Manang Air

Manang Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
MANANG
Founded 1997[1]
Hubs Tribhuvan International Airport
Fleet size 2
Headquarters Baneshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal
Key people

Satis Prasad Pradhan

Executive Chairman
Website www.manangair.com.np

Manang Air Pvt. Ltd. (Nepali: मनाङ एयर) is an helicopter airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal and was founded in 1997 and has been operating helicopters in commercial air transportation within the Nepalese territory under the Regulation of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. The Company provides chartered services and is focused on personalized services such as adventure flights helicopter excursions or expedition work.[2]

The airline resumed its flights in 2014 after three years, after the company had stopped its service in 2009 after its MI-17 helicopter was involved in an accident.[3][4]

Fleet

AircraftIn fleet Order Note
AS 350 B3e helicopter [3]2 [5] 1[6] One AS 350 B3e (9N-ALD) is sold to Mountain Helicopter.

Accidents and incidents

  • 15 November 2009 - A MI-17 helicopter of the airline crashed on a cargo mission. The chopper had left Surkhet Airport at 10:30 a.m. with supplies including pipes meant for setting up a drinking water supply system in Rodikot in Humla District. The accident occurred at 11:15 a.m. A Russian flight engineer was killed in the accident, and five other people were injured.[7]
  • 10 June 2017 - A Manang Air helicopter en route to Gosainkunda from Kathmandu crash-landed at Gosainkunda Helipad incurring minor damages. There were no human casualties.[8]
  • 14 August 2018 - A Manang Air Eurocopter AS350's tail rotor hit and killed an Indian passenger upon disembarking in Hilsa, Nepal.[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://manangair.com.np
  2. ↑ "Services". Manang Air. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Manang Air to resume flights after 3 yrs". Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  4. ↑ noeditor. "One dead in Manang Air helicopter crash". Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Manang Air". Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Manang Air". Aviation Nepal. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Manang Air helicopter crashes in Rudikot, Humla". Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Manang Air chopper crash-lands in Gosainkunda". Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "Manang Air to resume its operation as CAAN concludes necessary inspection". Aviation Nepal. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
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