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

Yeti Airlines Yeti Airlines Pvt. Ltd. ( ne, यती एअरलाइन्स) is an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. The airline was established in May 1998 and received its Air Operators Certificate on 17 August 1998. Since 2019, Yeti Airlines is ...

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 before founding

in 1998. Sherpa also served as served as chairman of the board for

Himalaya Airlines Himalaya Airlines ( ne, हिमालय एअरलाइन्स्, ') is a Nepalese airline operating from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. Himalaya Airlines was founded in 2014 as a joint venture between Yeti World In ...

from 2014 until his death in 2019.

Death

Ang Tshering Sherpa, along with six other people, died in a helicopter crash while returning from Pathibhara Devi Temple, Taplejung, Nepal, on 27 February 2019. According to the Himalayan Times, hundreds of people viewed his last rites in

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. As Tshering was a golfer, and an annual golf tournament organized by

after his death was named in his memory.

References

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