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Summit Air
HubsSurkhet Airport
Secondary hubsNepalgunj Airport
Fleet size6
Destinations10
Key peopleBikash Rana, Chairman
Manoj Karki, MD
Websitegomaair.com

Summit Air is an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. Goma Air was re-branded to Summit Air on 13 March 2017.[1] The airline operates from short takeoff and landing (STOL) airstrips of western parts of Nepal.[2][3][4] The airline received the first of two Let 410 aircraft in October 2014, to be used on flights to Lukla and Jomsom.[5] The aircraft are financed by the Czech Republic Export Bank.[6]

Destinations

The airline serves the following destinations:[7]

Fleet

Summit Air fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders/Proposed Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Cessna Grand Caravan 208 B 2 0 0 14 14 [8]
Let 410 UVP-E20 3 0 19 19 Three originally delivered. One crashed 27/05/2017 at Lukla[9][10][11]
Total 5 0

Accidents and Incidents

  • On 2 June 2015, a Goma Air (Summit Air) flight from Jomsom landed in Pokhara without the nose gear. All 18 passengers on board the Let 410 aircraft were safe, but the aircraft 9N-AKY suffered damage in the nose wheel part.[12]
  • On 12 January 2017, A Let 410 series aircraft with registration 9N-AKZ of Goma Air (Summit Air) outbound from Nepalgunj to Mugu experienced a tyre burst incident during landing at Talcha Airport. All the 15 passengers reported to be safe[13]
  • On 27 May 2017, A Goma Air cargo flight crashed on final approach to Lukla Airport. The aircraft, a Let 410, Registration 9N-AKY, crashed into the rock-wall 5–10 m (16–33 ft) below the runway. From the 3 person crew the Flight Senior Captain Paras Kumar Rai was killed in the crash, Co Pilot Shrizan Manandhar died undergoing treatment at the scene, the Air Hostesses Pragya Maharjan was injured and airlifted to Kathmandu for further treatment. [14]

References

  1. ^ ""Goma Air" officially changed name to "Summit Air"". Aviation Nepal. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Goma Air". Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Goma Air successfully conducts test flight". Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  4. ^ http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Goma+Air+to+fly+2+new+planes+in+Nepal+&NewsID=398652
  5. ^ http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/31936-nepals-goma-air-takes-delivery-of-first-let-410 CH Aviation
  6. ^ "Goma Air to fly to Lukla and Jomsom". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Goma Air". Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Goma Air flight for western districts". Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  9. ^ https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/update-senior-captain-dies-two-hurt-as-goma-air-crashes-in-lukla/
  10. ^ http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Goma+Air+to+fly+2+new+planes+in+Nepal+&NewsID=398652
  11. ^ Kuvera Chalise. "Business and Economy". Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  12. ^ "Goma Air plane crash lands in Pokhara". NepaliAviator.com. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  13. ^ "Goma Air Minor Incident". Aviation Nepal News Network. Retrieved 12 Jan 2017.
  14. ^ "Senior captain dies, two hurt as Goma Air plane crashes in Lukla". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 27 May 2017.


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