Shree Airlines adds two more aircraft to its fleet

KATHMANDU, MARCH 27: Shree Airlines has brought two more Dash 8-Q400 aircraft manufactured by De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited (DHC). The registration signs of the two 80-seaters that landed in Kathmandu yesterday are 9N-AOK and 9N-AOL, said Anil Mananadhar, the institutional manager of Shree Airlines.

It is said that these aircraft were operated by Horizon Air and Alaska Air based in America before this. Manandhar said both planes will be employed for commercial flights soon after completing the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN)-required process.

With the new addition, Shree Airlines now has a fleet of 10 aircraft. It also has eight helicopters in operation. Shree Airlines started operating regular flights to various destinations in Nepal in 2017, using the two 50-seater CRJ 200 aircraft and two 70-seater RJ 700 jet planes.

The airline company that brought an additional two 80-seater aircraft in 2019 and again in 2022 has been expanding its flight destinations.