Buddha goes to Banaras

Budhha Air will be adding another international destination on its roster with the flight to holy city of Banaras.
The domestic private airlines is all set to start the flights to Banaras starting from March 1, 2012. "Buddha Air will be flying to Banaras four times a week — on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays," according to the airlines that currently operates to nine destinations inside Nepal from the capital Kathmandu and one international flight to city of Lucknow in India.
With its fleet of nine aircrafts including Beechcrafts and ATRs Buddha Air is determined to extend its network to more Indian cities in future, it said, adding that after 13 years in domestic sky, the airlines started its first international flight from Kathmandu to Paro, Bhutan, in August 2010.
The airline has suspended its flights to Bhutan since February due to drop in passengers. In January 2011, the airliner started the operation of flights to Indian city of Lucknow. The airlines operates three flights a week to Lucknow.Earlier, Necon Air, Cosmic Air and Air Nepal used to fly to Indian cities and abroad but all these airlines failed to continue the international flights but Buddha Air has been spreading its wings slowly but steadily.
Currently, after the national flag carrier Nepal Airlines Corporation, Buddha Air is the only airlines that is flying to an international destination.
Buddha is also planning to introduce flights to other Indian cities like Guwahati, Kolkata, Patna, Banaras, Gorakhpur and Deharadun soon, said the airlines.