Aviation in Bhutan - Airlines of Bhutan, Airports in Bhutan, Druk Air, Paro Airport, List of Airports in Bhutan (Paperback)

Chapters: Airlines of Bhutan, Airports in Bhutan, Druk Air, Paro Airport, List of Airports in Bhutan. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Druk Air Corporation Limited (Dzongkha:, Wylie: 'brug mkha' 'grul las 'dzin), operating as Drukair Royal Bhutan Airlines, is the national airline of the Kingdom of Bhutan. Founded in 1981, ten years after Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuck gradually began to open up the kingdom from self-imposed isolation, and seven years after welcoming its first foreign visitors, the airline commenced operations in 1983 with flights from Calcutta to Paro utilising Dornier Do 228 aircraft. A switch to BAe 146-100 equipment occurred in November 1988, and in order to meet increased demand, those aircraft were replaced in 2004 with two Airbus A319s. As the only airline currently flying into Bhutan, Druk Air has become a lifeline with the outside world for the Bhutanese people, as well as supporting emerging inbound tourism and export markets. The airline operates a modest scheduled flight network within the South Asian region from its base at Paro Airport in the western dzongkhag of Paro and currently consists of eight destinations in five countries. Bhutan has drawn a Vision 2020 Plan, as part of its Five Year Development Plans targeting several sectors for development, which includes improved external air links by 2017 that would enable increase in income from tourism from 100% (by 2012) to 150% (2017) coupled with completion of second National Highway by 2017. It has also signed several memorandum of understandings with the Government of India not only to enhance airtraffic facilities and operations but also to help Bhutan during emergency situations of floods and earthquake affecting the Paro Airport. In 1968 the Indian Border...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1516911