Sky Cabs (Pvt.) Ltd. was a cargo airline from

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, which was headquartered at

Bandaranaike International Airport Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) (commonly known as Colombo International Airport, Colombo–Bandaranaike International Airport, and locally as Katunayake International Airport) (IATA airport code, IATA: CMB, ICAO airport code, ICAO: VC ...

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and had approximately 50 employees.

History

The company was registered on 1 November 1991 and was issued an operating licence in 1993. Sky Cabs offered scheduled and chartered international freight transport using a fleet of

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and

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aircraft. The following destinations were served on a regular, scheduled basis:

Terminated destinations

Formerly operated

Subsequent closure

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

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crashed into a housing area near

due to

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Three people on the ground were killed, as well as six of the eight occupants on board the

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( registered RA-11302).

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{{Airlines of Sri Lanka Defunct airlines of Sri Lanka Defunct cargo airlines Airlines established in 1991 Airlines disestablished in 2000 2000 disestablishments in Sri Lanka Sri Lankan companies established in 1991