Gorkha Airlines

Gorkha Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
G1 IKA GORKHA AIRLINES
Founded 1996
Hubs Tribhuvan International Airport
Secondary hubs Pokhara Airport
Fleet size 2
Destinations 10
Company slogan Fly With Us The Gallant Way
Headquarters Kathmandu
Website http://www.gorkhaairlines.com
Gorkha Airlines Dornier 228, Pokhara, 2000

Gorkha Airlines Pvt. Ltd. was an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. It operated scheduled and charter flights to domestic destinations, as well as daily mountain flights in the Himalayas. Its main base was Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.[1]

History

The airline was established in 1996 and started operations on 8 July 1996. It began operations with two Mil Mi-17 helicopters and moved on to scheduled flights using fixed-wing aircraft.[2]

Gorkha Airlines had suspended its operation in 2010, The company received the approval from Civil Aviation Ministry to reoperate the Airline in April 2017 and plans to operate two ERJ twin-engine regional jets produced by Embraer, a Brazilian aerospace company, and two Dornier aircraft in the domestic sector.[3]

Destinations

Gorkha Airlines operated scheduled flights to the following domestic destinations (as of June 2010):[4]

Location servedIATAAirport nameDestinations
BhairahawaBWAGautam Buddha AirportKathmandu
BharatpurBHRBharatpur AirportKathmandu
BiratnagarBIRBiratnagar AirportTumlingtar
JanakpurJKRJanakpur AirportKathmandu
JomsomJMOJomsom AirportPokhara
KathmanduKTMTribhuvan International AirportBhairahawa, Bharatpur, Janakpur, Lukla, Pokhara, Simara, Tumlingtar
LuklaLUATenzing-Hillary AirportKathmandu
PokharaPKRPokhara AirportJomsom, Kathmandu
SimaraSIFSimara AirportKathmandu
TumlingtarTMITumlingtar AirportBiratnagar, Kathmandu

Fleet

The Gorkha Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (as of March 2007):[2]

Accidents and incidents

  • On 30 June 2005, a Dornier Do 228 (9N-ACV) aircraft carrying nine passengers and three crew members en route from Kathmandu skidded off the runway while attempting to land at Lukla Airport. The passengers suffered only minor injuries, however, after the accident, the aircraft was withdrawn from service and written off.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  2. 1 2 Flight International 3 April 2007
  3. ↑ "Gorkha and Dynamic to return to skies". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Destinations". Gorkha Airlines. Archived from the original on March 28, 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  5. ↑ Airline Industry Information 30 June 2005
  6. ↑ Aviation Safety Network retrieved 18 November 2006


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