Founder of Buddha Air Surendra Bahadur Basnet passes away

KATHMANDU, Dec 25: Surendra Bahadur Basnet, founder of Buddha Air passed away on Sunday morning.  He was 95..

Buddha Air, a leading domestic airline company in Nepal, said that the airline company lost a guardian with the demise of the founding executive chairman.according to the statement issued by Buddha Air.

Born in Salma of Bhojpur district, He completed his LLB from Banaras Hindu University, India.

Basnet also became a founding member of Nepal Bar Association, He was a judge of the Supreme Court, the first chief election commissioner, the Minister for Law and Justice, Education, Finance, Industry, Commerce and Supplies on different occasions and the first chairman of the Nepal Press Council.

Basnet established the Buddha Air at the age of 70 years