Buddha Air
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| Founded | 1997 | |||
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| Hubs | Tribhuvan International Airport | |||
| Frequent-flyer program | Royal Club | |||
| Fleet size | 9 | |||
| Destinations | 10 | |||
| Headquarters | Jawalakhel, Nepal | |||
| Key people | Surendra B. Basnet (Chairman) | |||
| Website | http://www.buddhaair.com | |||
Buddha Air Pvt. Ltd is an airline based in Jawalakhel, Lalitpur District, Nepal, near Patan.[1][2] It operates domestic services within Nepal, serving mainly large towns and cities in Nepal, linking Kathmandu with nine destinations. Its main base is Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu.[3] It also operates mountain flights from Kathmandu to the Langtang range.[4]
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[edit] History
The airline started operations in October 1997 with a brand new Beech 1900D. The name of the airline is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Buddha' meaning enlightened preferably a title used for the much revered Siddharta Gautama. Buddha Air is unique in flying only new aircraft that are delivered from the factory. The average age of the aircraft are 4 years.[4]
[edit] Accidents
On 25 September 2011, Buddha Air Flight 103 crashed during a tourist flight of the Mount Everest region. The flight, operating with a Beech 1900 D and 19 passengers- mostly foreign tourists- crashed in Nepal according to reports. The aircraft apparently lost contact with the control tower near Kathmandu's airport.
16 tourists (10 Indians on board, two Americans, a Japanese citizen and three Nepalis) and three crew members were on the flight.[5][6]
[edit] Destinations
Buddha Air offers scheduled flights to the following domestic destinations (as of July 2011):[7]
- India
- Varanasi - Varanasi Airport [begins 1 March 2012][8]
- Lucknow - Lucknow Airport
Nepal
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- Bhadrapur - Bhadrapur Airport
- Bhairahawa - Gautam Buddha Airport
- Bharatpur - Bharatpur Airport
- Biratnagar - Biratnagar Airport
- Dhangadhi - Dhangadhi Airport
- Janakpur - Janakpur Airport
- Kathmandu - Tribhuvan International Airport[Base]
- Nepalgunj - Nepalgunj Airport
- Pokhara - Pokhara Airport
- Pipara Simara - Simara Airport
The airline also offers chartered flights and daily Mountain Flights.[9] Buddha Air became the first foreign airline to start flights to Paro, Bhutan, in summer 2010 which was also the aitlines first international destination.
[edit] Fleet
As of September 25, 2011 the Buddha Air fleet includes[10]:
- 3 ATR 42-320
- 2 ATR-72-500, in reality -212A series but ATR markets them as -500 series aircraft.
- 3 Beechcraft 1900D
[edit] References
- ^ "Domestic/International." Buddha Air. Retrieved on 26 September 2011. "The company headquarter is located at Jawalakhel, Lalitpur"
- ^ "Contact Information." Buddha Air. Retrieved on September 25, 2011. "Buddha Air Pvt. Ltd Pulchowk Rd Patan"
- ^ Flight International 27 March 2007
- ^ a b World Air Routes retrieved 18 November 2006
- ^ "Mount Everest Tour Plane Crashes in Nepal." NYCAviation. 25 September 2011
- ^ "Nepal tourist plane crashes near Kathmandu killing 19" BBC News. 25 September 2011
- ^ "Flight schedule". Buddha Air. http://www.buddhaair.com/flightschedule.html. Retrieved 8 June 2010.[dead link]
- ^ http://www.buddhaair.com/flightschedule/?type=2
- ^ Nepal Tourism Directory retrieved 18 November 2006
- ^ "Fleet". airfleets.net. http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Buddha%20Air.htm. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
[edit] External links
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