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Guna Airlines
Guna Airlines Pvt. Ltd. ( ne, गुण एयरलाइन्स) is an airline based in Nepal operating domestic scheduled flights from its base at Tribhuvan International Airport. Guna Airlines was initially formed in 2009, when it was part of the Guna Group a Nepalese conglomerate of companies. After ceasing operations in 2013 and transferring its operations to Simrik Airlines, the airline restarted operations in 2021 while retransferring operations back into the initial airline company. History The Guna Group began as a small gold shop known as Guna Jewellers in Patan in 1984 and has since grown to a multi-industry company. In 2009, the group launched Guna Airlines. In 2013, Guna Airlines ceased trading due to financial difficulties and was acquired by Simrik Airlines for NRs 350 million. Simrik Airlines used the Brand of Guna for some more time before renaming and repainting the two Beechcraft 1900 aircraft, that were previously operated by Guna Airlines. In 2020, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baneshwor, Kathmandu
Baneshwor ( ne, बानेश्वर) is the largest residential area of Kathmandu, Nepal. The area is composed of New-Baneshwor, Mid-Baneshwor, and Old-Baneshwor, Baneshwor Height, Minbhawan, Shankhamul, Bhimsengola and Thapa Gaun.. Major landmarks of Baneshwor include the current meeting place of the Federal Parliament of Nepal, the International Convention Centre. Maitighar Mandala is located at the southern border of the neighborhood. the people in this area are employed in the private business or are in the corporate sectors. Baneshwor is a local financial and educational hub hosting several national banks and institutions. The following organisations have their headquarters in Baneshwor: Banks * Shangri-la Development Bank Limited * Lumbini Bikas Bank Limited * Janata Bank Nepal Limited * Global IME Bank * Himalayan Bank * Nabil Bank * Mega Bank Nepal Limited * Machchhapuchhre Bank * Prime Commercial Bank * Century Bank * Citizens Bank International * Standard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biratnagar
Biratnagar () is a metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Province No. 1. With a population of 242,548 as per the 2011 census, it is the largest city in the province and also the headquarters of Morang district. As per the preliminary report of 2021 Nepal census, Biratnagar has an estimated city population of 244,750. It is one of the cities of the ''Greater Birat Development Area'' which incorporates the cities of Biratnagar-Itahari-Gothgau- Biratchowk-Dharan primarily located on the Koshi Highway in Eastern Nepal, with an estimated total urban agglomerated population of 804,300 people living in 159,332 households. Biratnagar is located east of the capital, Kathmandu, and north of the bordering town of Jogbani in the Indian state of Bihar. Biratnagar was declared a metropolitan city on 22 May 2017, a merger with additional wards pushing the total population to over 240,000. It is the sixth most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu, Pokhara, Bharatpu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gautam Buddha Airport
Gautam Buddha International Airport , also known as Bhairahawa Airport, is an international airport located in Siddharthanagar (formerly and colloquially still called Bhairahawa) serving Lumbini in Lumbini Province, as well as the Butwal﹣Siddharthanagar urban agglomeration in Nepal. Since May 2022, it is Nepal's second international airport, after previously only handling domestic services. History The airport was opened as a domestic airport called Bhairahawa Airport providing flights to Kathmandu in 1958 and has since been operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. In 1985, the airport was one of the targets of the Nepal bombings. In 1977, the airport was renamed Gautam Buddha Airport in honor of Gautam Buddha, who was born in neighboring village Lumbini. Expansion to international airport First plans to develop the then domestic airport into Nepal's second international airport were developed in 2013 with the aim of operating the upgraded airport by 2017 in ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siddharthanagar
Siddharthanagar ( ne, सिद्धार्थनगर), formerly and colloquially still called Bhairahawa ( ne, भैरहवा), is a municipality and the administrative headquarter of Rupandehi District in Lumbini Province of Nepal, west of Nepal's capital Kathmandu. It is the closest city to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautama Buddha, which is located to the west. The city borders the Indian city of Sonauli in Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh. Although the current name was first used in 1977, many still refer to it as Bhairahawa. History and etymology The city was founded as ''Bhairahawa'' in 1967. The city's current name ''Siddharthanagar'' derives from Buddha's given name ''Siddhartha'', as the birthplace of Buddha is located only to the west. The name was changed to Siddhartanagar in 1977 by poet Komal Dutta Tiwari. Climate The highest temperature ever recorded in Siddharthanagar was on 7 June 1998, while the lowest temperature ever recorded was on 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharatpur Airport
Bharatpur Airport ( ne, भरतपुर विमानस्थल) s a domestic airport located in Bharatpur serving Chitwan District, a district in Bagmati Province in Nepal. The airport is one of two airports in the vicinity of Bharatpur Metropolitan City, the other one being Meghauli Airport. It is considered to be the main tourist gateway to Chitwan National Park. History This airport was built as part of the resettlement and malaria control program in the Chitwan Valley, with the assistance of the Government of the United States of America. The airport was built in 1958 and the first passenger flight landed at the airport on 5 March 1965. From 1981 to 1985, the airport was shut down due political instabilities in Southern Nepal. In 2005, a new terminal was built and the 1158-metre runway was paved to enable medium-sized aircraft. A proposal for further expansion to provide additional services and expand land coverage was passed in 2019. Facilities The airport res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharatpur, Nepal
