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Skyline Airways launched revenue operations on 15 July 1999, with a fleet of two de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter.
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Private company
Skyline Airways
Nepalese airline (1998–2006)
Skyline Airways Pvt. Ltd. was an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. It was operational between 1999 and 2006 and provided scheduled services to rural destinations in Nepal, as well as charter flights.2 It ceased to exist in 2003.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
1999Founded1
- HeadquartersKathmandu1
- Websitenepalhomepage.com/firstpage
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Skyline Airways Pvt. Ltd. was an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. It was operational between 1999 and 2006 and provided scheduled services to rural destinations in Nepal, as well as charter flights.2
Products and brands
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:
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Controversies and legal
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.
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 (6.2 mi) north of Surkhet. All four people on board were killed, including two crew and two passengers.
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Timeline
Links
- Websitenepalhomepage.com/firstpage1
- WikipediaSkyline Airways
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ1677867
Sources
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- 1WikidataSkyline Airways on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaSkyline Airways on Wikipedia
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- 4Wikimedia CommonsSkyline Airways photo by christian hanuise, GFDL 1.2