Himalaya Airlines, H9 series flights at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)

A Himalaya Airlines Airbus A320 at Tribhuvan International Airport, photo credits

Himalaya Airlines is a Nepalese airline operating from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is headquartered in Gairidhara, Kathmandu.

Himalaya Airlines was founded in 2014 as a joint venture between Yeti World Investment Group and Tibet Airlines.

The airline inducted its first aircraft, an Airbus A320, on March 9, 2016. It launched operations on May 31, 2016, with flights between Kathmandu and Doha.

Flights from Kathmandu to Colombo started in October, marking the resumption of scheduled flights between Nepal and Sri Lanka after 28 years but the flights were soon suspended.

In 2016, Himalaya Airlines served as the governmental aircraft of Nepal, when Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli used Himalaya’s services on his inaugural visit to China.

The airline initially focused on unconventional routes; such as Yangon, Myanmar and Colombo, Sri Lanka as opposed to highly demanded middle-eastern destinations but they were quickly terminated.

After all, Himalaya ended up operating to Dammam, Saudi Arabia as well as Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

In the months leading to Visit Nepal 2020, Himalaya focused on the market in China, as Chinese are ranked second among the most number of travellers that visit to Nepal.

In October 2019, Himalaya Airlines launched direct service to Beijing’s newly constructed Daxing International Airport making it the only airline in Nepal to connect the capitals of Nepal and China.