SkyAir

Sky Capital Cargo
IATA ICAO Callsign
S8 --- SKY AIR
Founded 2009
Commenced operations 26 January 2010
Hubs Shahjalal International Airport
(Dhaka)
Fleet size 1
Destinations 6
Company slogan Fly Fast-Fly Safe
Headquarters House 14, Road 03, Sector 06 Uttara, Dhaka 1230 Bangladesh,
Key people
  • Major General Syed Shafayetul Islam (Retd) (Chairman )
Website skycapitalcargo.com
Sky Capital Airlines Lockheed L-1011 Tristar at Shahjalal International Airport in July 2012

SkyAir, formerly Sky Capital Airlines, is a cargo airline based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1] Its main base is Shahjalal International Airport. 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.

SkyAir Is currently operating with a Boeing 737-200F, and One AOG Lockheed Tristar L-1011F wide body Aircraft under direct ownership of Sky Group. The Airline is in the process of acquiring one ATR-72, ATR-42 Freighter for domestic cargo operation and one Boeing 767-200 Freighter for international operation.

Fleet

As of May 2014, SkyAir has a Boeing 737-200F in its fleet.[2] The airline previously operated two Lockheed L-1011F TriStar aircraft prior to scrapping one of them.[2] In March 2010, one of the L-1011F caught fire due to an engine failure.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Bangladeshi cargo specialist, Sky Capital, rebrands as SkyAir". ch-aviation. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Bangladesh's Sky Capital to resume ops using a B737-200 freighter". ch-aviation. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Incident: Sky Capital L101 at Dhaka on Mar 22nd 2010, engine failure". The Aviation Herald. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2014.

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