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Mountain Air was an airline based in Nepal. Its aircraft were re-possessed in 2002.

Mountain Air

IATA ICAO Callsign - - -
Founded	2000[1]
Ceased operations	November 2002[2]
AOC #	026/98[3]
Fleet size	2 (before repossession in November 2002)[1]
Destinations	Nepal cities including:[1]  • Bhairawa  • Biratnagar  • Nepalgunj  • Pokhara
Headquarters	Kathmandu, Nepal

History

Mountain Air was established in April 2000.[1] In November 2002 the Raytheon took back possession of two aircraft from Mountain Air because the airline defaulted on the aircraft-leasing arrangements.[2]

Destinations

Gorkha Airlines regularly served the following destinations, which were cancelled either at the closure of operations or before:[1]

City	Airport	Notes	Refs
Bhairahawa	Gautam Buddha Airport
Biratnagar	Biratnagar Airport
Kathmandu	Tribhuvan International Airport	Hub
Nepalgunj	Nepalgunj Airport
Pokhara	Pokhara Airport

Mountain Air also operated scheduled mountain sightseeing flights from Kathmandu to Mount Everest range. The flights usually departed in the early morning hours and return to the airport one hour later.[4]

Fleet

At the time of closure, Mountain Air operated the following aircraft:

Gorkha Airlines Fleet

Aircraft	In fleet	Notes
Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliners	2	[1]

References

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