Buddha Air
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Airline
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based in Jawalakhel
Jawalakhel
Jawalakhel is a town in Lalitpur District in Nepal. It is only 2 KM away from the ancient city of Patan. The town is famous for the annual Rato Machhendranath Festival which ends with Bhoto Jatra that takes place in the famous square at the heart of the town. The town also has the only Zoo in...
, Lalitpur District
Lalitpur District, Nepal
Lalitpur District of 337,785. It is one of the three districts in the Kathmandu Valley, along with Kathmandu and Bhaktapur.Lalitpur District has many schools, colleges and hotels. Adarsha Vidya Mandir, St. Xavier's School, St...
, Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
, near Patan
Patan, Nepal
Patan , officially Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City, is one of the major cities of Nepal. It is one of the sub-metropolitan cities of Nepal located in the south-western part of Kathmandu valley. Patan is also known as Manigal. It is best known for its rich cultural heritage, particularly its...
. 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
Tribhuvan International Airport
Tribhuvan International Airport is an international airport situated in Kathmandu, Nepal.Tribhuvan is the sole international airport in Nepal. There are two terminals, one domestic and one international...
, Kathmandu. It also operates mountain flights from Kathmandu to the Langtang
Langtang
Langtang is a region in Nepal to the north of Kathmandu and bordering Tibet. It is protected as Langtang National Park and has a number of high peaks including Langtang Lirung . As of 2010, the entrance ticket to the park cost 2400 Nepali Rupees for foreigners.About 4,500 people live inside the...
range.
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 Siddharta Gautama. Buddha Air is unique in flying only new aircraft that are delivered from the factory. The average age of the aircraft are 4 years.Accidents
On 25 September 2011, Buddha Air Flight 103Buddha Air Flight 103
Buddha Air Flight 103 was being operated on the 25 September 2011 by Beechcraft 1900D, registered 9N-AEK, when it crashed at Kotdada Hill while attempting to land in bad weather at Kathmandu's Tribhuwan International Airport...
crashed during a tourist flight of the Mount Everest region. The flight, operating with a Beech 1900 D and 19 passengers- mostly foreign tourists- crashed in Nepal according to reports. The aircraft apparently lost contact with the control tower near Kathmandu's airport
Tribhuvan International Airport
Tribhuvan International Airport is an international airport situated in Kathmandu, Nepal.Tribhuvan is the sole international airport in Nepal. There are two terminals, one domestic and one international...
.
16 tourists (10 Indians on board, two Americans, a Japanese citizen and three Nepalis) and three crew members were on the flight.
Destinations
Buddha Air offers scheduled flights to the following domestic destinations (as of July 2011):- Bhutan
- ParoParo, Bhutan-History:Rinpung Dzong a fortress-monastery overlooking the Paro valley has a long history. A monastery was first built on the site by Padma Sambhava at the beginning of the tenth century, but it wasn't until 1646 that Ngawang Namgyal built a larger monastery on the old foundations, and for...
- Paro AirportParo AirportParo Airport is the only international airport of Bhutan. The airport is located from Paro in a deep valley on the bank of the Paro river at an elevation of ....
charter
- Paro
- India
- LucknowLucknowLucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
- Amausi AirportAmausi AirportChaudhary Charan Singh International Airport or Amausi International Airport, named after former Prime Minister of India, Chaudhary Charan Singh , is situated near Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. The airport serves as the primary civilian aviation hub for the metropolitan area of the cities of...
- Lucknow
- Nepal
- BhadrapurBhadrapurBhadrapur may refer to:*Bhadrapur, Mahakali, Nepal*Bhadrapur, Mechi, Nepal...
- Bhadrapur AirportBhadrapur AirportBhadrapur Airport , also known as Chandragadhi Airport, is an airport serving Bhadrapur and Chandragadhi, both towns in the Jhapa district in the Mechi zone in Nepal.-Facilities:The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level... - Bhairahawa - Gautam Buddha AirportGautam Buddha AirportGautam Buddha Airport , also known as Bhairahawa Airport, is an airport serving Bhairahawa , a municipality of the Rupandehi district in the Lumbini zone in Nepal. Rabin Sharma served as the chief of the airport until 2008.-Facilities:...
