Pokhara, July 25

Yeti Airlines will be operating direct flights on the Pokhara-Bharatpur and Pokhara-Bhairahawa routes soon.

Sources at the company said the airlines is planning to operate daily flights on these two routes with its 30-seater UK-built jetstream 41 aircraft.

“Besides, we are also planning to operate mountain flights targeting the Annapurna region,” said the company’s Sales and Marketing Director Saral Samsher Jung Bahadur Rana, at a press conference here today.

“We will start flights between Pokhara and Bhairahawa from August 1, and between Pokhara and Bharatpur from September 1,” he added.

The airlines has made public four packages with prices ranging from Rs 2,700 to Rs 4,350, besides the next package worth 60 US dollars for foreigners for the Pokhara-Bhairahawa route for normal flight.

According to the airlines spokesperson Bhimraj Rai, five similar packages have also been introduced for the Bharatpur route.

The airlines has fixed different rates of up to 8,000 Nepalese rupees and 90 US dollars for mountain flights.

Established back in 1998, the airlines has been serving with 10 aircraft based at Tribhuvan International Airport. Its sister company is providing service with six aircraft.