Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA / Images : Bhutan Airlines, Travel Bhutan Tours
According to Routes & Journeys Bhutan, the company has chartered Bhutan Airlines' flights in the name of Travel Bhutan Tours for journeys to pick up its group tour clients in Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore for Paro with Bhutan Airlines' Airbus A319 aircraft.
Bhutan Airlines' first chartered flight to Penang from Paro via Kolkata takes place on 3 December 2022 under flight B3-786 and the direct flight to Paro from Penang is under flight B3-787.
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Bhutan Airlines performs several chartered flights to KLIA in December 2022 with its first direct flight to Paro from KLIA, after Bhutan's border re-opening, on 6 December 2022, under flight B3-709 while the flight to KLIA, B3-708, stops over in Kolkata for 45 minutes.
Routes & Journeys Bhutan revealed the company's first charter flight from KLIA to Paro is in 2015.
Future dates of Bhutan Airlines' chartered flights from KLIA to Paro are on 23 January, 20 and 29 April 2023.
According to Routes & Journeys Bhutan, Bhutan Airlines departs from Paro for Changi via Kolkata and KLIA under flight B3-780 on 15 December 2022, transits in KLIA2 at 1.30 am on 16 December 2022 before leaving KLIA2 for Changi at 3 am and touching down in Changi by 4 am.
The first chartered flight of Bhutan Airlines from Singapore after Bhutan re-opens its borders, B3-781, leaves Changi at 5 am and arrives in Paro at 7.30 am local time.
On 22 and 29 December 2022, the A319 picks up homeward-bound passengers for Singapore at 4 pm, transits in Kolkata for 45 minutes and lands in Changi at 1.20 am and 2.06 am on 23 and 30 December 2022 respectively before taking off for Paro and via Suvarnabhumi at 5 am and 3.30 am respectively.
Routes & Journeys Bhutan explains that when the aircraft is fully-booked from Paro to the overseas airports, the aircraft needs to stop over in Kolkata for refueling.
On Sundays, Routes & Journeys Bhutan's Singaporean clients leave for Paro via Guwahati with Drukair Royal Bhutan Airlines' A319/A320 aircraft.
For further information on Routes & Journeys' Bhutan tour packages, email bhutan@routesandjourneys.com.
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