Bharatpur (, ne, भरतपुर, ) is a city in southern central Nepal. It is the third most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu and Pokhara with 369,377 inhabitants in 2021. It is also the second largest metropolitan city in Nepal by area. It is the district headquarter of the Chitwan District. Bharatpur is one of the fastest-growing cities in Nepal. It lies on the western bank of the Narayani River and serves as a commercial center of the Chitwan district and the central region of Nepal. Most of the shopping area lies in the area of Narayangadh, while government offices, hospitals and colleges are situated in other parts of the city, including Nepal's premier cancer hospital, B.P Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital. In March 2017, Bharatpur was declared a metropolitan city after Narayani Municipality, Chitrawan Municipality and Kabilas Village were merged into it. Economy The economy of Bharatpur is traditionally based on agriculture. The city also holds a small- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pokhara International Airport
Pokhara International Airport ( ne, पोखरा अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल) is an international airport in Pokhara, Gandaki Province, Nepal. It is located east of the old domestic airport, which it will gradually replace. The airport is Nepal's third international airport and officially began operations on 1 January 2023, with STOL-operations to Jomsom still being operated from the old airport. The airport is expected to handle one million passengers per year. History The concept of constructing an international airport in Pokhara was first developed in 1971. In 1976, the Government of Nepal acquired land for that purpose. In 1989, the Japan International Cooperation Agency conducted a study regarding the construction of the airport. The project stalled, however, and was reinitiated in 2009, when a new agreement on air travel between India and Nepal was signed. In 2013, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal signed an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pokhara Airport
Pokhara Airport is a domestic airport serving Pokhara in Nepal. Following a new agreement on air travel between India and Nepal, Pokhara Airport will be replaced by Nepal's third international airport, Pokhara International Airport in 2023. History The airport was established on 4 July 1958 by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. Until the 2010s, it offered regular connections to Kathmandu and Jomsom; and seasonal connections to Manang. In 2011 Buddha Air, a Nepali private airline, began international flights from Pokhara to Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow, India, and announced plans to fly to New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport in the future. However these international flights were discontinued soon after. In the late 2010s, Pokhara Airpot became Nepal's second domestic hub handling flights to various provinces. In 2023, the airport is scheduled to be replaced by Pokhara International Airport. Facilities The apron of the airport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pokhara
Pokhara ( ne, पोखरा, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Gandaki Province. It is the List of cities in Nepal, second most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu, with 518,452 inhabitants living in 101,669 households in 2021 Nepal census, 2021. It is the country's largest metropolitan city in terms of area. The city also serves as the headquarters of Kaski District. Pokhara is located west of the capital, Kathmandu. The city is on the shore of Phewa Lake, and sits at an elevation of approximately 822m. The Annapurna Range, with three out of the ten highest peaks in the world—Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, Annapurna I and Manaslu—is within of the valley. Pokhara is considered the tourism capital of Nepal, being a base for trekkers undertaking the Annapurna Circuit through the Annapurna Conservation Area region of the Annapurna ranges in the Himalayas. The city is also home to many of the elite Gurkha soldiers, soldiers native to So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepalgunj Airport
Nepalgunj Airport is a domestic airport serving Nepalgunj in Nepal. There are plans by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal to promote the airport to an international airport and establishing immigration, customs and quarantine facilities. History The airport has been in service since 1961. In land area it is the third largest airport in Nepal, after Dhangadhi Airport. It also has the second greatest number of aircraft and passenger movements. After the introduction of FK-100 jet aircraft, passenger movement at this airport increased by 13.39% in 2005 (up to November) against the figure in the year 2004. In 2005, Flying Dragon Airlines set up its operating base at the airport, however the airline ceased to operate one year later. Future developments Since 2018, the airport is being upgraded to serve as an international airport, as Buddha Air is preparing to start direct flights to Delhi. There are plans to construct a new international terminal with separate customs facilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepalgunj
Nepalgunj (), also spelled Nepalganj, is a Sub-Metropolitan City in Banke District, Nepal. It lies on the Terai plains near the southern border with Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh, India. Nepalgunj is 153 kilometers south-west of Ghorahi and 16 km south of Kohalpur. Former Village Development Committee: Udayapur, Bhawaniyapur, Piprahawa, Jaispur, Paraspur, Indrapur, Khaskarkado, Bashudevpur, Manikapur and Puraina were added to territory in order to make it Sub metropolitan city on 2071 Paush 28 and later Puraini was also added in list on 2072 Paush 21. Further, while restructuring of local levels nationwide, ward no. 23 (former Indrapur VDC) was taken out to Janaki Rural Municipality and ward no. 7 of Hirminiya VDC was added to Nepalgunj. Demographics The 2011 census counted 73,779 inhabitants with 20% growth since 2001. Currently it is estimated around 1,60,000 inhabitants in Nepalgunj city. Culture and religion Nepalgunj has a diverse culture with peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janakpur Airport
Janakpur Airport is an airport serving Janakpur, a city in Mithila region of Nepal and the administrative headquarters of the Dhanusa District in Madhesh Province in Nepal. Facilities The airport is at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 09/27 with an asphalt surface measuring . The airport is capable to handle aircraft from the Nepalese Army Air Service. No facilities are available in the airport premise. There are very few shops inside the airport premise. Airlines and destinations See also List of airports in Nepal This is a list of airports in Nepal, sorted by location. The country's three international airports and the hub of air services in the country are Tribhuvan International Airport, which serves the nation's capital and the country's largest metr ... References External links * {{authority control Airports in Nepal Dhanusha District Buildings and structures in Janakpur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
