Airspeed Aviation was a small regional airline based in Abbotsford, British Columbia

Abbotsford, British Columbia

Abbotsford is a Canadian city located in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, adjacent to Greater Vancouver. It is the fifth largest municipality in British Columbia, home to 123,864 people . Its Census Metropolitan Area, which includes the District of Mission, is the 23rd largest in Canada,...

, Canada. The airline was in operation since 1986 and was sold to Orca Airways

Orca Airways

Orca Airways is a scheduled and charter airline based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Orca operates a fleet of 15 Piper Navajo aircraft from the south terminal at Vancouver International Airport.-History:...

 at Vancouver International Airport

Vancouver International Airport

Vancouver International Airport is located on Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, about from Downtown Vancouver. In 2010 it was the second busiest airport in Canada by aircraft movements and passengers , behind Toronto Pearson International Airport, with non-stop flights daily to...

 on February 27, 2009, it specialized in flying between Abbotsford International Airport

Abbotsford International Airport

Abbotsford International Airport is located in the City of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, southwest of the city centre.The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency...

 and Victoria International Airport

Victoria International Airport

Victoria International Airport serves Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is north northwest of the city, in North Saanich, quite close to the town of Sidney on the Saanich Peninsula...

, with twin-engine Cessna

Cessna

The Cessna Aircraft Company is an airplane manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, USA. Their main products are general aviation aircraft. Although they are the most well known for their small, piston-powered aircraft, they also produce business jets. The company is a subsidiary...

 corporate aircraft.

Namesake

This company has nothing to do with the English Airspeed Ltd.

Airspeed Ltd.

Airspeed Limited was established to build aeroplanes in 1931 in York, England, by A. H. Tiltman and Nevil Shute Norway . The other directors were A. E. Hewitt, Lord Grimthorpe and Alan Cobham...

company which manufactured aircraft in the mid 20th century.