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Commenced operations
  
15 July 1999

Founded
  
1998

Fleet size
  
2

Headquarters
  
Kathmandu

Ceased operations
  
2003

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Destinations
  
Lukla, Phaphlu, Pokhara, Jomsom, Bharatpur, Nepal, Rumjatar, Pipara Simara

Skyline Airways Pvt. Ltd. was an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. It was operational between 1998 and 2003 and provided scheduled services to rural destinations in Nepal, as well as charter flights.

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Services

Skyline Airways launched revenue operations on 15 July 1999, with a fleet of two de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter.The destinations served included Lukla, Phaplu, Pokhara, Jomsom, Bharatpur, Rumjatar and Pipara Simara.

Accidents and incidents

  • 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.
  • 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.

    • References

    Skyline Airways Wikipedia
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