Skyline Airways Pvt. Ltd. was an

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based in

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Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

. 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 take off from

Simara Airport Simara Airport ( ne, सिमरा विमानस्थल) is a domestic airport located in Jitpur Simara serving Bara District, a district in Madhesh Province in Nepal. It also serves Birgunj, Nepal's fifth biggest city. History T ...

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

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. 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, 10 km 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