Altitude Air Explained

Airline:	Altitude Air Pvt. Ltd.^[1]
Fleet Size:	2^[2]
Callsign:	^[3]
Aoc:	085/2016^[4]
Founded:	2016
Headquarters:	Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal
Key People:	Nima Nuru Sherpa (Executive Chairman/Accountable Manager)
Hubs:	Tribhuvan International Airport

Altitude Air Pvt. Ltd is a helicopter airline based at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, operating chartered helicopter services. The company was established in 2016 and mainly carries out rescue and charter flights.^{[1] [5]}

History

Altitude Air was founded in 2016 in Kathmandu, Nepal, by various Nepalese tourism entrepreneurs. It carries out domestic chartered helicopter flights throughout Nepal from its hub in Kathmandu. It is planning to be the first airline to introduce the AgustaWestland AW119 Koala to the Nepalese market and has already carried out demonstration flights.^[6]

Fleet

The Altitude Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of April 2019):^[2]

Accidents and incidents

• 8 September 2018 – A Eurocopter AS 350 helicopter of Altitude Air crashed in Nuwakot District en route from Gorkha District to Kathmandu. Out of the seven people on board, only one survived.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: About. Altitude Air Pvt. Ltd.. 1 September 2018.
2. Web site: Altitude Air . Helis.com . 1 September 2018.
3. Web site: How Yeti Group benefited from its connections with PM Oli . Republica News . 27 December 2019.
4. Web site: Civil Aviation Report 2017 . Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal . 1 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180831043627/http://www.caanepal.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Final-Report-2017.pdf . 31 August 2018 . dead .
5. Web site: Altitude Air: Another Helicopter Company soon to be added In Nepal Aviation . Aviation Nepal . 1 September 2018. 22 August 2016.
6. Web site: Altitude Air conducted demonstration flight at Everest-Makalu region with Koala helicopter . Aviation Nepal . 1 September 2018 . 3 April 2017.
7. Web site: Altitude Air gets new Airbus chopper . The Himalayan Times . 4 April 2019 . 3 April 2019.
8. Web site: Altitude Air chopper crashes in Nuwakot; rescuers struggle to reach incident site . The Himalayan Times . 8 September 2018.