SkyAir
Appearance
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Founded | 2009 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 26 January 2010 | ||||||
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Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
Destinations | 6 | ||||||
Parent company | Blueplanet Group | ||||||
Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh | ||||||
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Website | skycapitalcargo |
SkyAir, legally Sky Capital Airlines, is a cargo airline headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh[1] and based at Shahjalal International Airport.
History
[edit]The airline received an air operator's certificate (AOC) issued by Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh in November 2009. Commercial operations commenced on 26 January 2010.
Fleet
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The SkyAir fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2019):[2][3]
Aircraft | In fleet | Orders |
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Boeing 737-200F | 1 | |
Fokker 50 | 2 | |
Total | 3 | – |
The airline previously operated two Lockheed L-1011F TriStar aircraft prior to scrapping one of them.[4]
In March 2010, one of the L-1011Fs caught fire due to an engine failure.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Bangladeshi cargo specialist, Sky Capital, rebrands as SkyAir". ch-aviation. 9 May 2014.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019. p. 5.
- ^ "Sky Capital fleet". SKy capital. 12 March 2019.
- ^ "Bangladesh's Sky Capital to resume ops using a B737-200 freighter". ch-aviation. 29 April 2014.
- ^ "Incident: Sky Capital L101 at Dhaka on Mar 22nd 2010, engine failure". The Aviation Herald. 23 March 2010.