- BharatpurBharatpur, NepalBharatpur is a city in the central-southern part of Nepal. Located in Chitwan Valley, Bharatpur is the district headquarters of the Chitwan District, as well as a separate Municipal authority, and is the seventh largest city of Nepal with the population of 89,323 . The estimated population for...
- Bharatpur AirportBharatpur AirportBharatpur Airport is an airport serving Bharatpur, a city in the Chitwan district in Narayani zone in Nepal.The airport is located southwest of Bharatpu. It is operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal and is served by Nepal Airlines, the national airline which earns most of its revenue... - Biratnagar - Biratnagar AirportBiratnagar AirportBiratnagar Airport is an airport serving Biratnagar, a city of the Morang district in the Kosi zone in Nepal.-Facilities:Nepal government owned and operated, Biratnagar Airport began its service on 6 July 1958, the same year the nation's first Royal Nepal Airlines began its scheduled domestic and...
- DhangadhiDhangadhiDhangadhi is a city in Far western Nepal bordering India. It is the capital of Kailali District in the province of Seti.Located in the Far Western Region of Nepal on the border of India, the city of Dhangadhi is one of the entry points into the country for people traveling from India.It was...
- Dhangadhi AirportDhangadhi AirportDhangadhi Airport is an airport serving Dhangadhi, the capital city of the Kailali District in the Seti Zone in Nepal.-Facilities:The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway which is in length. This airport has recently been extended and black topped to be able... - Janakpur - Janakpur AirportJanakpur AirportJanakpur Airport is an airport serving Janakpur, a city in and the administrative headquarters of the Dhanusa District in the Janakpur Zone in Nepal.-Facilities:...
- Kathmandu - Tribhuvan International AirportTribhuvan International AirportTribhuvan International Airport is an international airport situated in Kathmandu, Nepal.Tribhuvan is the sole international airport in Nepal. There are two terminals, one domestic and one international...
[Base] - NepalgunjNepalgunjNepalgunj , also spelled Nepalganj, is a municipality in Banke District, Nepal on the Terai plains near the southern border with Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh state of India. It is 16 km south of Kohalpur and the east-west Mahendra Highway....
- Nepalgunj AirportNepalgunj AirportNepalgunj Airport is an airport serving Nepalgunj , a municipality in Banke district of the Bheri zone in Nepal.The airport has been in service since 1961. It is a major domestic hub after TIA in terms of number of airport network, and also second largest airport in Nepal in terms of land area,... - PokharaPokharaPokhara Sub-Metropolitan City is the second largest city of Nepal. Pokhara is city of close to 350,000 inhabitants in central Nepal located at 28.25°N, 83.99°E, which is the centre of the country from east to west or from north to south, 198 km west of Kathmandu or 90 km west of Mugling, and...
- Pokhara AirportPokhara AirportPokhara Airport , is a regional airport serving Pokhara in Nepal. The airport was established July 4, 1958 and is operated by the government . It offers regular connections to Kathmandu, Jomsom and seasonal connections to Manang... - Pipara SimaraPipara SimaraPipara Simara is a town and Village Development Committee in Bara District in the Narayani Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 17,122.-External links:*...
- Simara AirportSimara AirportSimara Airport is an airport serving Pipara Simara in Nepal. The airport was established July 4, 1958 and is operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal.-Airlines and destinations:...
- Bhadrapur
The airline also offers chartered flights and daily Mountain Flights. Buddha Air became the first foreign airline to start flights to Paro
Paro, Bhutan
-History:Rinpung Dzong a fortress-monastery overlooking the Paro valley has a long history. A monastery was first built on the site by Padma Sambhava at the beginning of the tenth century, but it wasn't until 1646 that Ngawang Namgyal built a larger monastery on the old foundations, and for...
, Bhutan
Bhutan
Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...
, in summer 2010 as charters only.
Fleet
As of September 25, 2011 the Buddha Air fleet includes:- 3 ATR 42-320
- 2 ATR-72-500, modified to 500 series from 212A.
- 3 Beechcraft 1900D