Shangri-La Air

It partly merged with Necon Air in 2001 and eventually ceased operations in 2008.

[citation needed] The airline started operations in October 1999 with oneDe Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft.

[3] Its name is derived from Shangri-La, a fictitious place described in James Hilton's 1933 novel Lost Horizon.

Shangri-La Air was operating a fleet of six aircraft, two Beechcraft 1900Ds and four De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters.

[6] Shangri-La Air regularly served the following destinations, some of which were discontinued before its closure:[3] It also ran scheduled mountain sightseeing flights from Kathmandu to the Mount Everest range.