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Aviation Sector in Nepal:

Prospects and Challenges

Bhaban BhattaChairman


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History

1949 - First Beach-craft Bonanza landed at Gauchar

1950 First charter flight by Himalayan AviationDakota from Gauchar to Kolkata (by private sector)

1957 Department of Civil Aviation founded

1958 RNAC started scheduled services

1992 Adoption of liberal aviation policy / privatesector enters the industry

2005 Two private operators start internationaloperation

2012 BB Airways commencing its flight/The onlyprivate sector international airlines from Nepal


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Air Traffic growth

27 lakh passengers moved from TIA in 2011as against 24 lakhs of 2010

Only 8.5 lakh passengers were moved in

2002 22792 flights in 2011 against 19417 of 2010

Only 6884 flights in 2002

13486 tons cargo in 2011 against 14022tons in 2010

Only 12685 tons in 2002


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Airlines in Nepal

RA Nepal Airlines

U4 Buddha AirYT Yeti AirlinesTB Tara AirN6 Alpine Air Transport- - Guna Airlines

Following foreign flag carriers are operating to/from Kathmandu. They are unrivaled, as NepalAirlines cannot operate on same terms against those International Airlines

Foreign flag carriers operating to/from Kathmandu

AG Agni Air

- - Fying Dragon AirlinesG1 Gorka Airlines- - Shree Airlines- - Sita Air

Except Nepal Airlines, no any airlines can operate international air transport services.

Nepal and Airline business at present

1)Air China CCA China2)China Eastern Airlines CES China3)China Southern Airlines CSN China4)Dragon Air HDA China

5)India Airlines IAC India6)Jet Airways JAI India7)Jetlite Airways JLL India8)King Fisher KFR India9)Spiece jet Airlines SEJ India

10)Bahrain Air BAR Bahrain11)Gulf Air GFA Bahrain12)Biman Bangladesh BBC Bangladesh13)GMG Air GMG Bangladesh14)United Airways UBD Bangladesh

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15)Druk Air DRK Butan

16)Ethiad Airways ETD UAE

17)Fly Dubai FDB UAE

18)Air Arabia ABY UAE

19)Pakistan Int'l Airlines PIA Pakistan20)Qatar Airways QTR Qatar

21)Silk Air SRK Singapore

22)Thai Airways Intl THA Thai

23)Oman Air OMA Oman

24)Arke Fly TFL Newtherlands

25)Air Asia AXM Malaysia

26)Korean Airlines KAL South Korea

27)Jordan Aviation JAV Jordan


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Bottle-necks in aviation

Not enough space for aircraft parking

Difficulty for bigger planes to land in the airport

3 baggage carrousels are not sufficient

Custom area and the free areas are notsufficient

Not enough space for people coming to pick-uptheir guests

Insufficient taxi stands and parking High visa fees


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Costly airport

Nepal airport is one of the costliest airports

Fuel is about 45% more expensive thanglobal price

Ground handling is one of the mostexpensive

Airport fees are way too much

Landing and take-off fees are also very high


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Tourism affected

We have not been able to attract more thanhalf a million tourists

The airport is not able to handle any more

flights to bring-in more tourists The immigration and other services are not very

friendly to tourists

Tourists are forced to take old taxis due to cartel

in the airport Hoteliers have nasty competitions to attract

tourists who have not booked hotels


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New Developments

Second international airport at Nijgadh, Bara isannounced

Improvements works are in the process

Being supported by Asian Development Bank A strong move is going on for Pokhara regional

airport

Chinese EXIM bank has agreed to provide loan

Some Chinese parties have been selected There is some debate on the cost of the project


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Challenges

Safety and security

Lack of infrastructure

Lack of systems for smooth flow

of passengers

Customs, Immigration and other

problems


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Private sector in Intl flight

Buddha Air has started some regionalflights/but not regular

Yeti Air commenced some international

flights but stopped Air Nepal brought the plane but collapsed

Alpine Air could not continue their flights

BB Airways is the new entrant


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BB Airways a new entrant

We understand the past events

We see the future prospects

We are determined to make it happen Our team is all set to establish a reliable

Nepali airline

We are here to meet the expectationsof Nepalis living around the world

We want to create a truly Nepali airline


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Building the nation by

bridging the world

VISION


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Mission Become the ambassador of Nepal Build Nepals image as the country of quality

and reliability

Be a leader in the economic growth of Nepal Bridging the Asian countries to Nepal

prominent regional airlines in the beginning

and expanding its network to Far East andEurope within five years of operations.

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Aircraft specificationB757-200ER: 8C / 194Y seats & cargo space 5 ton

Sector: FrequencyKuala Lumpur 5

Bangkok 3Hong Kong 4Singapore 3

Doha 7Tokyo 2Delhi 7

2 Aircraft:B757-200 ER

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License for Operation


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Sector Frequency DaysKuala Lumpur 4 Wed, Thu, Sat, SunHong Kong 3 Mon, Fri, Sun

Cambodia (charter) 1 ThuNarita (Charter) 2 Tue, Fri

Flight Frequencies are per weekAircraft Monthly Utilization 300 Hours

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Beginning with


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Sector FrequencyKuala Lumpur 4Bangkok 3

Hong Kong 3Singapore 3Doha 4Charter Operation: Narita & Taipei 2,2 Flights/Wk

Frequency is weeklyTwo B757-200 ER Aircraft in flightAircraft Monthly Utilization 600 Hours

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1st & 2nd Year of Operations


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Program for 3rd & 4th Years

BB Airways will add two B767 Aircraft

Additional Routes:

ShanghaiFrankfurt

London

SeoulLhasa

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BoardChairman

Bhaban Bhatta

CEOShisheer Bhatta

Prateek Pradhan

Administration

Mitali Gosh

COO

H.B.Shrestha

Finance

Sudhir Sharma


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Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Operation Department(Capt.B.M.Amatay)

Engineering Department(Er.P.B.Kansakar)

Flight Safety & Quality Control(Er.B.Gautam)

IT & Corporate Department(P.Wagley)

Commercial Department(Durgesh Dali)

Customer Services(Shanta Shrestha)

Our team our pride


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We believe in partnership

Lets all build our nation together

Its more about Nepali and Nepal than a

business venture of an individual

Your involvement will make this endeavor a

success

We are here to be partner in every step


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Photo

TonleSap Airlines

BB Airways

Sister airline agreement

Chariman chats

with

Cabin attendants

Aircraft Lease Agreement

with

TonleSap Airlines

Courtesy call to

Nepal government

at Prime Minister Office

Nepalese team at

BB Airways Head Office

Kathmandu

Courtesy call at Tribhuvan

Airport Administrator

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