Royal Nepal Airlines

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Royal Nepal Airlines (RNAC) is an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is the national flag-carrier airline and operates more than 30 domestic and 10 international routes. Its main base is Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu.

RNAC operates regular flights to Kathmandu from Bangalore, Bangkok, Delhi, Dubai, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Osaka, Singapore and Shanghai.

Contents

1 Code Data
2 History
3 International Destinations
4 Fleet
5 External links

Code Data

IATA Code: RA
ICAO Code: NA
Callsign: Nepal

History

Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation was established on July 1958 with one Douglas DC-3. At the beginning its services was limited to Simara, Pokhara, Biratnagar and Indian cities like Patna, Calcutta and Delhi. Soon after, a turboprop Fokker F27 was added to the airline's fleet.

Twin Otter and Pilatus Porter aircraft joined the airline's fleet in 1970, allowing access to the more remote and mountaneous regions of the Kingdom. After extension of the runway of Kathmandu in 1972, RNA acquired Hawker Siddeley HS-748 and Boeing 727. Two Boeing 757s gradually replaced the airline's Boeing 727s.

RNAC has been a very important factor in the development of Nepal. The airline is the only feasible transportation in many remote areas of the Kingdom, cut-off from road and other means of transportation. There are places in Nepal where there are airports, even though that particluar not even have a single road to ride bicycles on.

International Destinations

Fleet

The RNAC jet fleet consists of 2 Boeing 757-200 aircraft (at March 2005). Jets are registered as 9N-ACA and 9N-ACB.

External links

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