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Soundair Corporation
Soundair Express
Commenced operations	1973
Ceased operations	April 1990
Subsidiaries	Air Toronto; Odyssey International;
Fleet size	See Fleet below
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Soundair (ICAO: SDR, call sign: SOUNDAIR), previously Owen Sound Air Services, dba Soundair Express, was a freight airline based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The airline was the parent company of Air Toronto and Odyssey International and operated freight flights under the brand Soundair Express.^[1]

History

In 1973, Owen Sound Air Services was founded as a flying school and charter airline.^[2] Over the years, the airline grew by flying cargo for Purolator, Airborne Express, and Emery using Douglas DC-3s. In 1984, Soundair Corp. was created as a parent company. That same year, the airline acquired Aero Trades Western as well as its DC-3s and DC-4s.^[3]

In 1984, Soundair created two new airlines, Commuter Express and Odyssey International. Commuter Express was to provide local airline service to Toronto Pearson International Airport. In 1986, The DC-4s were replaced with Convair CV-580s and the DC-3s with Fokker F27 Friendships.^[4]^[5]

In 1988, Commuter Express became an Air Canada Connector and was renamed to Air Toronto. That same year, Odyssey International, a Toronto-based leisure airline, was founded and contracted cargo flights were rebranded as Soundair Express.

In 1990, the company entered receivership due to financial troubles and fell under control of Ernst & Young. Odyssey and Soundair Express ceased operations in April 1990 when Odyssey was purchased by Nation Air and Soundair Express was purchase by Canair Cargo.^[1]

In 1991, Air Toronto was purchased by Ontario Express (Air Ontario) in November of that year.

Fleet

Fleet as of receivership

^[3]
Aircraft	Total
Dassault Falcon 2000	2
Douglas DC-8	1

Historic fleet

^[3]
Aircraft	Total
Douglas DC-4	3
Douglas DC-3	5
Piper PA-31T Cheyenne	1

Subsidiary fleet

^[5]^[4]
Aircraft	Total	Airline	Notes
Swearingen Merlin IV/Metro	9-11	Air Toronto	Replaced by Jetstream 31s
BAe Jetstream 31	15
Convair 340/440/580/640	3
Fairchild F-27	1
Boeing 757	5	Odyssey International
Boeing 737 -200 & -300	3	Odyssey International