KATHMANDU, Jan. 17 -- Buddha Air has announced to operate a commercial flight between Kathmandu and Kolkata from April.
The privately-owned carrier will be operating three flights a week on the sector from April 15, according to Birendra Bahadur Basnet, managing director of Buddha Air. "Most of the international flights to Nepal are focused on passengers traveling for job opportunities," Basnet said, adding: "But our major focus will be on bringing tourists."
Earlier, Buddha Air had announced plan to start flights to Kolkata from September 1, 2018.
Speaking at the press meet, Basnet said that Buddha Air was focused more on the tourist traffic. "Almost 70 percent of passengers in international flights operating to and from Nepal are migra...