Shree Airlines started a test flight in Bharatpur
Shree Air has started a test flight at Bharatpur Airport on Thursday morning.
An eighty seater plane of Shree Airline , which took off from Tribhuvan Airport, landed at Bharatpur Airport in 14 minutes. Buddha Air’s ATR-42 takes 20 minutes to land at Bharatpur Airport from Kathmandu.
Currently only Buddha Air flights are flying between Kathmandu and Bharatpur. Sudhir Mittal, chairman of Shree Airlines, said that they will start regular flights after the tests are completed.
Director General of Civil Aviation Authority Pradip Adhikari said that regular flights of Shree Air will start at Bharatpur Airport as soon as the process is completed.
Renu Dahal, head of Bharatpur Metropolitan City, expressed his belief that the arrival of more airlines and large capacity ships will reduce the fares and the people will get relief.