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Launch of Buddha Air's Kolkata-Kathmandu flight delayed till May 27

Lok Sabha elections have delayed the launch by over a month

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Buddha Air would be the second Nepali Airline to connect Kolkata with Kathmandu after the Royal Nepal Airlines' withdrawal from Kolkata two decades back. Representative image.

Press Trust of India

The ongoing Lok Sabha elections has delayed the launch of Nepal's private airline Buddha Air's proposed flight between Kolkata and Kathmandu by over a month.

The airline will now begin its operation from May 27 instead of its earlier plan to start from April 16, Buddha Air's Marketing Director Rupesh Joshi said.

"We will operate three weekly flights between Kathmandu and Kolkata on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from May 27," he said.

"Both the India government and all agencies involved with aviation business suggested to begin the service post election. So we decided to defer it," he said.

Buddha Air would be the second