Private airlines companies slash domestic fare

KATHMANDU, July 4: Private airlines companies have decided to slash the fare for domestic flights, following a fall in the prices of air turbine fuel. The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) few days ago decreased the ATF prices.

According to Airline Operators Association of Nepal’s spokesperson Ghanshyam Acharya, private airline operators decided to make some adjustments in the fare toward the domestic flights in the wake in the NAC decision to slash the ATF price from Rs 86 per liter to Rs 84 per liter few days ago.

Budda Air’s marketing manager Binita Thapa said, the revised domestic fare price shall come into effect from coming Wednesday, July 5.

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Kathmandu-Biratnagar Rs 7,200 Rs 7,104
Kathmandu- Bhadrapur Rs 8,700 Rs 8,676
Kathmandu-Bhairahawa Rs 6,000 Rs 5,913
Kathmandu- Dhangadhi Rs 12,200 Rs 12,019
Kathmandu-Nepalgunj Rs 9,500 Rs 8,365
Kathmandu-Pokhara Rs 4,700 Rs 4,634
Kathmandu-Janakpur Rs 4,000 Rs 3,948
Kathmandu-Simara Rs 3,045 Rs 3,005
Kathmandu-Bharatpur Rs 3,500 Rs 3,353
Kathmandu-Tumlingtar Rs 5,700 Rs 5,623

The above mentioned fare is one-way fare and the fare for mountain flight has also been decreased from Rs 11,000 to 10,862. RSS