Turkish Start KTM-Istanbul flight from september

Kathmandu, May 20 – Turkish Airlines, one of the leading European airlines, is set to start direct flights to Kathmandu from Istanbul from September 1.

According to the airlines, it will operate four flights a week – Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday in Istanbul-Kathmandu route. The airlines will use A330-200 aircraft for the service in the route.

Nepal and Turkey has signed an air service agreement (ASA) in September 2010 allowing the two nations to operate 14 flights per week between Kathmandu and Istanbul.