Sunday 25 March 2018

Drukair operates charter flights to Hong Kong between 26 July and 5 October 2018

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                  / KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals



According to OAG Schedules, Drukair Royal Bhutan Airlines has proposed to provide the once-off non-stop charter flight from Paro to Hong Kong on 30 September 2018. Other charter flights to Hong Kong from Paro involve either technical stopovers in Gaya or Kolkata while the outgoing flight from Hong Kong to Paro on the specified dates will be non-stop.

On 30 September 2018, Drukair Airbus A319 flight KB800 departs from Paro for Hong Kong at 4.10 pm and arrives in Hong Kong at 10.10 pm.

The first inaugural charter flight to Hong Kong via Gaya operates on 26 July 2018 at 4.10 pm under KB800, arrives in Gaya at 4.35 pm before leaving Gaya for Hong Kong at 5.15 pm and touching down in Hong Kong at 11.15 pm.

The first inaugural charter flight from Paro via Kolkata to Hong Kong takes off  under KB800 on 5 August 2018 at 4.10 pm, transits in Kolkata at 5 pm before leaving Kolkata for Paro at 5.40 pm and touching down in Hong Kong at 11.45 pm.

On 27 July 2018, the first non-stop flight from Hong Kong to Paro departs at 4.20 am under flight KB801 and arrives in Paro at 7 am local time. KB801 operates 5 non-stop flights to Paro from Hong Kong on 1 August, 6 August, 1 October and 6 October 2018.

Travel agencies may contact directly with Drukair Royal Bhutan Airlines Head Office on possibilities to charter the A319 aircraft for flights from Hong Kong and other destinations.

Drukair Royal Bhutan Airlines' current scheduled flight destinations include Singapore, Suvarnabhumi, Dhaka, Kolkata, Kathmandu, Mumbai, Gaya, Bagdogra, Delhi and Guwahati. The airline has been conducting feasibility studies on the Hong Kong and China travel markets for years. According to Drukair, the Bhutanese national flag carrier has plans to operate on a scheduled basis to Hong Kong if any new route to Hong Kong, direct or indirect, proves commercially viable.

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