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Qatar Airways, the fastest-growing airline flying into Kathmandu, operates 18 flights a week, 14 between Kathmandu and Doha and four between Kuala Lumpur and Kathmandu. With 85 percent occupancy rate in both its A300-600 and A320 aircraft.
Qatar Airways Qatar Airways
Indian Airlines: The Air Service Agreement between Nepal and India allows each side to operate 6,000 airseats between the two countries weekly. Royal Nepal and Indian Airlines use only 60 percent of that volume.
INDIAN AIRLINES Your home in the sky
The former Nepal Airlines is now Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC).
Nepal Airlines Corporation NAC
Thai Airways has a single daily flight between Kathmandu and Bangkok.
THAI Airways International THAI Airways International
Jet Airways is looking for a GSA in Kathmandu.
JET AIRWAYS Domestic Airlines India, Airlines in India
Air Sahara, one of India's leading private airlines, inaugurated its flight to Kathmandu on 16 September 2004. Air Sahara offers a new daily New Delhi-Kathmandu connection. The airline use its brand new Boeing 737-800 between Kathmandu and Delhi.
Air Sahara, a private airline, has entered into an agreement with American Airlines to start flights from Kathmandu to Chicago via Delhi from Nov 15, 2005.
Air Sahara Air Sahara: India's Fastest Growing Airline
Air China: A new bi-weekly link between Kathmandu and Chengdu was established by Air China.
Air China Welcome to the Air China UK Web Site
PIAresuming its Islamabad flights after a two year Indian ban on overflights.
Pakistan International Airlines Pakistan International Airlines
Druk Air has started offering early morning Kathmandu-Delhi flights on its new Airbus 319 on Sundays and Wednesdays. Delhi-Kathmandu flights are on Fridays and Saturdays. The airline will go back to its BAe146 three times a week from Paro to Kathmandu and Kathmandu to Delhi on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays and back on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Royal Bhutan Airlines
Austrian Airlines is operating two Vienna-Kathmandu-Vienna flights , twice a week, with its Airbus 340. The Airlines is the sole European national carrier serving Kathmandu without any stop over. The airline generally operates seasonal flights from Nepal to Europe for eight months a year - from mid-September to mid-May.
Austrian Airlines
Gulf Air has three Home Bases:Bahrain, Muscat and Abu Dhabi. Saudi Arabian Airlines and Gulf Air have codeshare arrangement on flight operating bfrom Bahrain via Damman to Kathmandu. Gulf Air is operating flights from Europe, North America, Africa, Australia and Asia to its home bases.
Gulf Air
Etihad Airways will start a four flights-a-week service from its Abu Dhabi home base to the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, in October 2007.
Kathmandu will join Etihad's expanding network across the Indian subcontinent which includes Dhaka, Delhi, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Karachi, Islamabad, Peshawar and Lahore.
Etihad will operate a two cabin Airbus A330-200 between Abu Dhabi and Kathmandu configured to carry 262 passengers, with 22 in business class and 240 in economy.
Etihad Airways, the National Airline of the United Arab Emirates
Cosmic Air has started flights to Kolkata (India) from July 8, 2005. The company is operating flights to India.
Cosmic Air
SilkAir is to launch a three-times weekly service between Singapore and Kathmandu from 30 October 2007. Flights will leave Singapore every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 0910 hours and will arrive in Kathmandu at 1205 hours (local time). Flights out of Kathmandu will depart at 1305 hours, arriving in Singapore at 2015 hours (local time). Flights will be operated on SilkAir's Airbus A320 family aircraft.
SilkAir is the regional wing of Singapore Airlines.
SilkAir
Dragonair is a Hong Kong-based international airline, and a member of the Cathay Pacific Group. Established in 1985, the airline now operates a fleet of 15 A330-300s, six A321s and 10 A320s, in addition to four Boeing 747-200/-300 freighters and three 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighters. The airline's passenger service network covers 33 destinations across the Asia-Pacific region, including 21 in the China Mainland.

Dragonair is relaunching scheduled services from its Hong Kong hub to Kathmandu on 2 December 2007. Flights will operate four times a week using an Airbus A320 aircraft.

Dragonair
Biman is the national carrier of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The corporate body is 'Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd' while the trading name is Biman Bangladesh Airlines. Biman is a member of IATA.
Presently Biman offers services to 18 international destinations.

The fleet is now consisted of 4 wide-body DC10-30s, three mid-haul Airbus A-310-300s and four F-28s regional jets.

Biman is operating 7 flights a week on the Dhaka - Kathmandu - Dhaka route (2008).

BIMAN - Bangladesh Airlines
FlyYeti.com, a newly established low-cost carrier in Nepal, is a joint venture between Air Arabia and Yeti Airlines, a leading domestic carrier in Nepal. Air Arabia, a major shareholder in the new company, will apply its successful low-cost business model to the management and operation of FlyYeti.com.
Based in Kathmandu, FlyYeti.com will provide affordable and convenient service to a broad range of international destinations.
FlyYeti.com operated by Air Arabia
Oman Air commenced operations in 1993.Oman Air has played a major role in making Muscat a major traffic hub in the Middle East providing a fillip to commercial, industrial and tourism activities. The Oman Air fleet consists of most modern and fuel- efficient aircraft with aesthetically designed interiors. Oman Air currently operates direct international flights to major Gulf destinations. The airline also flies to destinations in India, in Pakistan, in the Maldives, in Sri Lanka and Thailand. Oman Air also flies to Egypt, Lebanon,Jordan, the UK, Germany and France.
Oman Air
Spirit of Manila Airlines Corporation (Spirit of Manila) isoffering scheduled international and regional passenger services from Manila/Clark to key Asian and Middle Eastern countries. The airline is based in the Clark Freeport Zone at Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) in Clark Field, Pampanga.

Spirit of Manila Airlines is mainly operating Boeing 747-400
Boeing 767-300ER and McDonnell Douglas(MD)-83 aircrafts.

Spirit of Manila Airlines
flydubai operates daily flights a week to Kathmandu. flydubai's service will leave Dubai International Airport's Terminal 2 at 07:00 and arrive at 13:00 local time.

Kathmandu isreached by flydubai's Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft at 3,000 kms from Dubai and a flying time of 4 hours and 15 minutes.

flydubai
Turkish Airlines will initially operate four flights a week on Istanbul-Kathmandu route. It will fly to Kathmandu from its hub in Istanbul on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

The Airbus A330 aircraft of Turkish Airlines will land at Tribhuvan International Airport at 7:15 am. It will leave t for Istanbul at 8:45 am.

Turkish Airlines started scheduled flights to Nepal on September 2, 2013.

Turkish Airlines plan to increase flights frequency to seven flights a week depending on traffic.

Turkish Airlines
The schedules may change without any prior notice.
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Update: January 2014
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