en.Wedoany.com Reported - Himalaya Airlines has officially launched a regular direct flight route from Kathmandu to Shenzhen, becoming the first commercial airline to operate this route. This new route adds an international air corridor between Nepal and China.

The inaugural flight H9 985 departed from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu at 21:59 local time on June 4, carrying 98 passengers, and arrived at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport at 04:17 Beijing time on June 5. The return flight H9 986 departed from Shenzhen at 06:12 on June 5, carrying 157 passengers, and arrived in Kathmandu at 08:26 the same morning. The route is operated by an Airbus A320 aircraft, with a single flight capacity of 180 passengers. According to the operational schedule, the Kathmandu to Shenzhen flight operates every Tuesday and Thursday, while the Shenzhen to Kathmandu flight operates every Wednesday and Friday.

Shenzhen, as an important window of China's reform and opening-up, the first special economic zone, and a globally renowned center for technological innovation, is one of the core cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Industry insiders believe that the direct flight route will promote deep cooperation between Nepal and China in areas such as trade and investment, tourism collaboration, technological exchange, and personnel exchanges. Himalaya Airlines stated that the Shenzhen route is a key strategic move for the company to expand its presence in the Chinese market and a result of promoting connectivity between Nepal and China, with plans to continue optimizing its China route network in the future.

Founded in 2014, Himalaya Airlines is a Nepal-China joint venture international airline jointly invested by Tibet Civil Aviation Development and Investment Co., Ltd. (TCADIC) of China and Yeti World Investment Pvt. Ltd. of Nepal. Currently, the company operates a fleet of four Airbus aircraft, including three A320-214 passenger planes and one A319-115 passenger plane, with routes covering multiple countries and regions including China, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Malaysia, and Bangladesh.

Himalaya Airlines has obtained ISO 9001:2015 quality management system certification and, in 2023, became the first and only airline in Nepal to pass the International Air Transport Association Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) and register as a member airline of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Since 2021, the company has taken the lead in equipping its entire fleet with automated external defibrillators (AEDs), making it the first airline in Nepal to provide this emergency medical equipment on all flights. The launch of the Kathmandu-Shenzhen direct flight route further improves the international air transport network between Nepal and China, supports connectivity construction under the Belt and Road Initiative, and holds positive significance for deepening friendly cooperation between the two countries.

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