Flying Dragon Airlines
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Commenced operations | 2005 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 2006 | ||||||
AOC # | 043/2005[1] | ||||||
Operating bases | Nepalgunj Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
Destinations | 9 | ||||||
Parent company | China Flying Dragon Aviation | ||||||
Headquarters | Nepalgunj, Nepal | ||||||
Key people | Qin Yubao (Managing Director)[2] |
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Flying Dragon Airlines was a Nepalese airline based in Nepalgunj operating domestic services out of Nepalgunj Airport.
History
[edit]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
[edit]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]
Fleet
[edit]At the time of closure, Flying Dragon Airlines operated the following aircraft:[7][8][11]
Aircraft | In fleet | Orders | Notes |
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Harbin Y-12 | 2 | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "CAAN Report 2011-12" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "BUDGET : Flying to remote areas". The Himalayan Times. 27 June 2006. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Logistics Capacity Assessment Nepal – September 2016". Logistics Capacity Assessment. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ Hotelnepal.com Archived 2006-11-14 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 19 November 2006
- ^ "First pvt Sino-Nepali airline". The Himalayan Times. 12 September 2005. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Flying Dragon to operate in Nepal". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ a b Reed Business Information Limited. "Nepal's commercial aviation set to grow". Retrieved 3 January 2015.
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has generic name (help) - ^ a b China News Archived 2006-10-11 at the Wayback Machine 8 June 2005
- ^ CAAN Archived 2006-05-18 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 19 November 2006
- ^ "Flying Dragon Airlines granted license CAAN". Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ "Flying Dragon Airlines - Fleet - PlaneLogger". Retrieved 3 January 2015.