Himalaya Airlines

IATA	ICAO	Callsign
H9	HIM	HIMALAYA

Founded

19 August 2014

Commenced operations

31 May 2016

Hubs

Tribhuvan International Airport (Kathmandu)

Fleet size

3 (March 2017)

Destinations

5 (March 2017)

Headquarters

Kathmandu, Nepal

Key people

Ang Tshiring Sherpa, chairman
Zhao Guo Quiang, president

Website

www.himalaya-airlines.com

Himalaya Airlines (Nepali: हिमालय एअरलाइन्स्, Himālaya earalāins) is an airline based at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is the second attempt of Yeti Airlines Group to launch an international airline based in Nepal, following the collapse of Flyyeti.com in 2008. Himalaya Airlines was founded in 2014 as a joint venture between Yeti Airlines Group, the Himalaya Infrastructure Fund and Tibet Airlines. It launched operations in May 2016 with a single Airbus A320. The airline flies to five destinations as of March 2017.

Yeti Airlines Group launched Flyyeti.com in January 2008 as a joint venture with Air Arabia. The airline was a low-cost carrier providing international flights from Nepal. However, when Air Arabia took back Flyyeti.com's fleet in July 2008, the airline was forced to end operations. Yeti Airlines Group resurrected its plans to operate an international airline with the establishment of Himalaya Airlines in August 2014. Initially, Tibet Airlines and the Himalaya Infrastructure Fund had stakes in the airline alongside Yeti World Investment, an affiliate of Yeti Airlines Group.

In order to obtain its air operator's certificate, Himalaya Airlines leased aircraft from Yeti Airlines and conducted its first proving flights in February 2015. Launch plans were delayed by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake. The airline inducted its first aircraft, an Airbus A320, on 9 March 2016. Himalaya Airlines launched operations on 31 May 2016 with flights between Kathmandu and Doha. Flights from Kathmandu to Colombo started in October, marking the resumption of scheduled flights between Nepal and Sri Lanka after 28 years.

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