Himalaya Airlines — a Nepal-China joint venture airline — has announced its direct scheduled flight to Doha, Qatar from May 31. flight will depart from Kathmandu at 11:00pm and land in Doha at 1:30am (local time). Similarly, the return flight will depart at 2:30am from Doha and land in Tribhuvan International Airport at 10:15am starting June 1. The airline will fly its new Airbus 320-214 from Kathmandu to Doha on a regular basis thereafter.

The airline will operate three flights from Kathmandu to Doha in a week for the first 15 days — on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Then after, the airline will operate regular flight in Kathmandu to Doha sector.

The flight route has scheduled for the convenience of the passengers, said Vijay Shrestha, vice president, administration of Himalaya Airlines, during the press briefing here today. “It gives us immense pleasure that Himalaya Airlines is going to start first direct scheduled flight to Doha from end of May, to advance tourism and business between Nepal and Qatar and strengthen the bi-lateral relationship.”

Established in August 2014, the airline started its international flights operation from April 12 this year, flying directly to Colombo of Sri Lanka. The airline has planned services to more destinations, namely, Delhi, India; Lhasa, Chengdu and Beijing in China a few months later, as per the airline.