Tribhuvan International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Tribhuvan International Airport
nativename =

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IATA = KTM
ICAO = VNKT
type = Public
owner =
operator = Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN)
city-served = Kathmandu, Nepal
location =
elevation-f = 4,390
elevation-m = 1,338
website = [http://www.tiairport.com.np/ www.tiairport.com.np]
metric-rwy = y
r1-number = 02/20
r1-length-f = 10,007
r1-length-m = 3,050
r1-surface = Asphalt
footnotes = Sources: CAAN [http://www.caanepal.org.np/tia.htm Tribhuvan International Airport] at Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal] and DAFIF WAD|VNKT|source=DAFIF] GCM|KTM|source=DAFIF]

Tribhuvan International Airport airport codes|KTM|VNKT is an international airport situated in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Tribhuvan is the sole international airport in Nepal. There are two terminals, one domestic and one international. Facilities include a few shops and cafes. In the international terminal there are several duty free shops. Radisson Hotel Kathmandu operates an executive lounge for First and Business class passengers for different airlines and Thai Airways operates a business lounge for its Business class passengers as well as Star Alliance Gold card holders. A recent extension to the international terminal has made the distance to the airplanes shorter. At the present, about 22 international airlines connect Nepal to various other destinations in Asia and the Middle East. The airport is about six kilometres from the city center in the Kathmandu valley.

Airlines and destinations

Domestic [ [http://www.farecompare.com/flights/Kathmandu-KTM/city.html Destinations from Kathmandu] ]
*Agni Air (Bhairahawa, Bharatpur, Janakpur, Jumla, Nepalgunj)
*Buddha Air (Bhadrapur, Biratnagar, Bhairahawa, Bharatpur, Janakpur, Pokhara, Simara)
*Cosmic Air (Biratnagar)
*Gorkha Airlines (Bhairahawa, Bharatpur, Janakpur, Jumla, Tumlingtar)
*Nepal Airlines (Bhadrapur, Bharatpur, Bhojpur, Lukla, Phaplu, Ramechhap, Rumjatar, Simara, Surkhet, Tumlingtar)
*Yeti Airlines (Bhadrapur, Bhairawa, Bharatpur, Birantnagar, Lamidanda, Lukla, Meghauli, Nepalganj, Phaplu, Pokhara, Rumjatar, Simara)

Charter flights are available from Yeti Airlines.Buddha Air and Yeti Airline fly mountain flights.

International [ [http://caanepal.org.np/flight_sch_intl.htm International Flight Schedule (Summer)] . "Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal". Retrieved 2008-04-17.]
*Air Arabia (Sharjah)
*Air China (Chengdu, Lhasa)
*Air India
**Indian Airlines (Delhi, Kolkata, Varanasi)
*Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Dhaka)
*China Southern Airlines (Guangzhou)
*Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
*Dragonair (Hong Kong)
*Drukair (Delhi, Kolkata, Paro)
*GMG Airlines (Dhaka)
*Gulf Air (Bahrain)
*Jet Airways (Delhi)
**Jetlite (Delhi)
*Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)
*Nepal Airlines (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Delhi, Dubai, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur)
*Orient Thai Airlines (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi) [ [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/3_new_airlines_enters_Nepalese_mkt/articleshow/2275568.cms 3 new international airlines enters Nepalese mkt] . "The Economic Times". 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2008-04-17.]
*Pakistan International Airlines (Karachi, Lahore)
*Qatar Airways (Doha)
*SilkAir (Singapore)
*Thai Airways International (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)

Past operators

*Aeroflot (Moscow, via Delhi) [Aeroflot still operates to New Delhi, but cut off the Kathmandu leg]
*Air Nepal International (Bangkok, Doha, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur - defunct 2006)
*Austrian Airlines (Vienna, via Delhi) [Austrian still flies to Delhi, but cut off the Kathmandu leg]
*Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Karachi, Munich)
*Martinair (Amsterdam - February 2006)
*Necon Air (Patna, Varanasi - defunct 2003)
*Singapore Airlines (Dhaka, Singapore - May 2002)
*Transavia (Amsterdam, Sharjah)

Airport Contact

#0097714477161

Incidents and accidents

*Thai Airways International Flight 311 - July 31, 1992 Airbus 310-304 crashes in Langtang National Park killing all 113 on board.
*PIA Flight 268 - September 28, 1992, a Airbus A300B4-203 crashed landed at the airport killing all 167 on board.

*17 January 1995 - Royal Nepal Airlines De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (9N-ABI), flight RA133 from Kathmandu to Rumjatar, had problems getting airborne at Tribhuvan International Airport, struck the airfield perimeter fence and plunged into fields. Of three crew and 21 passengers, one crew member and one passenger were killed. [ [http://aviation-safety.net/database/dblist.php?sorteer=datekey_desc&kind=%&cat=%&page=1&field=Operatorkey&var=5478 Aviation Safety Network] retrieved 18 November 2006]

*5 September 1999 - Necon Air Flight 128 from Pokhara to Kathmandu, an BAe 748-501 Super 2B (9N-AEG), collided with a communication tower of Nepal Telecommunication Corporation and crashed in a wooded area 25km west of Kathmandu, while approaching Tribhuvan International Airport. All 10 passengers and 5 crew were killed. [ [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19990905-0 Aviation Safety Network] retrieved 18 November 2006]

References

External links

* [http://www.tiairport.com.np/ Tribhuvan International Airport] , official site
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