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This Airline in Nepal Flew Passengers to the Wrong Airport Rachel Chang
When the 69 passengers aboard Buddha Air’s flight U4505 landed in Pokhara, Nepal, last Friday, they were shocked. After all, when they boarded the flight at Kathmandu s Tribhuvan International Airport, they had expected to fly to Janakpur the exact opposite direction from the capital,
Janakpur is normally a 30-minute flight southeast from Kathmandu, while Pokhara is about a 30-minute flight northwest. The cities are about 158 miles apart.
The local paper reported that there was “a lot of hustle and bustle at the domestic terminal” that day, paired with a “breezy afternoon” where the “weather was not quite favorable for the flights,” causing delays.
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When the 69 passengers aboard Buddha Air’s flight U4505 landed in Pokhara, Nepal, last Friday, they were shocked. After all, when they boarded the flight at Kathmandu s Tribhuvan International Airport, they had expected to fly to Janakpur the exact opposite direction from the capital,
Janakpur is normally a 30-minute flight southeast from Kathmandu, while Pokhara is about a 30-minute flight northwest. The cities are about 158 miles apart.
The local paper reported that there was “a lot of hustle and bustle at the domestic terminal” that day, paired with a “breezy afternoon” where the “weather was not quite favorable for the flights,” causing delays.
Low-cost carrier AirAsia has opened a new route connecting Jakarta with Padang, West Sumatra.
Using the Airbus A320, the route’s flight (QZ 830) departs from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, at 7:45 a.m. and lands at Minangkabau International Airport in West Sumatra at 9:30 a.m.
The launch is part of AirAsia’s series of new domestic routes that include West Java’s Bandung to Bali and Jakarta to Riau’s Pekanbaru. Commemorating the launch, the carrier is also offering special prices from Rp 471,000 (US$33.37) for the Jakarta-Pekanbaru route, Rp 489,000 for the Jakarta-Padang route and Rp 745,000 for the Bandung-Bali route. The offers include a free baggage allowance of up to 15 kilograms. Tickets can be booked on the AirAsia app, its website or via travel agents.