Himalayan Aviation
| Founded | 1948 |
|---|---|
Ceased operations | 1953 (Indian Airlines merger) |
| Headquarters | Calcutta, India |
Himalayan Aviation (Hindi: हिमालयन एविएशन) was an airline based in India that operated in the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent until its nationalisation and merger into Indian Airlines in 1953.
History
[edit]On 20 February 1950, Himalayan Aviation ran the first ever international flight from Nepal, from Gauchar, Nepal, to Calcutta, India.[1]
Himalayan Aviation began with chartered flights.[2] Over time, it expanded to night-mail services and scheduled passenger flights. In order to maximize revenue, it began taking on passengers on its night-mail flights as well.[3]
On 7 December 1951, Pakistan detained a Himalayan Aviation flight from Ahmedabad, India, to Kabul, Afghanistan, at the stopover point in Karachi. Pakistan had previously denied use of the direct Delhi-Kabul air-corridor that overflew the North West Frontier Province. India and Pakistan had worked out an alternative Ahmadabad-Karachi-Zahedan (Iran)-Kabul route.[4]
Fleet
[edit]The fleet mostly consisted of Douglas DC-3 aircraft.
References
[edit]- ↑ "COVER STORY (Spotlight Weekly), 14th Dec. 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ↑ Roy R. Roadcap (1992). World Airline Record. Roy R. Roadcap & Associates.
- ↑ Kalka Prasad Bhatnagar (1951). Transport in Modern India. Kishore Publishing House, Kanpur.
- ↑ "Miscellaneous : dated 7 December 1951: Pak. halts Indian plane to Kabul". The Hindu. 7 December 2001. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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