Kathmandu, March 15 -- Buddha Air Private Ltd is Nepal's largest airline in terms of passengers carried. It operates domestic as well as international services within Nepal and India, serving mainly large towns and cities in Nepal. Currently, it has a fleet size of 13 aircraft and operates 33 flight routes in around 15 destinations of Nepal, besides an international flight to Varanasi, India. Its main base is Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu.

The airline was established on April 23, 1996, as a Private Limited Company by Surendra Bahadur Basnet, a retired Supreme Court judge and former government minister; and his son Birendra Bahadur Basnet. Operations commenced on October 11, 1997, with a sightseeing flight to Mount Everest us...