Yeti Flies International

Yeti Airlines International, a joint venture between Yeti Airlines and Air Arabia, began international flights from Wednesday (Jan 23), with its inaugural flight taking off to Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia Wednesday morning. The airline, which is also known as FlyYeti.com, is scheduled to operate three flights a week to Kuala Lumpur and thrice-weekly flights to Sharjah, using a Boeing 737-800 aircraft. It is the first Nepali low-cost carrier and the first to have foreign investment scheduled.
Yeti has received permission from the government to fly to 14 destinations in various Asian countries including India , Malaysia , the UAE, Qatar , Hong Kong , Singapore and South Korea.
Ang Tshering Sherpa, chairman of the airline, said that the airline was planning to bring in
another aircraft, an Airbus-320, in mid-February and another Boeing 737-800 aircraft in mid-March. "We will expand our services to Bangkok , Hong Kong , Doha , Abhu Dhabi, Riyadh and Lhasa ," he said.
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Categories: Foreign Jan 2008