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Air
Sahara alliance for Kathmandu-Chicago flights |
November
2005
Air
Sahara has entered into an agreement with American Airlines to Kathmandu-Delhi-Chicago flights from Nov 15, 2005. The daily
flights will transport passengers from Kathmandu to Delhi using a smaller
aircraft and then switch over to a Boeing 777.
Air
Sahara's general sales agent in Nepal is Zenith Travels. From December
2005 Air Sahara will also start Kathmandu-Delhi-London flights in alliance with British Airways. |
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Austrian
Airlines to resume flights |
September
2005
Austrian
Airlines is resuming its seasonal flights to Europe on the Vienna-Kathmandu route from September 15, 2005.
The
only airline that flies directly to Europe from Nepal , the Austrian Airlines
aircraft operating in his route has a capacity of 36 business and 209 economy
class seats, a press statements release issued by the airlines said.
The
airline generally operates seasonal flights from Nepal to Europe for eight
months a year - from mid-September to mid-May. |
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Martin
Air suspends flights to Nepal |
August
2005
| Martin
Air, the Netherlands based airline, has decided to suspend the Amsterdam
- Kathmandu flights for 2005. |
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Air
Sahara to resume flights from September 1 |
July
2005
| Air
Sahara officials said the Indian airline will resume the Delhi-KTM
flights from September 1, 2005. The airline has said nothing about its
operation next year. |
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Air
Nepal International to begin operations |
July
2005
| Air
Nepal International (ANI) will begin KTM - Doha (Qatar) operations from
end of July 2005. The company will be operating in three sectors in the
initial phase: Kathmandu-Kuala Lumpur, Kathmandu-Doha-Dubai and Kathmandu-Bangkok.
The company had signed an agreement with PB Company of Thailand for a Boeing
767 on 'wet lease' basis. |
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Cosmic
Air opened Kolkata - KTM service |
July
2005
| Cosmic
Air started KTM - Kolkata (India) flights on July 8, 2005. |
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Qatar
Tours named GSA of Air Nepal |
June
2005
AIR
Nepal International (ANI) has appointed Qatar Tours (a subsidiary
of Darwish Travel Co.) as its GSA.
ANI
is a new private airline that has traffic rights to various destinations
from Kathmandu, including Doha.
The
airline's CEO, was in Doha to conclude agreements withDoha International
Airport authorities that would allow ANI to start operations to Qatar by
next month.
Darwish
said the addition of ANI to the group of airlines represented by Qatar
Tours would provide another valuable route to its clients.
According
to the GSA, Air Nepal will fly to Doha 3 times a week to start with
and is expected to extend its flight to 5 times. It will operate
B-767-300 aircraft having a capacity of 249 economy class seats. |
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Jet
Airways temporararily suspended flights to KTM |
June
2005
| Jet
Airways, a leading private Indian airline and Qatar Airways have temporarily suspended flights on Kathmandu-Delhi sector and Kathmandu-Kuala
Lumpur route respectively. Air Sahara, which had temporarily
stopped its Kathmandu-Delhi operation since April 19 will resume its operation
from July 1, said Zenith Travels, the airline's GSA. |
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Air
Sahara temporararily suspended flights to KTM |
April
2005
| Air
Sahara grounded in Nepal again. This is the second time in three months
that Air Sahara has grounded its Delhi-Kathmandu flights in less than a
year of its Nepal debut. the airline has had to face stiff competition
since then. Besides its Indian competitors - national carrier Indian Airlines
and a second private operator Jet Airways - it also has to contend with
Nepal's state carrier Royal Nepalese Airlines and private Nepalese operator
Cosmic Air. With all five flying to New Delhi, there has been a tough price
war where Cosmic Air is leading with its heavily slashed fare of Nepalese
Rs. 2,400 one way. |
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Martinair
to stop its Amsterdam flight |
April
2005
| The
Dutch charter airline, Martinair is stopping its once weekly Amsterdam-Kathmandu
flights from 18 April because of low bookings. The airline's marketing
department made the announcement in Amsterdam last week and hinted it was
because of low occupancy and the reduced prospects of traffic picking up. |
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Qatar
Airways to stop its Kuala Lumpur flights |
April
2005
| Qatar
Airways has announced that it will terminate its four weekly Kathmandu-Kuala
Lumpur flights effective from 1 June because of low volume in both
directions. However, Qatar says it is committed to keeping its twice daily
flights to Doha. |
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International
airlines have suffered |
March
2005
| Austrian
Airlines has suspended flights for March. Airlines that used to depend
on tourists are turning now to ferrying Nepali migrant workers to the Gulf.
Phuket Air, scheduled to begin Bangkok-Kathmandu-Dubai flights next month
is doing just that. |
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Air
Sahara to resume flights from mid-March 2005 |
February
2005
Air
Sahara, a leading private sector Indian airline company which started operating
between Kathmandu and Delhi in September last year, has suspended flights
until 14 March. The reason behind the move is apparently fleet shortage.
Air
Sahara, one of the fastest growing airlines in India, had been using its
Boeing 737 for Kathmandu-Delhi-Kathmandu flights at the cheapest rate among
the Indian airlines operating in Nepal. With Air Sahara suspending its
flights to Nepal, there are two Indian airlines currently operating in
Nepal. |
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