Drukair

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Drukair - Royal Bhutan Airlines
IATA
KB		 ICAO
DRK		 Callsign
ROYAL BHUTAN
Founded 5 April 1981
Commenced operations 14 January 1983
Fleet size 2
Destinations 6
Parent company Druk Holding and Investments Limited
Headquarters Paro, Bhutan
Key people
Website: http://www.drukair.com.bt

Druk Air Corporation Ltd., trading as Drukair - Royal Bhutan Airlines, is an airline based in Paro, Bhutan. It is the national airline of Bhutan and operates scheduled services to five cities in neighbouring countries. Its main base is Paro Airport[1].

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[edit] History

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The airline was established by Royal Proclamation on 5 April 1981. Operations started on 14 January 1983 using an 18-seat Dornier 228-200. Services were operated from Paro to Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta) and Dhaka.

Jet services with BAe 146-100 aircraft started in November 1988 and with their introduction the network was able to be increased to link Paro with New Delhi, Bangkok and Kathmandu. The first commercial flight with an Airbus A319 took place on 31 October 2004.

Drukair is wholly owned by Druk Holding and Investments Limited.

[edit] Destinations

Drukair flies to the following destinations (according to the Druk air summer schedule 2008.)

[edit] South Asia

[edit] Southeast Asia

Druk Air plans flights to Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore.[citation needed]

[edit] Fleet

The Druk Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at 3 June 2008):

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Flight International 3 April 2007