Skyline Airways Pvt. Ltd. was an

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based 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 ...

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. It was operational between 1999 and 2006 and provided scheduled services to rural destinations in Nepal, as well as charter flights.

History

Skyline Airways launched revenue operations on 15 July 1999, with a fleet of two

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Destinations

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

Fleet

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

Former fleet

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

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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 Surkhet District (, ) is a district in Karnali Province of mid-western Nepal. Surkhet is one of the ten districts of Karnali located about west of the national capital Kathmandu. The district's area is . It had 288,527 population in 2001 and 350, ...

. 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, north of Surkhet. All four people on board were killed, including two crew and two passengers.

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* (Archived company web site) {{Airlines of Nepal Defunct airlines of Nepal Airlines established in 1998 Airlines disestablished in 2003 1999 establishments in Nepal 2006 disestablishments in Nepal