Himalaya Airlines announced the launch of a new direct service from Kathmandu to Dubai, that will start on April 28, 2017.
The new Himalaya Airlines’ service comes to complement the airline’s existing services to Doha, Kuala Lumpur and Yangon.
The airline will operate this daily service with one of its three Airbus A320 aircraft, configured with 8 seats in the Business Class and 150 seats in Economy class.
Flight H9 557 will depart from Kathmandu at 10:40 local time, arriving in Dubai at 13:25 hrs. The return flight, H9 558, will depart Dubai at 14:25 local time, arriving in Kathmandu at 20:20 hrs.
Mr. Vijay Shrestha, Vice President- Administration, said:
“Dubai is one of the most exciting destinations for leisure and business travel and we feel privileged to offer greater competitive choice for our passengers.
“We anticipate our service will contribute to the economy of Nepal by bringing new travellers from across our route network, at the same time expecting to be a good yield market for both inbound and outbound travel”.
The airline has appointed Fishtail Travel and Tourism LLC, Dubai as its General Sales Agents (GSA) for passenger in United Arab of Emirates, who will be responsible for the airline’s sales and marketing, market development, reservations and ticketing services representing the airline in Dubai.