IBC Airways

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.

IBC Airways

IATA ICAO Call sign II CSQ CHASQUI
Founded	1991
Hubs	Miami International Airport
Fleet size	13
Destinations	13
Headquarters	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Key people	Joe Costigan, President
Website	www.ibcairways.com www.flyibcair.com

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]

• Grand Bahama International Airport
• Las Américas International Airport
• Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport
• Lynden Pindling International Airport
• Miami International Airport
• Norman Manley International Airport
• Owen Roberts International Airport
• Providenciales International Airport
• Sangster International Airport
• Toussaint Louverture International Airport

Fleet

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

IBC Airways Fleet^{[citation needed]}

Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers
Embraer ERJ 145EP	02	—	30
Hawker 800XP	01	—	9
SAAB SF-340AF	09	—	0
SAAB SF-340BF	01	—	0
Total	12	0

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

• 5 Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner^[7]

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 [nl] 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]