Flying Dragon Airlines


Flying Dragon Airlines was a Nepalese airline based in Nepalgunj operating domestic services out of Nepalgunj Airport.

History

The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal granted Flying Dragon Airlines an air operators certificate in June 2005. The airline was required to be based in Nepalgunj and carry out operations in the Mid- and Far-Western development regions.
Chinese aviation company China Flying Dragon Aviation, based in Harbin, owned 49% of Flying Dragon Airlines. The airline was due to launch in September 2005, using Y-12 17-seater dual passenger/cargo aircraft.

Destinations

Flying Dragon Airlines regularly served the following destinations on passenger or cargo service. These were cancelled either at the closure of operations or before:
DestinationAirportNotes
BirendranagarSurkhet Airport
DolpaDolpa Airport
JomsomJomsom Airport
JumlaJumla Airport
KathmanduTribhuvan International Airport
LuklaTenzing-Hillary Airport
NepalgunjNepalgunj Airport
RukumRukumkot Airport
SimikotSimikot Airport

Fleet

At the time of closure, Flying Dragon Airlines operated the following aircraft:

AircraftIn fleetOrdersNotes
Harbin Y-1221