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Penrith...
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 Flights to Bhutan 

Hey, new to this forum, I was wondering what the best route was for Aussies to fly to Bhutan?

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Amsterdam...
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1. Re: Flights to Bhutan
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Hi Mandy,

Welcome to our forum. For your information we have some top questions posted at the right upper part of this forumpage, wher you can find some answers to frequent asked questions.

The main ports of entry into Bhutan are Delhi and Bangkok, so

Bangkok would be best for you. The flight into Bhutan will be organised by your local tour operator, so you only have to find out the dates, and make the connections to Bangkok.

Thimphu...
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2. Re: Flights to Bhutan

DRUK AIR is the only airline flying to Bhutan

- Two A319 aircraft with 20 business class seats and 94 economy class seats. The Bhutan have only one international airport and it is situated at an elevation of 2,200 meters in Paro, Bhutan.

The gateway cities into Paro, Bhutan are:

- Bangkok

- Dhaka, Bangladesh

- Guwahatti, India

- Kolkata, India

- Gaya, India

- New Delhi, India

- Bagdora, India

- Katmandu, Nepal

Washington...
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3. Re: Flights to Bhutan

Buddha Air is still operating flights between Kathmandu and Paro as well

Amsterdam...
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4. Re: Flights to Bhutan
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for Bhutan

According to the Kuensel, Buddha Air has stopped its flights between Paro and Kathmandu as they were not profitable.

Washington...
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5. Re: Flights to Bhutan

OK. If you go to Buddha air's website Paro is still listed in their destinations when searching for tickets. And it is still in their online timetable that was last updated in January. www.buddhaair.com/flightschedule/?type=2

But I am not surprised that this route would not be profitable for them

Edited: 29 March 2011, 1:51
Washington...
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6. Re: Flights to Bhutan

And according to SkyTrax data the flights are still operating. BHA's website says the schedule is Mon,Tue,Thu,Fri only.

Amsterdam...
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7. Re: Flights to Bhutan
Destination Expert   What's this?
for Bhutan

I copied the relevant article for you:

www.kuenselonline.com/2010/modules.php…

Still, it is best to ask the local tour operator to check flights available and book them.

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