Pokhara International Airport Gautam Buddha International Airport
Frequent-flyer program
Royal Club
Fleet size
17
Destinations
14
Headquarters
Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, Nepal
Key people
Late Surendra Bahadur Basnet (Founder Chairman)
Birendra Bahadur Basnet (Chairperson)
Astha Basnet Thapa (Director)
Employees
1300+[2]
Website
www.buddhaair.com
Buddha Air Pvt. Ltd (Nepali: बुद्ध एयर) is an airline based in Lalitpur, Nepal.[3][4] It operates domestic flights within Nepal as well as international services to India, mainly Varanasi.[5] Its main base is Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu.[6] It was the largest domestic carrier in terms of passengers carried in 2023.[7]
^"Civil Aviation Report 2017" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
^"Company Profile 2018". Buddha Air. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
^"Domestic/International Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine." Buddha Air. Retrieved on 26 September 2011. "The company headquarters is located at Jawalakhel, Lalitpur"
^"Contact Information Archived 2011-09-25 at the Wayback Machine." Buddha Air. Retrieved on September 25, 2011. "Buddha Air Pvt. Ltd Pulchowk Rd Patan"
^"My Business: Nepalese airline taking off". BBC. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
^Flight International 27 March 2007
^Prasain, Sangam (24 February 2023). "Domestic air traffic soars, hits a record 4.46m flyers". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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avherald.com. Retrieved 21 June 2017. "Nepal Tara Air Plane Crash LIVE Updates: No survivors found at Tara Air plane crash site". The Times of India. Archived...
established with services from BuddhaAir in 2018. Previously[when?] this airport was only used by Nepalese Army Air Service and local services.[citation...
original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018. "Flight schedule". BuddhaAir. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010...
with a further 171 on order.: 34 Algeria Algerian Air Force - used for VIP transport Italy Italian Air Force - ASW and maritime patrol Guardia di Finanza...
$0.06/km followed by AirAsia X with $0.07/km, while the most expensive was Charterlines, Inc. with $1.26/km followed by BuddhaAir with $1.18/km. For the...
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rated worst were North Korea's Air Koryo, Suriname's Blue Wing Airlines and Nepal's BuddhaAir, Nepal Airlines, Tara Air and Yeti Airlines. Wikimedia Commons...
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