April 25: Buddha Air has announced to acquire additional aircraft to its fleet.

Officials of Buddha Air announced that the airline is currently preparing to acquire additional ATR 72-500 aircraft. It has been reported that the ATR 72-500 series aircraft is scheduled to arrive Kathmandu by June.

All the necessary paperwork for the acquisition of the aircraft has been completed and the airline has also received approval for acquisition from the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, the company informed New Business Age.

The ATR 72 has also been allocated with the call sign ‘9N-AMU’.

Buddha considers ATR series aircraft to be very efficient from economic and environmental perspectives and has been providing its service with the ATR aircraft.

The airline said in a press statement that it will have sufficient time for regular checking and maintenance of its fleet after the operation of the new aircraft. This will support the airline to operate flights smoothly.

The upgrading project of Rajbiraj Airport is almost complete and the airline has decided to operate its flight from the airport and has requested the concerned authorities to establish a refueling facility on the airport premises.

The company also stated that their core aim is to create ample seats for the passengers at affordable fares and complete the flights in time.

With the addition of ‘9N-AMU’, the company will have 11 aircraft among which 6 aircraft are ATR 72-500, 3 ATR 42-300, 2 Beechcraft 1900D. The airline currently conducts scheduled flights to Biratnagar, Bhairahawa, Dhangadhi, Janakpur, Nepalgunj, Pokhara, Simara, Tumlingtar, Bhadrapur and Bharatpur. It also operates one-hour-long mountain flights.