With Bhutan, Buddha Air is going to start international flights. The airlines conducted a test flight between Kathmandu and Paro Airport, Bhutan on 25 May, 2010.
Buddha Air is expected to start a 4-days a week flights between Kathmandu and Paro from July 17, 2010. The flight between the two cities lasts about an hour.
Paro located at an elevation of 7,600 ft., is the second largest city in Bhutan. Currently Buddha Air has three ATR-42 aircrafts of 47 seats capacity and 4 B-1900 aircraft of 18 seats capacity. Apart from Bhutan, Buddha Air is planning to conduct regular flights to Patna and Lucknow of India starting in August of 2010.