Kathmandu, March 12 -- Singapore-based Silk Air swapped the aircraft it operates in and out of Kathmandu following the country's decision to temporarily suspend operations of all variants of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft two days after the fatal crash of Ethiopian Airlines.

The Nairobi-bound Boeing 737 MAX 8 operated by Ethiopian Airlines crashed minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 on board. The same model of aircraft, flown by Lion Air, had crashed off the coast of Indonesia in October last year, killing all 189 on board.

According to Everest Express Tours and Travels, Silk Air's general sales agent in Kathmandu, the airline has changed the type of aircraft it used to operate flights from Singapore to Kathmandu follow...