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Brief Introduction:
  • Gorkha Airlines is a private sector airline company which was established in 1996.
  • The airline is promoted by well known personality and leading business professionals
Brief History:
  • The airline started in 1996 with the operation of two MI-17 helicopters.
  • It entered the fixed wing operation in 1998 with the introduction of two Dornier Do228 aircraft.
The Future Plan:
  • The airline is currently planning to introduce two Jet stream JS32EP aircraft to add to its current fleet of two Dornier aircraft in the market.
  • The airline is also looking to add another Dornier DO228 to its current fleet of fixed wings.
Where we stand:
  • Gorkha Airlines is the oldest operating private airlines in Nepal.
  • The airline has highly experienced crews, engineers and dedicated staff.
  • It also holds adequate stock of spare parts.
Gorkha Crew:
  • The current crew of the airlines are highly experienced with the domestic terrain as well as with the Dornier aircrafts.
  • Crews undergo regular training which includes – Simulator training, PPC as well as route checks (on regular basis).
  • The average flying hours of the captains exceed well over 9,000 hours in total.
The Maintenance:
  • The Engineering department is headed by the Executive Director (Technical), Mr. K. L. Joshi who has more than 30 years experience in the field.
  • Amt are highly experienced on maintenance and the company keeps the manuals for maintenance purposes.
The Sectors:
  • The company operates in eleven sectors on schedule basis and all over the country on charter basis.
  • We had served around 100,000 passengers per year (2003). These comprises of tourist passenger (18%) and the local passenger (82%).
  • The tourist passengers mainly include Chinese, Korean, Thai, British, Japanese and a small number of American tourists.
 
 
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