Nepal’s Guna Airlines To Relaunch
After the cessation of services back in 2013, regional carrier Guna Airlines is reportedly restarting its flight operations later this month, serving domestic destinations in Nepal with its fleet of seven aircraft. Guna Airlines first began operating in 2009, but…
Nepal’s Buddha Air Expanding Amidst Pandemic
Nepal’s largest domestic carrier Buddha Air is adding another ATR 72-500 to its fleet in November, seeing an increase in demand for local air travel. Buddha Air’s sales, marketing and ground handling director Rupesh Joshi tells Smart Aviation Asia Pacific…
Nepal’s Sita Air Focusing On Essential Air Services
The fast spread of the new COVID-19 variant across Europe is threatening to end hopes that the 2021 spring season could bring relief to Nepal’s hard-hit mountain flight operators, such as Sita Air. Operators of short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) aircraft rely on…
Interview: Nepal’s Buddha Air Adding Two ATR 72-500s in Early 2021
Nepal’s Buddha Air will be expanding its trunk route capacity with two additional ATR 72-500s next year. The two additional turboprops are being bought from an undisclosed UK-based company with financing from a Nepalese bank, Buddha Air marketing, sales and…
Buddha Air ATR 72-500 Lands at Wrong Airport in Nepal
An ATR 72-500 operated by Nepal’s Buddha Air landed at Pokhara Airport in central Nepal rather than at Janakpur Airport in southeastern Nepal as it was supposed to. The Pokhara flight was changed to another aircraft, but the pilots of…
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Mitsubishi denies reports on SpaceJet development freeze https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/mhi-denies-reports-of-spacejet-development-freeze/140761.article Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is denying reports that it will stop development of the SpaceJet programme. The company says it is in the process of reviewing the programme schedule given the global aviation…
