Direct Colombo Flight of Himalayan Airlines from Oct 1

September 21: Himalaya Airlines, a Nepal-China Joint Venture airliner has announced Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka as its second destination. Issuing a press statement, the airline informed of commencing its passenger services on the Kathmandu/Colombo/Kathmandu route with effect from October 1, 2016. The airline will fly its A320-214 (configured with 8 Business Class and 150 Economy class seats) on the new route.

According to the statement, three flights a week, operating as H9 673, Himalaya will fly every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday departing from Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu at 1130 hours and will arrive in Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo at 1515 hours. The return H9 674 departs from Colombo at 1615, arriving Kathmandu at 2015 hours on the same day.

“After an overwhelming response received from the previous 2 non-scheduled flights to Colombo, we found this route to be very potential. We have observed passenger traffic data between the two countries over the last several years before arriving at this route decision. We are very pleased to be able to resume services to and from Colombo as it is an important market for tourism promotion of both countries. Flying to this destination will definitely promote tourism between two nations along with generating new business opportunities,” said Vijay Shrestha, Vice President - Administration of Himalaya Airlines.

“The airline has appointed Classic Travelas its General Sales Agents (GSA), who will be responsible for the airline’s sales and marketing, market development, reservations and ticketing services representing the airline. The airfare offered by the airlines starts from NPR 29,191 for one way and NPR 50,041for round trip, inclusive of governmental taxes,” reads the statement.