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Druk Air

Drukair
Airline
AirlineDrukair - Royal Bhutan Airlines
འབྲུག་མཁའ་འགྲུལ་ལས་འཛིན།
IATAKB
ICAODRK
CallsignROYAL BHUTAN
Founded5 April 1981
Commenced operations11 February 1983
BasesParo Airport
Fleet size3
Destinations9
Company sloganKingdom in the sky
Parent companyDruk Holding and Investments Limited
HeadquartersParo, Bhutan
Key peopleTandin Jamso (MD)

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Druk Air Corporation Limited ( , 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.

Druk Air 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.

Drukair Video

Druk Air Airbus A319 landing at one of the wierdest airports in the world, Paro Airport in Bhutan in Flight Simulator 2004. This video is for the Paro Flight Simulator Competition.
1.57 min. | 1.89 user rating
Druk Air Landing in Paro International Airpot.
1.87 min. | 4.74 user rating
druk air passing the higest mountains of the world.
1.18 min. | 4.82 user rating
SHRINK DOWN FOR BEST QUALITY My first fs video with Gamecam. The quality and the editing are bad to say the least. Dont be too harsh in rating :] Please comment I love hearing what you have to say. :] please subscribe
3.48 min. | 3.06 user rating
Filmed from the look-out point to the west (I think?) of the airport. Blogged: andreakw.blogspot.com
1.97 min. | 4.90 user rating
Olá! Este é um vídeo demonstrativo das operações da Druk Air Virtual - Royal Bhutan Airlines drukairva.blogspot.com Não quero mostrar um bom gráfico, ou um pouso leve, um vídeo de alta qualidade, e muito menos um voo super tranquilo... Meu objetivo é demonstrar esse difícil operação de aproximação sendo realizada em segurança, tornada mais difícil por ser executada no cenário padrão do FS2004, aonde o aeroporto ea pista está rebaixada 1500' ft em relação ao original. Meu primeiro vídeo publicado no youtube, ainda estou aprendendo muito sobre gravar, editar e postar vídeos, espero que gostem! Abraços!
7.42 min. | 3.5 user rating
Druk Air, the only airline operating in and out of Bhutan has two Airbus 319 aircrafts. Druk Air operates to three Indian cities and recently to a small town in West Bengal. It operates thrice to Kathmandu, thrice to Dhaka and have daily flights to Bangkok with stop in any one of the Indian towns/cities. The scene in the movie shows ticketing agents and walk -in clients as they wait for the reservation. Somtimes a passenger might have to come three days in a row to get a ticket.
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Druk Air KB121 A319-112 from Delhi India to Paro Bhutan Flight Time: 2h15m Distance: 656,3nm
5.12 min. | 5.0 user rating
Druk Air KB204 A319-112 from Paro Bhutan to Kathmandu Nepal Flight Time: 0h58m Distance: 232,1nm
5.53 min. | 5.0 user rating
Druk Air KB204 A319-112 from Kathmandu Nepal to Delhi India Flight Time: 1h25m Distance: 440,5nm
4.62 min. | 5.0 user rating

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Российские туристы открыли для себя Бутан - Mega-News Tweet this news
Mega-News--Рейсы в Паро выполняет только национальная авиакомпания -Druk Air- из восьми зарубежных городов на самолетах А319. Для россиян добираться - Date : Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:50:49 GMT+00:00
Бутан - място на щастието - infotourism.net Tweet this news
infotourism.net--Полетите до Паро се извършват със самолети А319 само от националната авиокомпания -Druk Air- от осем чуждестранни града. Цената на биле� - Date : Mon, 18 Apr 2011 05:38:57 GMT+00:00
В чем счастье? В Бутане и голубых маках... - Комсомольская правда Tweet this news
Комсомольская правда--Авиакомпания Друк Эйр (-Druk Air-) запустила систему онлайн бронирования на сайте www.-drukair-.com.bt при помощи кредитных карт Vis - Date : Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:27:42 GMT+00:00
Karalystė, įsileidžianti ne kiekvieną - DELFI Tweet this news
DELFI--Kelionė: nuskristi į Butaną galima nacionalinėmis oro linijomis „-Drukair-“ iš Indijos ir Tailando. Prieš tai reikia pasirūpinti viza. Nakvynė: užsieniečiams dažniausiai tenka užsisakyti kelionę iš agentų ir už kiekvieną dieną - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:51:09 GMT+00:00
Pilot held for verbal assault - Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper Tweet this news
Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper--Paro Airport 2 April, 2011 - The recent Paro airport case, where two -Drukair- officials were caught up in a verbal argument that led to one of them being detained, raised questions over misuse of authority. The - Date : Sat, 02 Apr 2011 06:37:50 GMT+00:00
Small airport, big smiles - Express Buzz Tweet this news
Express Buzz--The -Drukair- flight was from T3 terminal in Delhi to Paro International Airport. T3 is impressive. Infrastructure-wise it stands tall among other international airports in the region. But as I realised there's no point in having the be - Date : Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:37:16 GMT+00:00
Take a trip back in time - Hindustan Times Tweet this news
Hindustan Times---Druk Air- has flights from Delhi (Around Rs 20000 for round trip). No visa required for Indian citizens. Where to stay in Thimpu: You'll find both luxury and budget hotels in Thimpu. For Luxury, one can stay at Taj Tashi (Tel: (975- - Date : Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:22:54 GMT+00:00
Bhutan keen to have more Indian tourists - Hindu Business Line Tweet this news
Hindu Business Line--The Bhutanese Government and its national airline -Drukair- have tied up with India's popular online travel company MakeMyTrip.com to provide tour packages with chartered flights from New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata to Bhutan, whic - Date : Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:21:47 GMT+00:00
Buddha Air still around - Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper Tweet this news
Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper--Paro-Kathmandu Sector 19 March, 2011 - In what could be an ominous sign for upcoming Tashi Air, the first airline to compete with -Drukair-, and the first foreign airline to operate in Bhutan, flew its last sche - Date : Sat, 19 Mar 2011 13:35:55 GMT+00:00
Two carriers it is to be - Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper Tweet this news
Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper--Domestic Air Service 17 March, 2011 - Despite Tashi Air's concerns that the domestic air market is not big enough for two operators, the government has reaffirmed � in writing � that both -Drukair- and Tash - Date : Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:14:14 GMT+00:00

Summary of Druk Air services between 1983 and 1987
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Passengers flown 2,854 4,480 5,928 7,776 8,700
Distance flown ('000 km) 64 125 125 205 n/a
Revenue passenger kilometres ('000 km) 1,612 2,531 3,349 4,381 n/a

Airbus era :
Drukair destinations
Country City Airport
Asia
Bangladesh Bangladesh Dhaka Shahjalal International Airport
Bhutan Bhutan Paro Paro Airport (Base)
India India Bagdogra Bagdogra Airport
Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport
Gaya Gaya Airport
Guwahati Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Kolkata Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
Nepal Nepal Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport
Thailand Thailand Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport

Druk Air Fleet
Airbus era :
Aircraft In Fleet Passengers.
(Business/Economy)
Remarks
Airbus A319-115 2 114 (20/94)
ATR 42 1 48 Leased from DOT LT of Lithuania



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