Agni Air

Agni Air Pvt. Ltd.
IATA
AG
ICAO
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Callsign
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Founded 2006
Hubs Tribhuvan International Airport
Secondary hubs Lukla Airport
Fleet size 5
Destinations 8
Company slogan Fly With Passion
Headquarters Kathmandu, Nepal
Key people Sudhir Basnet (Chairman)
Website www.agniair.com

Agni Air Pvt. Ltd. is an airline based in Nepal which started operations in March 2006. It has its headquarters in Kathmandu.[1][2]

Contents

History

Agni Air started operations on 16 March 2006 on the Lukla and Tumlingtar sectors with a Dornier 228 and started flying to Biratnagar the next day.[3]

Destinations

The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) granted Agni Air an air operators certificate, allowing it to operate scheduled flights, as well as mountain flights.[4] Agni Air provides scheduled flights at the following locations (as of June 2010):[5]

Location IATA Airport Destinations
Bhadrapur BDP Bhadrapur Airport Kathmandu
Bhairahawa BWA Gautam Buddha Airport Kathmandu
Biratnagar BIR Biratnagar Airport Kathmandu
Jomsom JMO Jomsom Airport Pokhara
Kathmandu KTM Tribhuvan International Airport Bhadrapur, Bhairahawa, Biratnagar, Lukla, Pokhara, Tumlingtar
Lukla LUA Lukla Airport Kathmandu
Pokhara PKR Pokhara Airport Jomsom, Kathmandu
Tumlingtar TMI Tumlingtar Airport Kathmandu

Fleet

The Agni Air fleet consists of [3] :

The airline plans to acquire two more aircraft.[3]

Incidents and accidents

References

  1. ^ "How to find Us." Agni Air. Retrieved on 24 August 2010. "Agni Air Pvt. Ltd. P. O. Box: 23650 Prayag Marg, Shantinagar, Kathmandu, Nepal,"
  2. ^ "Contact Us." Agni Air. Retrieved on 24 August 2010.
  3. ^ a b c Nepalshotel.com March 2006
  4. ^ Hotelnepal.com retrieved 19 November 2006
  5. ^ "Flying Schedule". Agni Air. http://www.agniair.com/home/schedule.php. Retrieved 8 June 2010. 
  6. ^ Aviation Safety Network retrieved 24 august 2010

External links

Nepal portal
Aviation portal