Buddha Air to fly to Varanasi from March 1

Buddha Air is starting its Kathmandu-Varanasi flight from March 1 and Kolkata from September.
"We are starting flights to Varanasi from March 1, whereas we are also preparing to start Kolkata flight as our next destination this year during September,” said marketing chief at Buddha Air Rupesh Joshi.
Buddha Air will operate weekly four flight to Varanasi, on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. "We have targeted both Nepali and Indian tourists willing to visit the religious place of both the countries,” Joshi added.
The airlines will fly at three in the afternoon to Varanasi with opening airfare of Rs 5,031.
"Our primary focus is to make successful operations of international flights," he said, adding that they are more focused on quality service than business.
Buddha Air has, however, suspended its flight to Lucknow in India currently due to offseason, while it is operating charter flights to Paro in Bhutan
“We are also requesting for route permission for Lucknow from Pokhara and are hopeful that we will be able to operate our flights from Pokhara within next two months,” he informed.
Buddha Air will operates ATR-42 (47 seater) and ATR-72 (70 seater) to Varanasi, according to the number of passenger. The airlines operates Deech1900 D (18 seater) for domestic flights.