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Mountain Air

Nepalese airline

Mountain Air was an airline based in Nepal. Its aircraft were re-possessed in 2002.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2000Founded1
  • HeadquartersKathmandu1
Beech 1900C, Mountain Air JP9936
Photo: christian hanuise, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons4

Mountain Air was an airline based in Nepal. Its aircraft were re-possessed in 2002.2

The story

Mountain Air was established in April 2000. In November 2002 the Raytheon took back possession of two aircraft from Mountain Air because the airline defaulted on the aircraft-leasing arrangements.

From Wikipedia’s article on Mountain Air (Nepal), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

Destinations

Gorkha Airlines regularly served the following destinations, which were cancelled either at the closure of operations or before:

Mountain Air also operated scheduled mountain sightseeing flights from Kathmandu to Mount Everest range. The flights usually departed in the early morning hours and return to the airport one hour later.

Fleet

At the time of closure, Mountain Air operated the following aircraft:

From Wikipedia’s article on Mountain Air (Nepal), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. Nov 2002Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2000Founded Founded1

Sources

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