Domestic Airlines in Nepal

Officially, Nepal has 48 airports but only 8 of them have paved runways. Most of these airports are at the transit cities and some in bigger cities such as Kathmandu and Dharan.

As far as domestic airlines are concerned, Nepal has got a good network of private airlines. The government has given license to a dozen or two private airlines to operate in Nepal. These airlines generally ply small Dakota planes that are mostly 20-seater. Bigger planes only operate to transit cities such as Dharan, Biratnagar, Nepal Gunj and Kathmandu. Tickets are easily available and rides are normally comfortable. Inter country journeys are very short. In fact, by the time you settle yourself you are hovering over your destination. High and medium end hotels have in house travel agents who arrange tickets on a nominal commission. Following is the list of the Domestic operators in Nepal: -