KATHMANDU: The private airline companies have decided to reduce the airfare for domestic flights, following decrease in the price of air turbine fuel.

Ghanshyam Acharya, spokesperson at the Airline Operators Association of Nepal, was quoted in the Rastriya Samachar Samiti as saying, private airline operators decided to make some adjustments in the fare as per the decision made by the Nepal Oil Corporation to slash the Aviation Turbine Fuel price from Rs 86 per liter to Rs 84 per liter few days ago.

The revised rate would come into effect from July 5.

Route

Previous rate

New rate

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 cost is one-way fare. The price for mountain flight has also been decreased from Rs 11,000 to 10,862.