Air Dynasty Explained

Airline:Air Dynasty Heli Service Pvt. Ltd.[1] [2] [3]
Fleet Size:4
Parent:Yeti Group[4]
Aoc:035/2001[5]
Founded:1993
Headquarters:Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal
Key People:Malcolm Smith (Chairman)[6]
Secondary Hubs:Pokhara Airport, Tenzing–Hillary Airport [7]
Website:http://www.airdynastyheli.com

Air Dynasty Heli Service Pvt. Ltd. is a helicopter airline based at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, operating chartered helicopter services. The company was established in 1993 and mainly carries out domestic chartered helicopter flights throughout Nepal from its three hubs in Kathmandu, Pokhara, and Lukla.[7] [1]

History

Air Dynasty was founded in 1993 in Kathmandu, Nepal, by Ang Tshering Sherpa, who later also founded Yeti Airlines.[8] In 2001, the airline received a foreign direct investment from British businessman Malcolm Roy Smith, who held 50% of the airline and served as the chairman.[9] In 2005, the airline partnered with the Bhutanese flag carrier Druk Air, to which a Eurocopter helicopter was leased, after the government of Bhutan decided to introduce helicopter charter services in the country.[10] In 2013, the European Commission banned all Nepalese airlines from entering European airspace. This restriction is still in place as of January 2023 and specifically also regards Air Dynasty.[11] [12]

Fleet

Current fleet

The Air Dynasty fleet consists of these aircraft (as of May 2019):[7] [13] [14]

Air Dynasty fleet
AircraftIn fleetOrdersPassengersNotes
CYTotal
Eurocopter AS350 B3e11[15] 055
Eurocopter AS350 FXII20055
Eurocopter AS350 BA10055
Total41

Former fleet

Accidents and incidents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Us. Air Dynasty. 1 November 2017.
  2. Web site: Air Dynasty Heli Services. HotelNepal.com. 26 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Air Dynasty Helicopter Service. I am Kathmandu. 26 November 2017.
  4. Web site: How Yeti Group benefited from its connections with PM Oli . Republica News . 27 December 2019.
  5. Web site: Civil Aviation Report 2017 . Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal . 1 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180618102551/https://www.caanepal.org.np/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Final-Report-2017.pdf . 18 June 2018 . dead . dmy-all .
  6. Web site: Air Dynasty acquires new chopper. The Himalayan Times. 26 November 2017.
  7. Web site: Air dynasty operating service from three bases around the country. Aviation Nepal. 1 November 2017.
  8. Web site: Ang Tshering Sherpa, aviation pioneer and hospitality entrepreneur, dies in a helicopter crash . The Kathmandu Post . 1 January 2020.
  9. Web site: AN INVESTMENT GUIDE TO NEPAL Opportunities and conditions . United Nations Conference on Trade and Development . 1 May 2020 . January 2003.
  10. News: Acharya. Gopilal. Domestic helicopter service picks up. Kuensel. 19 January 2006. 22 July 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20110610232918/http://www.kuenselonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6438. 10 June 2011.
  11. Web site: EU bans all airlines from Nepal to fly into the 28 nation bloc. The Times of India. 1 November 2017.
  12. Web site: LEGAL NOTICE. European Commission. 1 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170225170832/https://ec.europa.eu/transport/sites/transport/files/modes/air/safety/air-ban/doc/list_en.pdf. 2017-02-25. dead.
  13. Web site: Our Fleet. Air Dynasty. 1 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171108035545/http://www.airdynastyheli.com/9n-ala-as350b3e.html. 8 November 2017. dead.
  14. Web site: Air Dynasty receives its new factory made H125 '9N-AMI' chopper. Aviation Nepal. 26 November 2017.
  15. Web site: Air Dynasty new chopper to arrive within a week . Aviation Nepal . 22 May 2019.
  16. Web site: 9N-AMI (AS350 H125) . Air Dynasty . 14 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180829135544/http://www.airdynastyheli.com/9n-ami-as350-h125.html . 29 August 2018 . dead .
  17. Web site: ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222317 . Aviation Safety Network . 14 March 2019.
  18. Web site: Chopper crashes in Lukla, injures 4. Nepali Reporter. 1 November 2017.
  19. Web site: ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160947 . Aviation Safety Network . 1 May 2019.
  20. Web site: Seven people, including tourism minister, killed in a helicopter crash . The Kathmandu Post . 14 March 2019 . 27 February 2019.
  21. Web site: August 7, 2024 . 5 people killed in a helicopter crash in the mountains northwest of Nepal’s capital . Associated Press.

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