Drukair launches long-haul flight to Koror via Changi from Paro on 22 November 2023

 Reports, images by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

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Drukair launches long-haul flight from Paro to Koror via Changi on 22 November 2023

                                       

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According to Drukair Royal Bhutan Airlines web-site, Bhutan's national flag carrier departs from Paro for Koror via Changi on 22 November 2023 with its A320neo aircraft, marking Drukair Royal Bhutan Airlines' long-haul flight entry.

On 22 November 2023, Drukair flight KB540 departs from Paro for Changi at 2.30 pm, touches down in Changi at 10.40 pm before leaving Changi for Koror airport, located on Babelthuap Island, Palau, at 12.20 am of 23 November 2023 and arriving in Koror at 6.40 am on the same day.

Then at 7.40 am of 23 November 2023, Drukair flight KB541 takes off from Koror for Paro via Changi at 7.40 am, transits in Changi at 11.30 am for Singapore-bound passengers to alight before leaving Changi for Paro at 12.30 pm and touching down in Paro at 4.45 pm local time.

The Paro-Changi flights of Drukair are operated on Wednesdays and Saturdays while Drukair flies to Koror from Changi on Thursdays and Sundays. Passengers bound for Paro leave Changi on Thursdays and Sundays as well.

The Changi-Koror-Changi flights of Drukair Royal Bhutan Airlines are operated on behalf of Alii Palau Airlines, which does not have an aircraft of its own. Alii Palau Airlines is the new national airline of Palau.

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Koror tickets available on Drukair web-site ahead of Alii Palau Airlines

To mark the commencement of Drukair's long-haul flight to the Pacific Ocean, Drukair Royal Bhutan Airlines has started to sell the Changi-Koror-Changi tickets on its web-site www.drukair.com.bt starting 27 October 2023. The destination "Babelthuap Island (ROR)" represents Koror airport.

Alii Palau Airlines starts selling Drukair's tickets at www.flyaliipalau.pw from 30 October 2023.

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Air Timor's flights using Drukair's A320neo to end, paving way for Aero Dili Timor-Leste's new flights to Changi

The new scheduled flights to Koror from Paro via Changi eventually replace the chartered flights of Air Timor using Drukair A320neo aircraft as the East Timor government is in the process of approving Aero Dili Timor-Leste to launch East Timor's flagship flights from Dili to Changi. 

Air Timor, which maintains office at Changi Airport, will end its flight services using Drukair aircraft on 20 December 2023, according to Druk Asia, the GSA of Drukair Royal Bhutan Airlines in Singapore.