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Buddha Air Pvt. Ltd
File:Buddha Air logo.jpg
IATA ICAO Call sign
U4 BHA BUDDHA AIR
Founded1997
HubsTribhuvan International Airport
Frequent-flyer programRoyal Club
Fleet size8
Destinations10
HeadquartersKathmandu, Nepal
Key peopleSurendra B. Basnet (Chairman)
Websitehttp://www.buddhaair.com
Tribhuvan International Airport, with some Buddha Air airplanes in the background. Kathmandu, Nepal.

Buddha Air is an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. 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[1]. It also operates mountain flights from Kathmandu to the Langtang range.[2]

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 Sidharata Guatama.[2]

Buddha Air Beechcraft 1900 D at Simara Airport (SIF)

Destinations

Buddha Air offers scheduled flights to the following domestic destinations (as of August 2010):[3]

[Future]
[Base]
Location Country IATA Airport name Ref
Bhadrapur    Nepal BDP Bhadrapur Airport [3]
Bhairahawa    Nepal BWA Gautam Buddha Airport [3]
Bharatpur    Nepal BHR Bharatpur Airport [3]
Biratnagar    Nepal BIR Biratnagar Airport [3]
Dhangadhi    Nepal DHI Dhangadhi Airport [3]
Janakpur    Nepal JKR Janakpur Airport [3]
Kathmandu    Nepal KTM Tribhuvan International Airport[Base] [3]
Kolkata  India CCU Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport begins 1 October
Lucknow  India LKO Amausi Airport begins 15 October
Nepalgunj    Nepal KEP Nepalgunj Airport [3]
Paro  Bhutan PBH Paro Airport [3]
Patna  India PAT Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport begins 15 October, pending
Pokhara    Nepal PKR Pokhara Airport [3]
Simara    Nepal SIF Simara Airport [3]
Varanasi  India VNS Varanasi Airport begins 15 October

The airline also offers chartered flights and daily Mountain Flights.[4] Buddha Air became the first foreign airline to start flights to Paro, Bhutan, from August 23, 2010.

Fleet

Buddha Air's ATR 72-500 at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal

As of June 22, 2010 the Buddha Air fleet includes[1]:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Flight International 27 March 2007
  2. ^ a b World Air Routes retrieved 18 November 2006
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Flight schedule". Buddha Air. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  4. ^ Nepal Tourism Directory retrieved 18 November 2006
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