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{{Infobox Airline
| airline        = Sky Cabs
| logo           = 
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| IATA           = 2E
| ICAO           = SCB
| callsign       = SKYCABS
| parent         = 
| company_slogan =
| founded        = 1991
| commenced      = 1993
| ceased         = 2000
| headquarters   = [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]]
| key_people     = 
| hubs           = [[Bandaranaike International Airport]]
| secondary_hubs = 
| focus_cities   = 
| frequent_flyer = 
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}}
'''Sky Cabs [[Private company limited by shares|(Pvt.) Ltd.]]''' was a cargo airline from [[Sri Lanka]], which was headquartered at [[Bandaranaike International Airport]], [[Colombo]]<ref name=asn>{{cite web|title=Information about Sky Cabs|url=http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?query=operator&qstring=Sky+Cabs&where=101210&luck=|publisher=Aero Transport Data Bank|accessdate=18 May 2013}}</ref> and had approximately 50 employees.<ref name="wad99"/>

==History==
The company was registered on 1 November 1991 and was issued an [[Air Operator's Certificate|operating licence]] in 1993.<ref name="finalreport">{{cite web|url=http://www.caa.lk/pdf/accident_reports/AN_12_reg_RA_11302_24th_Mar_2000.pdf|title="Final Report An 12 Aircraft Accident on 24/03/2000 at Negombo, Sri Lanka|publisher=Civil Aviation Authority Sri Lanka|accessdate=5 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="wad99">{{cite journal |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1999/1999%20-%200820.html|journal=[[Flight International]]|date=6 April 1999|title=World Airline Directory 1999|accessdate=5 May 2013}}</ref> Sky Cabs offered scheduled and chartered international freight transport using a fleet of [[Antonov An-8]] and [[Antonov An-12|An-12]] aircraft.<ref name="asn"/> The following destinations were served on a regular, scheduled basis:<ref name="wad99"/>

==Terminated destinations==
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%" width="795" align=center
!rowspan="2" style="background:#330066; color:white;" |Country-city
!colspan="2" style="background:#330066; color:white;" |Airport code
!rowspan="2" style="background:#330066; color:white;" |Airport name
!rowspan="2" style="background:#330066; color:white;" |Notes
!rowspan="2" style="background:#330066; color:white;" |Refs
|-
!style="background:#330066; color:white;" |IATA|| style="background:#330066; color:white;" |ICAO
|-
|colspan="7"|'''[[Bahrain]]'''
|-
|[[Bahrain]]||align=center|BAH||align=center|OBBI||[[Bahrain International Airport]]||align=center |Terminated|| 
|-
|colspan="7"|'''[[India]]'''
|-
|[[Calicut]]||align=center|CCJ||align=center|VOCL||[[Calicut International Airport]]||align=center |Terminated|| 
|-
|[[Goa]]||align=center|GOI||align=center|VOGO||[[Goa International Airport]]||align=center|Terminated||
|-
|[[Mumbai]]||align=center|BOM||align=center|VABB||[[Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport]]||align=center|Terminated||
|-
|[[Trivandrum]]||align=center|TRV||align=center|VOTV||[[Trivandrum International Airport]]||align=center|Terminated||
|-
|colspan='7'|'''[[Maldives]]'''
|-
|[[Gan (Addu Atoll)|Gan]]||align=center|GAN||align=center|VRMG||[[Gan International Airport]]||align=center|Terminated||
|-
|colspan="7"|'''[[Oman]]'''
|-
|[[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]]||align=center|MCT||align=center|OOMS||[[Muscat International Airport]]||align=center |Terminated|| 
|-
|colspan="7"|'''[[Pakistan]]'''
|-
|[[Lahore]]||align=center|LHE||align=center|OPLA||[[Allama Iqbal International Airport]]|| align=center |Terminated||
|-
|colspan="7"|'''[[Sri Lanka]]'''
|-
|[[colombo]]||align=center|CMB||align=center|VCBI||[[Bandaranaike International Airport]]||align=center|Terminated||
|-
|}

===Formerly operated===
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{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;margin: 1em auto;"
|+ 
|- 
!Aircraft
!Fleet
!Introduced
!Retired
|-
|[[Antonov An-8]]
|1
|TBA
|TBA
|-
|[[Antonov An-12]] 
|1
|TBA
|TBA
|-
|}

==Subsequent closure==
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Investigation into the accident revealed a number of procedural failures, including the fact that the aircraft had been operated without a valid licence.

As a consequence, all international cargo airlines of Sri Lanka were grounded and had to be reassessed. Sky Cabs failed this procedure, and was subsequently shut down.

==Accidents and incidents==
*On March 24, 2000, Sky Cabs Flight 702 from [[Bangkok]] crashed into a housing area near [[Bandaranaike International Airport]] due to [[fuel starvation]].[https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-antonov-12bp-colombo-9-killed] Three people on the ground were killed, as well as six of the eight occupants on board the [[Antonov An-12]] ([[aircraft registration|registered]] RA-11302).<ref name="asn 2">{{ASN accident|id=20000324-0|title=Antonov 12BK RA-11302 Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==

{{Airlines of Sri Lanka}}

[[Category:Defunct airlines of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Defunct cargo airlines]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 1991]]
[[Category:Airlines disestablished in 2000]]
[[Category:2000 disestablishments in Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Sri Lankan companies established in 1991]]