Ang Tshering Sherpa (entrepreneur) explained

Ang Tshering Sherpa
Birth Date:2 October 1964
Birth Place:Khumbu Pasanglhamu, Nepal
Death Place:Taplejung, Nepal
Death Cause:2019 Air Dynasty helicopter crash
Occupation:Entrepreneur
Organization:Yeti Airlines
Tara Air
Children:2

Ang Tshering Sherpa (2 October 1964 - 27 February 2019) was a Nepali entrepreneur and founder of Yeti Airlines.[1] [2]

Career

Sherpa started his career in the 1990s at a local trekking agency managed by one of his brothers.[3] In 1993, Sherpa founded Air Dynasty before founding Yeti Airlines in 1998.[4] [5]

Sherpa also served as served as chairman of the board for Himalaya Airlines from 2014 until his death in 2019.[6]

Death

Ang Tshering Sherpa, along with six other people, died in a helicopter crash while returning from Pathibhara Devi Temple, Taplejung, Nepal, on 27 February 2019.[7] [8] According to the Himalayan Times, hundreds of people viewed his last rites in Kathmandu.[9]

As Tshering was a golfer, Yeti Airlines organized an annual golf tournament named in his memory after his death.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trailblazer who took tourism sector to new heights . 28 February 2019 . The Himalayan Times . 1 February 2020.
  2. Web site: LATE ANG TSHIRING SHERPA A Legendary Of Tourism . Spotlight Nepal . 1 February 2020.
  3. Web site: Noted tourism entrepreneur dead in Taplejung chopper crash . República . 1 February 2020.
  4. Web site: Tribute To Our Late MD . Yeti Airlines . 1 February 2020.
  5. Web site: Ang Tshering Sherpa, aviation pioneer and hospitality entrepreneur, dies in a helicopter crash . The Kathmandu Post . 1 February 2020.
  6. Web site: About us . Himalaya Airlines . https://web.archive.org/web/20170118094416/https://www.himalaya-airlines.com/article/about-us . 18 January 2017.
  7. News: Nepal Tourism Minister Rabindra Adhikari among dead: What happened?. Steinmetz. Juergen T.. 2019-02-27. Travel News eTurboNews. 5 November 2019.
  8. News: Nepal Helicopter Crash Kills 7, Including Tourism Minister. Bhandari, Rajneesh. 2019-02-27. The New York Times. 5 November 2019. Sharma, Bhadra. 0362-4331.
  9. Web site: Hundreds of people gather to bid final farewell to doyen of Nepali tourism . The Himalayan Times . 1 January 2022 . 3 March 2019.
  10. Web site: Silwal . Raju . In memory of the Late Ang Tshering Sherpa . Nepal News . 20 March 2022 . 27 February 2022.

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