Kathmandu, Oct13: Indian carriers fly 10 daily services from New Delhi to Kathmandu.Until two years ago Nepal Airlines ran two daily flights to Delhi, now it runs one.
Qatar Airways flies three daily flights to Kathmandu. Nepal Airlines runs only five weekly flights to Doha, none daily. In the UAE Flydubai flies four daily services from Dubai to Kathmandu. Air Arabia runs three daily flights from Sharjah and two from Abu Dhabi. Nepal Airlines operates four weekly flights.
These are high demand routes. The carrier cut flights and began service to Guangzhou, China, from September 25. Less than a month later the Guangzhou route stalled because of low passengers.
Nepal Airlines used an A320 200 with 158 seats on the route. On one flight there was one passenger going to Guangzhou and eight returning. The airline suspended the flight scheduled to depart October 18 and return on October 19. The airline has flown to Guangzhou without a fixed schedule, and those flights lacked enough passengers.
The first planned Guangzhou flight on September 25 did not depart because China had not approved the flight plan. Only after 24 hours did the plane go to China. The September 26 departure carried 14 passengers to China.
Before the Dashain festival one flight had 130 arriving passengers. On September 28 the plane went with nine passengers. The return on September 29 carried 120 passengers.
The airline set a third flight for October 16, returning on the 17th. Bookings showed 48 going and 62 returning for that flight.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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