Feasibility of BA flying to KTM
Feb 4, 2019, 4:42 am
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Feasibility of BA flying to KTM
I am looking at booking flights to Nepal; having visited a few years ago I am aware that KTM is a very small airport, however, I was wondering why BA don't (and as far as I can tell have never done) fly here. I can't imagine it is an aircraft operating limitation as QR and TK both fly A330s there, is it just that there isn't any reasonable demand to fly direct from Europe?
Feb 4, 2019, 4:57 am
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I imagine there is next to no business traffic from the UK to Nepal, and not much connecting from the USA either, so no expensive business tickets paying the way. I imagine there is some high end tourism, but nowhere near enough to make BA launch KTM. The ME3 and TK already have the capacity.
Feb 4, 2019, 5:22 am
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I think an hourly A380 service to NQY would be a better prospect.
Feb 4, 2019, 5:27 am
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It’s a viable spoke for a super connector (especially with guest worker traffic into the Gulf) but for an airline with a major focus on point to point business travel KTM is a non-starter. Fabulous country but not one I can ever see having BA service beyond a codeshare via DEL.
Feb 4, 2019, 5:35 am
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Nothing direct as you say, but no lack of options.
Am making a brief visit there in April (en route to Australia), and decided to go with QR as far as DOH and then switch to Oman Air to KTM, via MCT. Clearly not the quickest routing, but the TP’s (equivalent thereof) with WY should see me retain my Sindbad Gold status with them. And they’re a nice carrier.
Am making a brief visit there in April (en route to Australia), and decided to go with QR as far as DOH and then switch to Oman Air to KTM, via MCT. Clearly not the quickest routing, but the TP’s (equivalent thereof) with WY should see me retain my Sindbad Gold status with them. And they’re a nice carrier.
Feb 4, 2019, 6:00 am
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As per most of the above responses, I imagine KTM would be very low yield- think BKK-light. Given the bad press that BA 9 to BKK gets, I shudder to think what the KTM experience might end up like 
Feb 4, 2019, 6:05 am
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Feb 4, 2019, 6:20 am
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