Altitude Air

Altitude Air Pvt. Ltd.
IATA ICAO Call sign
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Founded2016; 10 years ago (2016)
AOC #085/2016
HubsTribhuvan International Airport
Fleet size2
HeadquartersSinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal
Key peopleNima Nuru Sherpa (Executive Chairman/ Accountable Manager)
Websitealtitudeairnepal.com

Altitude Air Pvt. Ltd is a charter helicopter airline based in Tribhuvan International Airport and Sinamangal, Kathmandu. The company began operations in 2016 and mainly carries out rescue and charter flights.They are currently banned from flying in EU airspace.

History

Altitude Air was founded in 2016 in Kathmandu, Nepal, by various Nepalese tourism entrepreneurs. It ran its test flight on the 27th of September and currently operates two Airbus H-125 helicopters. In 2024, Altitude Air successfully retrieved the bodies of five deceased Russian climbers at 7000 meters, after numerous other companies were unable to do so. As of 2026 they offer services in tourism, cargo, search and rescue, and medical flights.

Fleet

Altitude Air gained attention initially, as the first airline company in Nepal to purchase brand-new commercial aircraft, unlike other helicopter companies that operate second-hand crafts. The Altitude fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 2025):

Altitude Air fleet
Aircraft In fleet Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Eurocopter AS350 B3e 2 1 0 5 5

References

  1. 1 2 "About". Altitude Air Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Civil Aviation Report 2017" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Altitude Air". Helis.com. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Altitude Air: Another Helicopter Company soon to be added In Nepal Aviation". Aviation Nepal. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "The EU Air Safety List - Mobility and Transport - European Commission". transport.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2026-09-21.
  6. ↑ "Altitude Air specializes in Charter Flight, Medevac, Mountain Flight, Human longline and Cargo sling, Filming and Photography, Holy Pilgrimage tours, Heli-Ski, Sky Diving, High Altitude Search, and Rescue. Bollywood actors Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Parineeti Chopra, and Sarika Haasan - the spouse of actor Kamal Haasan came to Nepal to shoot for their new movie Uunchai, then flew on an Altitude Air helicopter from TIA on October 8 to Tenzing Hillary Airport at Lukla". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Altitude Air gets new Airbus chopper". The Himalayan Times. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.