Himalaya welcomes second aircraft

Kathmandu, Jan. 31: Himalaya Airlines, a Nepal-China joint venture airlines company, has added a second aircraft, Airbus 320-214, to its fleet on Tuesday.

The aircraft landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport at 11:04 AM. It arrived from Hamburg, Germany.

The aircraft, with the registration number 9N-ALV, was welcomed by a ceremonial water cannon salute after it landed at the TIA.

Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Jeeban Bahadur Shahi greeted the aircraft along with TIA general manager Devnanda Upadhaya and other high government officials.

“With the arrival of the second Airbus 320, Himalaya Airlines is highly inspired to work harder towards achieving excellence in our services” said vice-president Administration of the company Vijay Shrestha.

He said that the new aircraft would enable the company to bring new opportunities to connect Nepal directly with new destinations and contribute towards the economic development of the country.

The airline’s new A320 aircraft has 158 seats in two class configurations, 8 for Business and 150 for Economy.

The Himalaya Airlines started its scheduled flights operations from May 31, 2016 flying directly Doha, Qatar.

With the new aircraft, the airlines will start flight to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Yangon, Myanmar.

It also plans to connect to Dammam, Delhi, Ahmedabad and Chennai in the first phase and later to Dubai, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Beijing, Lhasa and Chengdu as well by the end of this year.