Span Air (India)

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Span Air
File:Span Air (India) Logo.png
IATA ICAO Callsign
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Founded29 November 1985[1][2]
Commenced operations1995[3]
AOC ##06/1995[4]
Operating bases
Fleet size4
Key peopleNakul Nath (Director)[2]
Websitehttp://spanair.in/index.html

Span Air is an Indian charter airline based in New Delhi.[4][1][6]

History[edit]

The airline started operations in 1995 and currently[when?] operates to domestic destinations within the country. In 2014 the airline's Hawker 900XP aircraft was grounded due to safety violations concerning crew training.[7][5] In the same year the company was one of the recipients of the American Helicopter Society's Captain William J. Kossler Award for its part in rescue and humanitarian operations during the 2013 flooding in Uttarakhand.[8][9]

Fleet[edit]

Span Air operates the following aircraft as of July 2018:[4][3][10][11]

Span Air (India) fleet
Aircraft In fleet Passengers Notes
Hawker 800 1 9
Bell 429 GlobalRanger 1 6
Bell 407 GX 1 6
Beechcraft Super King Air 200 1 7

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "SPAN AIR PVT. LTD. in New Delhi, Delhi, India - Company Profile". www.tradeindia.com.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "SPAN AIR PRIVATE LIMITED. - Company, directors and contact details | Zauba Corp". www.zaubacorp.com.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "SPAN AIR PVT, LTD". www.aircharterguide.com.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Operator
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Span Air (India) on ch-aviation". ch-aviation.
  6. ↑ Makkar, Sahil (October 20, 2015). "Helicopters draw more crowds than leaders in rural Bihar" – via Business Standard.
  7. ↑ Mukherjee, Sharmistha (April 15, 2014). "DGCA grounds SpanAir and Business Jet India's planes" – via Business Standard.
  8. ↑ "VFS - AHS Recognizes Himalayan Rescue Crews". vtol.org. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  9. ↑ "Phenomenal Contribution by Indian Civil Helicopter Operators to Disaster Relief Operations, Uttarakhand, India" (PDF). vtol.org. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  10. ↑ http://spanair.in/HawkerBeechkraft900XP.aspx
  11. ↑ "SPAN AIR :: personalised luxury air travel". spanair.in.
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