Buddha Air
| Buddha Air बुद्ध एयर |
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| IATA code : | U4 |
| ICAO code : | BHA |
| Call sign : | BUDDHA AIR |
| Founding: | 1996 |
| Seat: |
Kathmandu , Nepal
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| Home airport : | Kathmandu |
| Company form: | PLC |
| Management: | Surendra B. Basnet ( Chairman ) |
| Number of employees: | 702 |
| Sales: | NPR 4.4 billion (2013) |
| Passenger volume: | 900,000 (2013) |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | Royal Club |
| Fleet size: | 13 |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.buddhaair.com |
Buddha Air ( Nepali बुद्ध एयर Buddha Eyr ) is a Nepalese airline based in Kathmandu and based at Kathmandu Airport .
history
Buddha Air was founded on April 23, 1996. Flight operations began on October 11, 1997 with a Beechcraft 1900D to five destinations within Nepal. There is also a daily scenic flight to Mount Everest . Since August 2010 Buddha Air has been the first and only airline besides Drukair to also fly to neighboring Bhutan . The chairman is Surendra Bahadur Basnet, Managing Director Birendra Bahadur Basnet.
Since November 2013, the company has been on the list of operating bans for the airspace of the European Union together with all other airlines from Nepal due to safety concerns . Flights to Europe were not offered before, however.
Destinations
Buddha Air flies from Kathmandu to numerous destinations within Nepal. Cities in East Asia are offered internationally .
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As of March 2020, the Buddha Air fleet consists of 13 aircraft with an average age of 18.8 years:
| Aircraft type | active | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| ATR 42-300 | 3 | 47 | ||
| ATR 72-500 | 8th | 70 72 |
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| Beechcraft 1900D | 2 | 19th | ||
| total | 13 | - |
Incidents
- On September 25, 2011, after a sightseeing flight over the Himalayas, a Buddha Air Beechcraft 1900D (registration number 9N-AEK ) was flown against a hill shortly before landing at Kathmandu Airport . At the time of the crash, the clouds were low. All 16 passengers and 3 crew members were killed.
See also
Web links
- Buddha Air website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Company Profile.pdf. (No longer available online.) Buddha Air, archived from the original on April 1, 2014 ; accessed on September 24, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ European Commission - List of airlines that are prohibited from operating in the EU, accessed on August 19, 2016
- ↑ buddhaair.com - Destinations (English), accessed on August 19, 2016
- ↑ Buddha Air Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 25, 2020 (English).
- ^ Accident report Beech 1900 9N-AEK , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 12, 2017.
- ↑ 19 dead in crash in Nepal. Die Welt , September 26, 2011, accessed on May 24, 2016 .
