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Himalaya Airlines, a Nepal-China joint venture airline company, has successfully conducted its first scheduled flight to Kuwait, becoming the first Nepali carrier to connect Kathmandu with Kuwait City in the Arabian Peninsula.

According to the press statement, the scheduled flight took off from Tribhuvan International Airport on Friday at 10:32 pm and returned to Kathmandu at 09:17 am on Saturday, July 16. “The airline will operate weekly one non-stop flight to Kuwait every Friday and return back to Kathmandu every Saturday."

The press statement further stated that Nepal and Kuwait had concluded Air Services Agreement on January 23, 2006. The airline’s Airbus 320 will be deployed on this route.

Vice-President Administration of the Airlines Vijay Shrestha said: “Himalaya airlines is a progressive airline company that seeks to provide efficient international air transport service to passengers. The Kathmandu-Kuwait-Kathmandu sector has been introduced by Himalaya with the same spirit.”

“For the national economy and the airline severely hit by the Covid-19 Pandemic and current Ukraine crisis, the launching of service in this new route may add some comfort. The Airline hopes that movement of people of both the countries for employment, trade, and tourism will be further elevated."