Flying Dragon Airlines

Flying Dragon Airlines is an airline based in the Nepalgunj Airport in Nepalgunj, Nepal.

History

The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has granted Flying Dragon Airlines an air operators certificate and the airline is required to be based in Nepalgunj. [ [http://www.hotelnepal.com/nepal_news.php?id=665 Hotelnepal.com] retrieved 19 November 2006]

Chinese aviation company, Feilong Aviation, based in Harbin, and which controls China Flying Dragon Aviation, has obtained approval from the Nepal Aviation and Transportation Department to form an airline along with five Nepalese people, with the first operations planned for August 2005 using Yun-12 17-seater dual passenger/cargo aircraft. [http://www.chinanews.cn/news/2004/2005-06-08/5683.shtml China News] 8 June 2005]

Services

Flying Dragon Airlines operates services to the following destinations [ [http://www.caanepal.org.np/airtransportation4.htm CAAN] retrieved 19 November 2006] :

Nepalgunj, Dolpa, Surkhet, Jumla and Simikot.

Fleet

The airline intends to operate 3 Yun-12 aircraft.

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