Sky Cabs (Pvt.) Ltd. was a cargo airline from Sri Lanka, which was headquartered at Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo and had approximately 50 employees.
History The company was registered on 1 November 1991 and was issued an operating licence in 1993. Sky Cabs offered scheduled and chartered international freight transport using a fleet of Antonov An-8 and An-12 aircraft. The following destinations were served on a regular, scheduled basis:
Terminated destinations Country-cityAirport codeAirport nameNotesRefsIATAICAOBahrainBahrainBAHOBBIBahrain International AirportTerminated IndiaCalicutCCJVOCLCalicut International AirportTerminated GoaGOIVOGOGoa International AirportTerminatedMumbaiBOMVABBChhatrapati Shivaji International AirportTerminatedTrivandrumTRVVOTVTrivandrum International AirportTerminatedMaldivesGanGANVRMGGan International AirportTerminatedOmanMuscatMCTOOMSMuscat International AirportTerminated PakistanLahoreLHEOPLAAllama Iqbal International AirportTerminatedSri LankaColomboCMBVCBIBandaranaike International AirportTerminated
Formerly operated
+ AircraftFleetIntroducedRetiredAntonov An-81TBATBAAntonov An-12 1TBATBA
Subsequent closure
Investigation into the accident revealed a number of procedural failures, including the fact that the aircraft had been operated without a valid licence.
As a consequence, all international cargo airlines of Sri Lanka were grounded and had to be reassessed. Sky Cabs failed this procedure, and was subsequently shut down.
Accidents and incidents On March 24, 2000, Sky Cabs Flight 702 from Bangkok crashed into a housing area near Bandaranaike International Airport due to fuel starvation. Three people on the ground were killed, as well as six of the eight occupants on board the Antonov An-12 (registered RA-11302).
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