Buddha Air operates two daily flights between Kathmandu and Surkhet

KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Buddha Air is going to operate two daily flights from Kathmandu-Surkhet by ATR 72 aircraft.

The company, which started Kathmandu-Surkhet flights from 2013 with Beechcraft 1900D (18 seats), has recently been flying with 42 seats. Now the company is going to make two daily flights through ATR 72 aircraft.

The company, which currently operates only one daily flight, is going to start two daily flights between Kathmandu and Surkhet from Wednesday, December 21, 

From December 21, the first Kathmandu-Surkhet flight will be operated at 10 am and the second flight at 1:25 am. Similarly, the company informed that the first flight from Surkhet to Kathmandu is scheduled to take place at 11:35 am and the second flight at 3 am.

The company had started flights from Kathmandu-Surkhet ATR 72 from December 16. Now, with the success of the test flight, two daily flights are going to be started on a regular basis.

The company which is dominating the domestic air sector of Nepal has been flying to almost all the airports where the private sector flies.