Skyline Airways

Skyline Airways Pvt. Ltd. was an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. It was operational between 1999 and 2006^[4] and provided scheduled services to rural destinations in Nepal, as well as charter flights.

Skyline Airways

IATA ICAO Call sign SK[a] - -
Founded	1998
Commenced operations	15 July 1999
Ceased operations	2006[citation needed]
AOC #	032/01[2]
Operating bases	Tribhuvan International Airport
Fleet size	2 (at closure)
Destinations	8 (at closure)
Headquarters	Tinkune, Kathmandu, Nepal
Key people	Ang Tshering Sherpa (Chairman)[3]

Skyline Airways de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter at Tribhuvan International Airport (April 2001).

Skyline Airways de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter parked at Lukla Airport

History

Skyline Airways launched revenue operations on 15 July 1999,^{[citation needed]} with a fleet of two de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter.

Destinations

Skyline Airways regularly served the following destinations, which were cancelled either at the closure of operations or before:^[5]

City	Airport	Notes	Refs
Bhairahawa	Bhairahawa Airport	Terminated	[6]
Bharatpur	Bharatpur Airport
Jomsom	Jomsom Airport
Kathmandu	Tribhuvan International Airport	Hub
Lamidanda	Lamidanda Airport	Terminated	[7]
Lukla	Tenzing–Hillary Airport
Phaplu	Phaplu Airport
Pokhara	Pokhara Airport
Rumjatar	Rumjatar Airport
Pipara Simara	Simara Airport
Surkhet	Surkhet Airport	Terminated	[citation needed]
Tumlingtar	Tumlingtar Airport	Terminated	[8]

Fleet

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

Skyline Airways Fleet

Aircraft	In fleet	Notes
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter	2	[citation needed]

Former fleet

Skyline Airways former Fleet

Aircraft	In fleet	Notes
Dornier 228	1	[9]

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 Simara Airport on a flight to Kathmandu. All three crew and seven passengers were killed.^[10]
• 17 July 2002 - A Skyline Airways De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (9N-AGF) left Jumla on a flight to Surkhet. 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.^[11][12]

Notes

1. Skyline Airways did not have no registered IATA airline code allocated, but used "SK" on scheduling, ticketing and baggage (as an official IATA code would be used). However, officially, the IATA Code SK is allocated to Scandinavian Airlines.^[1]