Hornbill Skyways
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| Hornbill Skyways | ||
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| Founded | 1977 | |
| Hubs | Kuching, Miri | |
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| Headquarters | Sarawak, Malaysia | |
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| Website: http://www.hornbillskyways.com | ||
Hornbill Skyways is a regional charter helicopter service operating in towns and rural area in Sarawak, Malaysia. The Sarawak state government owns most of Hornbill Skyways.
It was established in 1977 as a private entity, operating 1 unit fixed-wing Cessna 421 and 2 units Bell 206B Jet Ranger. It's business idea was to provide air services to rural areas in Sarawak, as an alternative to riverine transportation at that time. In 1985, Hornbill Skyways was taken over by the Sarawak state government through share acquisition by Yayasan Sarawak and Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation (STIDC).
Their current fleet consists of 3 Bell 206L LongRanger IV, 4 Bell 206B JetRanger, 2 Eurocopter EC135 P2, and 1 Bell 430 helicopters. Hornbill Skyways also owns two private jets, 1 Cessna Citation X (9M-ATM) and 1 British Aerospace BAe-125-800B (9M-AZZ), for exclusive use of Sarawak top state government officials.
From 1995 until 1997, Hornbill Skyways operated and maintained Dornier 228 owned by Royal Brunei Airlines.
In 2003 Hornbill Skyways took over Vision Air Malaysia together with 2 Dornier 228 (9M-VAA and 9M-VAM) after Vision Air Malaysia ceased operation.[1] However Hornbill Skyways ceased operating the 2 Dornier 228 in 2005 for unknown reasons, probably due to the lack of passenger traffic.
[edit] Incidents
Hornbill Skyways has had a long history of aircraft disasters. However, most incidents were not due to Hornbill Skyways' fault, but rather the climate in the interior of Borneo.
- 30 July 1993 - A Shorts Skyvan crashed in the jungle 13km from Miri.[2]
- August 1997 - A Dornier 228 owned by Royal Brunei Airlines crashed in Miri. All 19 passengers and 2 crew perished.
- 3 Hornbill Skyways helicopter crashes occurred in July 2004, September 2004 and July 2005 resulting in the death of 14 people, including some VIPs and Sarawak State Minister.[3]
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