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Flying Dragon Airlines was a Nepalese airline based in Nepalgunj operating domestic services out of Nepalgunj Airport.
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Commenced operations | 2005 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 2006 | ||||||
AOC # | 043/2005[1] | ||||||
Operating bases | Nepalgunj Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
Destinations | 9 | ||||||
Parent company | China Flying Dragon Aviation | ||||||
Headquarters | Nepalgunj, Nepal | ||||||
Key people | Qin Yubao (Managing Director)[2] |
The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal granted Flying Dragon Airlines an air operators certificate in June 2005.[1] The airline was required to be based in Nepalgunj and carry out operations in the Mid- and Far-Western development regions.[3][4]
Chinese aviation company China Flying Dragon Aviation, based in Harbin, owned 49%[5] of Flying Dragon Airlines.[6][7] The airline was due to launch in September 2005, using Y-12 17-seater dual passenger/cargo aircraft.[8]
Flying Dragon Airlines regularly served the following destinations on passenger or cargo service. These were cancelled either at the closure of operations or before:[9][10]
At the time of closure, Flying Dragon Airlines operated the following aircraft:[7][8][11]
Aircraft | In fleet | Orders | Notes |
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Harbin Y-12 | 2 | 1 |
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