Skyline Airways
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Skyline Airways Pvt. Ltd. was an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. It was operational between 1998 and 2003[1] and provided scheduled services to rural destinations in Nepal, as well as charter flights.
Services
Skyline Airways de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter at Tribhuvan International Airport (April 2001).
Skyline Airways launched revenue operations on 15 July 1999, with a fleet of two de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter.[2] The destinations served included Lukla, Phaplu, Pokhara, Jomsom, Bharatpur, Rumjatar and Pipara Simara.[2]
Incidents and accidents
- 25 December 1999 - A Skyline Airways De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (9N-AFL) crashed 5 minutes after take off from Simara Airport on a flight to Kathmandu. All three crew and seven passengers were killed.[3]
- 17 July 2002 - A Skyline Airways De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (9N-AGF) left Jumla on a flight to Surkhet. Some 18 minutes after take-off and 10 km north of Surkhet, at an altitude of about 6500 feet, the aircraft crashed into trees on the Gargare Danda hill in bad weather. All two crew and two passengers were killed.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Information about Skyline Airways at the Aviation Safety Network
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nepal Trailblazers retrieved 18 November 2006
- ↑ Aviation Safety Network retrieved 18 November 2006
- ↑ Aviation Safety Network retrieved 18 November 2006
- ↑ Spotlight 8 August 2002
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