Skyline Airways

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Skyline Airways de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter at Tribhuvan International Airport (April 2001).
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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[1] and provided scheduled services to rural destinations in Nepal, as well as charter flights.

History

Skyline Airways launched revenue operations on 15 July 1999,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". with a fleet of two de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter.

Destinations

Skyline Airways regularly served the following destinations, which were cancelled either at the closure of operations or before:[2]

City Airport Notes Refs
Bhairahawa Bhairahawa Airport Terminated [3]
Bharatpur Bharatpur Airport
Jomsom Jomsom Airport
Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport Template:Airline hub
Lamidanda Lamidanda Airport Terminated [4]
Lukla Tenzing–Hillary Airport
Phaplu Phaplu Airport
Pokhara Pokhara Airport
Rumjatar Rumjatar Airport
Pipara Simara Simara Airport
Surkhet Surkhet Airport Terminated Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Tumlingtar Tumlingtar Airport Terminated [5]

Fleet

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

Skyline Airways Fleet
Aircraft In fleet Notes
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Former fleet

Skyline Airways former Fleet
Aircraft In fleet Notes
Dornier 228 1 [6]

Accidents and incidents

  • 25 December 1999 - A Skyline Airways De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (9N-AFL) crashed 5 minutes after takeoff from Simara Airport on a flight to Kathmandu. All three crew and seven passengers were killed.[7]
  • 17 July 2002 - A Skyline Airways De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (9N-AGF) left Jumla on a flight to Surkhet. The aircraft reached an altitude of about 6500 feet around 18 minutes after take-off and before crashing into trees on the Gargare Danda hill in bad weather, 10 km north of Surkhet. All four people on board were killed, including two crew and two passengers.[8][9]

Notes

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References

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External links

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