Himalaya Airlines, a
full-service carrier, established in August 2014, started its international
flights operation from April 12th 2016, flying directly to Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Airline started
its first scheduled flights from May 31st 2016 flying directly to Doha, Qatar.
The airline has planned services to more destinations including Delhi, India
followed by Lhasa, Chengdu and Beijing in China a few months later.
The airline had welcomed its first new
aircraft MSN 6626, Airbus 320-214, Nepal registration number 9N-ALM, on March
9, 2016 at 14:25 NST. This aircraft carried the Right Honorable Prime Minister,
Mr. K.P. Oli, Madam Radhika Shakya and the delegation on an official visit to
Beijing, the capital city of the People’s Republic of China at 11:00 NST on
March 20, 2016. The aircraft also flew to Colombo, Sri Lanka offering a
promotional package of round trip on April 12th 2016 and May 3rd 2016.
The airline has full preparation in terms of
training flight crew, maintenance personnel and all functions of airline
operation and has in place systems, people and infrastructure to start
commercial flights.
Over the coming five years, the airline aims
at acquiring 15 Airbus aircrafts and will operate from Kathmandu to various cities
in Asia and beyond. The company will introduce long haul wide body aircraft of
A330 family in due course of time for the operation of direct flights to Japan,
Korea, Europe, Australia, and America.
Tibet Airlines holds 48.99%of equity capital
of the company, whereas the Nepalese side holds 51.01%.
Himalaya Airlines (H9) now
seamlessly connects daily direct flights to Doha, Qatar strengthening the
convenient travel experience with reliable service and warm hospitality to its
entire passengers.
