Yeti Airlines
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| Founded | 1998 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu | ||||||
| Focus cities |
Biratnagar Pokhara Bhairahawa Nepalgunj Bharatpur | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Yeti Airlines SKY-Club | ||||||
| Subsidiaries | Tara Air | ||||||
| Fleet size | 9 | ||||||
| Destinations | 10 | ||||||
| Company slogan | You come first | ||||||
| Headquarters | Kathmandu, Nepal | ||||||
| Key people | Lhakpa Sonam Sherpa | ||||||
| Website |
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Yeti Airlines Domestic Pvt. Ltd. is an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. The airline was established in May 1998 and received its Air Operators Certificate on 17 August 1998. Yeti Airlines is the parent company of Tara Air. Together, the two airlines form the largest domestic flight operator in Nepal. Yeti Airlines operates a fleet of eight aircraft and offers domestic flights to ten destinations.
History
Yeti Airlines was established in May 1998 and received its Air Operators Certificate on 17 August 1998.[1][2] It started operations with two de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters.[2]
In 2009, Yeti Airlines established the subsidiary Tara Air to which it outsourced its STOL operations and transferred its respective aircraft, DHC-6 Twin Otters and Dornier Do 228s.[3]
Yeti Airlines and Tara Air combine to form the largest domestic airline in Nepal; the group has more than 60% of the total market share as of January 2008. Together, Yeti Airlines and Tara Air have the widest domestic flight network of any Nepali airline and fly to most destinations in Nepal. The STOL aircraft of Tara Air serve much of the isolated population of Nepal, who live in remote areas,[4] while the BAe Jetstream 41s & ATR 72-500s of Yeti serve the more substantial regional airports.
Yeti Airlines has procured two ATR 72-500 in 2017 and one in 2018.[5] Yeti Airlines is currently one of two operators of these aircraft in the nation, along with Buddha Air. Necon Air was the only other operator of ATRs in Nepal.
International Operations
In 2007, Yeti Airlines launched Fly Yeti as a joint venture with Air Arabia. Due to political uncertainty, the airline ceased its operations in 2008. In 2014, Yeti Airlines launched Himalaya Airlines, another joint venture, this time with Chinese Tibet Airlines.
Destinations
Yeti Airlines offers scheduled flights to the following destinations (as of December 2012):[6]
Yeti Airlines operates a one-hour-long Everest Express mountain flight daily from Kathmandu to the Everest range by BAe Jetstream 41 & ATR 72-500. Most of Nepal's remote mountain destinations are now connected by Tara Air's fleet of STOL aircraft.[4]
Fleet
Current Fleet
The Yeti Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2017):[7]
| Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| C | Y | Total | ||||
| BAe Jetstream 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 29 | |
| ATR 72-500 | 3 | 3 | 72 | 72 | 2 Leased from Nordic Aviation Capital[8][9] | |
| Total | 9 | 3 | ||||
Former Fleet
| Aircraft | Operated | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| C | Y | Total | |||
| BAe Jetstream 41 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 29 | Written off after the incident on 24th September, 2016. |
| de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter | 3 | 0 | 19 | 19 | now operated by Tara Air |
| Dornier Do 228 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 19 | now operated by Tara Air |
| Harbin Y-12 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 19 | Stored/dumped at Tribhuvan International Airport[10] |
| Total | 8 | ||||
Accidents and incidents
- 25 May 2004 – Yeti Airlines Flight 117: A Yeti Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (registration 9N-AFD) cargo flight crashed into a hill on approach to Lukla.[11]
- 21 June 2006 – 2006 Yeti Airlines Twin Otter Crash: A DHC-6 Twin Otter registered 9N-AEQ was destroyed in a rice paddy field on approach to Jumla, killing all six passengers and the crew of three.[12]
- 8 October 2008 – Yeti Airlines Flight 103: A DHC-6 was destroyed upon landing at Lukla, killing all eighteen passengers and two of the three crew. The captain was the only survivor.[13]
- 24 September 2016 - Yeti Airlines Flight 893: A BAe Jetstream 41 registration 9N-AIB en route from Kathmandu to Bhairahawa overran the runway while landing at Gautam Buddha Airport. All 29 passengers and the crew of 3 were unhurt but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.[14]
References
- ↑ "GREEN PROJECT." Yeti Airlines. Retrieved on 29 December 2011. "Corporate Office: Tilganga, Kathmandu"
- 1 2 "Yeti Airlines – You Come First - Domestic Airlines in Nepal". Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ↑ "History". Yeti Airlines. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- 1 2 "Tara Air – Biggest Airline in Nepalese Mountains - Helping Develop the Rural Nepal". Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ↑ "ATR 72 aircraft to join Yeti Airlines fleet for the first time". Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ↑ "Scheduled flights". Yeti Airlines. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2017): 22.
|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ "NAC delivered one ATR 72-500, MSN 876, to Yeti Airlines on lease". Nordic Aviation Capital. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ↑ "Yeti Airlines welcomes 3rd ATR 72-500 into its fleet". Aviation Nepal. 18 September 2018.
- ↑ "YETI AIRLINES - FLEET". Planelogger. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ↑ "ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 9N-AFD Lukla". Flight Safety Foundation. 25 May 2004. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ↑ Accident description for 9N-AEQ at the Aviation Safety Network
- ↑ "ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 9N-AFE Lukla-Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA)". Flight Safety Foundation. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ↑ "Yeti Airlines 9N-AIB Escaped from an accident". Aviation Nepal. 24 September 2016.
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