Altitude Air
Altitude Air Pvt. Ltd is a helicopter airline based at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, operating chartered helicopter services. The company was established in 2016 and mainly carries out rescue and charter flights.[1][5]
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| Founded | 2016 | ||||||
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| AOC # | 085/2016[2] | ||||||
| Hubs | Tribhuvan International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 3[3] | ||||||
| Parent company | Yeti Group[4] | ||||||
| Headquarters | Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal | ||||||
| Key people | Phurba Gyalzen Sherpa (managing director) | ||||||
| Website | altitudeairnepal | ||||||
History
Altitude Air was founded in 2016 in Kathmandu, Nepal, by various Nepalese tourism entrepreneurs. It carries out domestic chartered helicopter flights throughout Nepal from its hub in Kathmandu. It is planning to be the first airline to introduce the AgustaWestland AW119 Koala to the Nepalese market and has already carried out demonstration flights.[6]
Fleet
The Altitude Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of April 2019):[3]
| Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Y | Total | ||||
| Eurocopter AS350 B3e | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | [7] |
Accidents and incidents
- 8 September 2018 – A Eurocopter AS 350 helicopter of Altitude Air crashed in Nuwakot District en route from Gorkha District to Kathmandu. Out of the seven people on board, only one survived.[8]
References
- "About". Altitude Air Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- "Civil Aviation Report 2017" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- "Altitude Air". Helis.com. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- "How Yeti Group benefited from its connections with PM Oli". Republica News. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- "Altitude Air: Another Helicopter Company soon to be added In Nepal Aviation". Aviation Nepal. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- "Altitude Air conducted demonstration flight at Everest-Makalu region with Koala helicopter". Aviation Nepal. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- "Altitude Air gets new Airbus chopper". The Himalayan Times. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- "Altitude Air chopper crashes in Nuwakot; rescuers struggle to reach incident site". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
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