay". IBC Airways. IBC Airways. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  5. ^ http://www.ibcairways.com/forms/daily-departures.pdf
  6. ^ "Join IBC | IBC Airways, Inc". Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2025-01-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "IBC Airways freighter fleet". Archived from the original on 2019-05-18. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  8. ^ Borsary, Gregory (12 February 2015). "Maintenance Records Review" (PDF). Ntsb.gov. p. 2. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  9. ^ Ranter, Harro. "Accident Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III N831BC, Monday 2 December 2013". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  10. ^ Airworthiness Group (30 November 2015). "NTSB Group Chairman's Factual Report" (PDF). Ntsb.gov.
  11. ^ National Transportation Safety Board (July 2016). "National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Final Report" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2025.
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