Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals
Buddha Air, Nepal's leading private airline, plans to purchase jets from either Boeing or Airbus and open new international destinations from Kathmandu and the tourism capital Pokhara.
According to Mr Brendra Nahadur Basnet, Managing Director of Buddha Air, the airline is studying the possibility of importing a Boeing MAX 8. It is also evaluating the Airbus A319 as proposed by Airbus. It hopes to import 2 narrow body jets by 2020 and adds 2 more jets by 2021 to station in the international airport of Pokhara in order to initiate international flights from Pokhara.
Buddha Air plans to open a new route linking Kathmandu with Kolkata by September 2018. It is studying possibilities to launch jet flights from Kathmandu to Bangkok, Guangzhou, Dhaka and other major Indian cities by 2020 to compete with Nepal Airlines.
By 2022, Buddha Air aims to launch direct flights from Kathmandu to Moscow, Incheon and Osaka Kansai to compete with Nepal Airlines, that will receive its first wide-body A330-200 aircraft in the first week of June 2018 to launch non-stop flights to Incheon, Osaka Kansai and Moscow.
Currently, Buddha Air operates a charter flight service to Paro, the gateway to Bhutan, a seasonal route to Varanasi and by 14 April 2018 domestic flights to 12 destinations in Nepal including the town of Surkhet using ATR turboprop and Beechcraft 1900D aircraft.
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals
Buddha Air, Nepal's leading private airline, plans to purchase jets from either Boeing or Airbus and open new international destinations from Kathmandu and the tourism capital Pokhara.
According to Mr Brendra Nahadur Basnet, Managing Director of Buddha Air, the airline is studying the possibility of importing a Boeing MAX 8. It is also evaluating the Airbus A319 as proposed by Airbus. It hopes to import 2 narrow body jets by 2020 and adds 2 more jets by 2021 to station in the international airport of Pokhara in order to initiate international flights from Pokhara.
Buddha Air plans to open a new route linking Kathmandu with Kolkata by September 2018. It is studying possibilities to launch jet flights from Kathmandu to Bangkok, Guangzhou, Dhaka and other major Indian cities by 2020 to compete with Nepal Airlines.
By 2022, Buddha Air aims to launch direct flights from Kathmandu to Moscow, Incheon and Osaka Kansai to compete with Nepal Airlines, that will receive its first wide-body A330-200 aircraft in the first week of June 2018 to launch non-stop flights to Incheon, Osaka Kansai and Moscow.
Currently, Buddha Air operates a charter flight service to Paro, the gateway to Bhutan, a seasonal route to Varanasi and by 14 April 2018 domestic flights to 12 destinations in Nepal including the town of Surkhet using ATR turboprop and Beechcraft 1900D aircraft.
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