Ang Tshering Sherpa (2 October 1964 - 27 February 2019) was a Nepali entrepreneur and founder of

Yeti Airlines Yeti Airlines Pvt. Ltd. () is an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. The airline was established in May 1998 and received its air operator's certificate on 17 August 1998. Since 2019, Yeti Airlines is the first Carbon neutrality, carbon neutra ...

Career

Sherpa started his career in the 1990s at a local trekking agency managed by one of his brothers. In 1993, Sherpa founded

Air Dynasty Air Dynasty Heli Service Pvt. Ltd. is a helicopter airline based at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, operating chartered helicopter services. The company was established in 1993 and mainly carries out domestic chartered helic ...

before founding

in 1998. Sherpa also served as served as

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for

Himalaya Airlines Himalaya Airlines (), is a Nepal, Nepalese airline operating from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. Himalaya Airlines was founded in 2014 as a joint venture between Yeti World Investment Group and Tibet Airlines. Himalaya Airli ...

from 2014 until his death in 2019.

Death

Ang Tshering Sherpa, along with six other people, died in a

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while returning from

Pathibhara Devi Temple Pathibhara Devi/Mukumlung Temple (Nepali language, Nepali: पाथिभरा देवी मन्दिर) is one of the most significant ''Shaktipeeth'' in Nepal, located on the top hill of Taplejung District, Taplejung mountains. It is a ...

, Taplejung, Nepal, on 27 February 2019. According to the '' Himalayan Times'', hundreds of people viewed his last rites in

Kathmandu Kathmandu () is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 mi ...

. As Tshering was a golfer,

organized an annual golf tournament named in his memory after his death.

References

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