Skyline Airways

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Skyline Airways
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IATA ICAO Call sign
SK [a] --
Founded1998
Commenced operations15 July 1999
Ceased operations2006[ citation needed ]
AOC # 032/01 [2]
Operating bases Tribhuvan International Airport
Fleet size2 (at closure)
Destinations8 (at closure)
Headquarters Tinkune, Kathmandu, Nepal
Key people Ang Tshering Sherpa (Chairman) [3]
Skyline Airways de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter at Tribhuvan International Airport (April 2001). Skyline Airways Twin Otter Hanuise-1.jpg
Skyline Airways de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter at Tribhuvan International Airport (April 2001).
Skyline Airways de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter parked at Lukla Airport Lukla 2001 b.jpg
Skyline Airways de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter parked at Lukla Airport

Skyline Airways Pvt. Ltd. was an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. It was operational between 1999 and 2006 [4] and provided scheduled services to rural destinations in Nepal, as well as charter flights.

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History

Skyline Airways launched revenue operations on 15 July 1999, with a fleet of two de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter.[ citation needed ]

Destinations

Skyline Airways regularly served the following destinations, which were cancelled either at the closure of operations or before: [5]

CityAirportNotesRefs
Bhairahawa Bhairahawa Airport Terminated [6]
Bharatpur Bharatpur Airport
Jomsom Jomsom Airport
Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport Hub
Lamidanda Lamidanda Airport Terminated [7]
Lukla Tenzing–Hillary Airport
Phaplu Phaplu Airport
Pokhara Pokhara Airport
Rumjatar Rumjatar Airport
Pipara Simara Simara Airport
Surkhet Surkhet Airport Terminated[ citation needed ]
Tumlingtar Tumlingtar Airport Terminated [8]

Fleet

At the time of closure, Skyline Airways operated the following aircraft:

Skyline Airways Fleet
AircraftIn fleetNotes
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 2[ citation needed ]

Former fleet

Skyline Airways former Fleet
AircraftIn fleetNotes
Dornier 228 1 [9]

Accidents and incidents

Notes

  1. ↑ Skyline Airways did not have no registered IATA airline code allocated, but used "SK" on scheduling, ticketing and baggage (as an official IATA code would be used). However, officially, the IATA Code SK is allocated to Scandinavian Airlines. [1]

References

  1. ↑ "Schedule for the Summer Season". Skyline Airways. Archived from the original on 14 February 2007.
  2. ↑ "Civil Aviation Report 2010" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "We need to talk directly with potential tourists". Nepali Times. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Skyline Airways". Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Domestic Flight Schedule". Nepal Trailblazers. Archived from the original on December 8, 2006. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Schedule for the Summer Season". Skyline Airways. Archived from the original on 18 December 2005.
  7. ↑ "Flight Schedule". Skyline Airways. Archived from the original on 15 February 2003.
  8. ↑ "Schedule for the Summer Season". Skyline Airways. Archived from the original on 2 June 2007.
  9. ↑ "Registration Details for 9N-AHE (Skyline Airways)". Planelogger. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "Aviation Safety Network Accident Description". Flight Safety Foundation. 25 December 1999. Retrieved 18 November 2006.
  11. ↑ "Aviation Safety Network Accident Description". Flight Safety Foundation. 17 July 2002. Retrieved 18 November 2006.
  12. ↑ Poudel, Keshab (8 August 2002). "CFIT Again: Despite growing awareness of the risks, Controlled Flight Into Terrain remains the key cause of air disasters". Nepal News. Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
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