Drukair

Drukair — Royal Bhutan Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
KB DRK[1] ROYAL BHUTAN[1]
Founded5 April 1981; 43 years ago (1981-04-05)
Commenced operations11 February 1983; 41 years ago (1983-02-11)
Operating basesParo Airport
Frequent-flyer programMy Happiness Reward
Fleet size5
Destinations19
HeadquartersParo, Bhutan
Key peopleTandi Wangchuk (CEO)[2]
RevenueDecreaseNu.2.8 billion (2015)[3]
Websitewww.drukair.com.bt
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Drukair Corporation Limited (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་མཁའ་འགྲུལ་ལས་འཛིན།), operating as Drukair — Royal Bhutan Airlines, is the flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bhutan,[4] headquartered in the western dzongkhag of Paro.[5]

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 Kolkata to Paro utilising Dornier 228 aircraft. A switch to BAe 146-100 equipment occurred in November 1988, and, to meet increased demand, those aircraft were replaced in 2004 with five Airbus A319s.

Drukair operates a modest scheduled flight network within the South Asian and Southeast Asian region from its base at Paro Airport and currently serves thirteen destinations in six countries.[6]

Drukair at the Paro Airport Terminal building

The airline also owns a small fleet of four Airbus A320 family jets, three A319 and one A320neo, one ATR 42 turboprop regional aircraft, and two A321XLRs on order.

  1. ^ a b "Designators for aircraft operating services, aeronautical authorities and services". ICAO Journal (Edition No. 143). International Civil Aviation Organization: 1–38. January 2008.
  2. ^ "You ask, We answer". Bhutan Observer. 30 June 2008. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  3. ^ BBS (English) – Drukair's revenue decreases
  4. ^ "Drukair Corporate Information". www.drukair.com.bt. Paro, Bhutan: Drukair Corporation Limited. 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Registered Office Archived 9 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine." Drukair. Retrieved on 3 July 2011. "Registered Office Drukair Corporation Ltd, Head Office, Royal Bhutan Airlines, Nemeyzampa,. Paro, Bhutan "
  6. ^ "Drukair – Network (September 2016)". Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.