Altitude Air

Altitude Air Pvt. Ltd.[1]
IATA ICAO Callsign
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Founded 2016
AOC # 085/2016[2]
Hubs Tribhuvan International Airport
Fleet size 2[3]
Company slogan Above and Beyond.
Headquarters Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal
Key people Nima Nuru Sherpa (Managing Director)[4]
Website https://altitudeairnepal.com

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]

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 September 2018):[3]

Altitude Air fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Eurocopter AS350 B3e 2 0 0 5 5

Accidents and incidents

References

  1. 1 2 "About". Altitude Air Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Civil Aviation Report 2017" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Altitude Air". Helis.com. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Nima Nuru Sherpa becomes first Nepali to receive highest Italian honour". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Altitude Air: Another Helicopter Company soon to be added In Nepal Aviation". Aviation Nepal. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Altitude Air conducted demonstration flight at Everest-Makalu region with Koala helicopter". Aviation Nepal. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Altitude Air chopper crashes in Nuwakot; rescuers struggle to reach incident site". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
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