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Arranging your own Flights

* From Asia
* From Europe & the Middle East
* From North America
* From Australia

From Asia
The most reasonable connections to Kathmandu are via Bangkok, Hong Kong and Singapore. There are reduced inclusive tour (IT) fares on all these sectors. Check the flights of Nepal Airlines, Thai International, and Singapore Airlines. Bangkok flights are heavily booked in the high season, but it's sometimes worth hanging around the airport looking for a stand-by seat to Kathmandu.

From India the fares are high, flights are fully booked - usually by Indian tourists - and reservation procedures are chaotic. The only concessional fares are for students. There are flights to Kathmandu from Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Patna and Varanasi.

Kathmandu has some other interesting airline connections; China Southwest Airlines, part of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) group, operates a flight from Lhasa to Kathmandu on Tuesdays and Saturdays. This spectacular one-hour flight costs US$400 and is supposed to operate from April to December. You can also fly from Paro in Bhutan on Druk Air, or from Dhaka (Bangladesh).

From Europe & the Middle East
Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation (RNAC) operates two flights per week from London and one from Paris via Dubai. Contact its agency in London for cheap excursion fares. All of RNAC's European flights operate via Frankfurt.

Pakistan International, Bangladesh Biman and Aeroflot all have a one- airline service from Europe to Kathmandu, though they require a connection in Karachi or Dhaka or Moscow. From Germany, look at charter flights.

From North America
North America is halfway around the world from Nepal, so you have a choice of crossing either the Atlantic or Pacific oceans. If you are flying via the Atlantic, you will probably be happier connecting with a direct flight to Kathmandu from London or Frankfurt. Avoid flights via India as the Delhi to Kathmandu fare is high and transit facilities at Delhi airport are tedious. Pacific routes usually require an overnight stay in Bangkok or Hong Kong, but there are frequent flights and most airlines have APEX fares of about US$900 one way from the west coast to Kathmandu. Northwest, United, Korean and Thai International all offer excursion fares from the west coast to Kathmandu via Bangkok

From Australia
Look for routes via Singapore, Hong Kong or Bangkok. Typical fares are around A$1500 return. Kathmandu is not on any airline routes for "round-the-world" (RTW) tickets, and is usually charged as an extra segment on the Australia to London route. If you are travelling to the UK, you might find a cheap fare on RNAC from either Bangkok or Singapore, via Kathmandu, to London.

Flights to Kathmandu, Nepal (KTM) Non-stop routes To/From Kathmandu

From

Duration

Airlines

1-Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

4h 25m

Etihad

2- Bagdogra, India

0h 35m

Druk Air

3-Bahrain Island, Bahrain

4h 45m

Gulf Air

4-Bangkok, Thailand

3h 20m

Thai, Nepal Airlines

5-Dhaka, Bangladesh

1h 30m

GMG, Biman, United Airways

6-Doha, Qatar

4h 37m

Qatar, Nepal Airlines

7-Dubai, United Arab Emirates

4h 20m

Flydubai

8-Guangzhou, China

5h 15m

China Southern

9-Hong Kong

4h 40m

Nepal Airlines

10-Karachi, Pakistan

2h 45m

Pakistan

11-Kolkata, India

1h 10m

Air India

12-Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

4h 35m

Nepal Airlines

13-Kunming, China

2h 55m

China Eastern

14-Lhasa, China

1h 10m

Air China

15-Lucknow, India

0h 45m

Buddha Air

16-Mumbai, India

2h 35m

Jet Airways

17-Muscat, Oman

3h 40m

Oman Air

18-New Delhi, India

1h 37m

SpiceJet, Jet Airways, Air India

19-Paro, Bhutan

1h 22m

Druk Air, Buddha Air

20-Seoul, South Korea

6h 25m

Korean Air

21-Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

3h 55m

Air Arabia

22-Singapore

5h 10m

Silkair

23-Varanasi, India

0h 55m

Air India