Flying Dragon Airlines

Flying Dragon Airlines
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Commenced operations2005
Ceased operations2006
AOC #043/2005[1]
Operating basesNepalgunj Airport
Fleet size2
Destinations9
Parent companyChina Flying Dragon Aviation
HeadquartersNepalgunj, Nepal
Key peopleQin Yubao (Managing Director)[2]
Flying Dragon Airlines Harbin Y-12 at Simikot Airport

Flying Dragon Airlines was a Nepalese airline based in Nepalgunj operating domestic services out of Nepalgunj Airport.

History

The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal granted Flying Dragon Airlines an air operators certificate in June 2005.[1] The airline was required to be based in Nepalgunj and carry out operations in the Mid- and Far-Western development regions.[3][4]

Chinese aviation company China Flying Dragon Aviation, based in Harbin, owned 49%[5] of Flying Dragon Airlines.[6][7] The airline was due to launch in September 2005, using Y-12 17-seater dual passenger/cargo aircraft.[8]

Destinations

Flying Dragon Airlines regularly served the following destinations on passenger or cargo service. These were cancelled either at the closure of operations or before:[9][10]

Destination Airport Notes Refs.
Birendranagar Surkhet Airport
Dolpa Dolpa Airport
Jomsom Jomsom Airport
Jumla Jumla Airport
Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport
Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport
Nepalgunj Nepalgunj Airport Hub
Rukum Rukumkot Airport
Simikot Simikot Airport

Fleet

At the time of closure, Flying Dragon Airlines operated the following aircraft:[7][8][11]

Flying Dragon Airlines Fleet
Aircraft In fleet Orders Notes
Harbin Y-12 2 1

References

  1. ^ a b "CAAN Report 2011-12" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  2. ^ "BUDGET : Flying to remote areas". The Himalayan Times. 27 June 2006. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Logistics Capacity Assessment Nepal – September 2016". Logistics Capacity Assessment. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. ^ Hotelnepal.com Archived 2006-11-14 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 19 November 2006
  5. ^ "First pvt Sino-Nepali airline". The Himalayan Times. 12 September 2005. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Flying Dragon to operate in Nepal". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  7. ^ a b Reed Business Information Limited. "Nepal's commercial aviation set to grow". Retrieved 3 January 2015. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ a b China News Archived 2006-10-11 at the Wayback Machine 8 June 2005
  9. ^ CAAN Archived 2006-05-18 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 19 November 2006
  10. ^ "Flying Dragon Airlines granted license CAAN". Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Flying Dragon Airlines - Fleet - PlaneLogger". Retrieved 3 January 2015.
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