Necon Air was a Nepalese

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based in

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. The airline was Nepal's first private airline company and was established on 14 September 1992 with one

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aircraft. The airline indefinitely suspended flights in 2003 due to financial difficulties and was delisted from the

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in 2006.

History

Necon Air was established as Nepal's first private airline company in 1992. In 2001, the airline partly merged with two other local airlines,

Shangri-La Air Shangri-La Air was an airline based in Nepal. It partly merged with Necon Air in 2001 and eventually ceased operations in 2008. History The airline started operations in October 1999 with oneDe Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft. Its n ...

and

Karnali Air Karnali Air Pvt. Ltd. was a List of helicopter airlines, helicopter airline based at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, operating chartered helicopter services. It merged with Necon Air in 2001 but kept operating under its name. ...

. As a part of this, Necon Air took over Shangri-La Air's fleet of two

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s. Plans were announced to add two medium size

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aircraft by September 2002 and extending the network to new regional destinations in South Asia and

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. The Executive Chairman of Karnali Air, Narayan Singh Pun took on the position of Executive Chairman and Managing Director of Necon Air. Necon Air indefinitely suspended flights in 2003 due to financial difficulties. Along with debt to private commercial banks, the airline also owed NPRs 20 million to the

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for landing and ground charges and NPRs. 20 million to the

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for fuel. The airline was also in dispute with

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over leasing and financial arrangements for their

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aircraft and Raytheon were seeking the grounding of the aircraft.

Destinations

Necon Air regularly served the following destinations, which were cancelled either at the closure of operations or before:Nepal Hiking
retrieved 18 November 2007

Fleet

Necon Air operated the following aircraft throughout its history:

Accidents and incidents

*On 6 November 1997, a Necon Air Avro 748-100 had a hydraulic failure after landing in

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on a flight from

Kathmandu Airport Tribhuvan International Airport (Nepali: त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल) (, colloquially referred to as TIA) is an international airport located in Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal. It ...

. The pilot attempted to steer the plane, but it hit another stationary

. There were no fatalities among the four crew member and 44 passengers. *On 18 January 1999, a Necon Air Cessna 208 Caravan I crashed upon departure in

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killing four out of the 12 passengers and crew. *5 September 1999 -

Necon Air Flight 128 Necon Air Flight 128 (3Z 128/NEC 128) was a scheduled domestic flight from Pokhara Airport to Kathmandu Airport in Nepal on 5 September 1999. The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 crashed when it hit a telecommunications tower. Aircraft The aircraft invol ...

from

crashed when it hit a telecommunications tower. All 10 passengers and 5 crew were killed.

References

{{Airlines of Nepal Defunct airlines of Nepal Airlines established in 1992 Airlines disestablished in 2003 1992 establishments in Nepal 2003 disestablishments in Nepal