Can I create a group contact list w/my Ipad Air?

Not without a third party app. The built in contacts app will not create groups and while you can import groups that you create in iCloud, you cannot email to those groups using the built in mail app. Look at those two email apps.

MailShot

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mailshot-pro-group-email-done/id445996226?mt=8

Group Email

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/group-email!-mail-client-attachments/id380690305 ?mt=8

You're quite welcome. I hope you find that it suits your needs.

Benefitted from your answer and downloaded mailshot. It was important to acknowledge your help. Thanks.

I can now do a Group eMail using my IPad Air as follows: Open "Contacts" and tap the "+" button to add a new contact. Enter your Group name under "First Name" and then select the first "add email" button. Add your mail contacts one by one on the same line. Separate the emails by a comma then tap "Done" to close the Edit feature. Your Group is now setup! Anytime you want to do a Group email, open "Contacts" App (not Email App) and then touch the line with all your email addresses on it. A new email window will open with the addresses of all your Group listed. Type in your message and then push the "Send" button.

I Left out this: after (not Email App) insert "select Group name," and then touch *******

sorry, what?

Thank you for this! Exactly what I needed.

I have just tried this on my iphone and the keyboard doesn't appear to have a comma, am I going blind and or stupid. Ive just updated to IOS 10 did it disappear with that or is it because its an iphone rather than ipad?

I got around it my writing all the addresses in Word and copy and paste. Sure enough it works

why cant Apple and Microsoft provide facilities that people need and use?