Royal Nepal

[ilya975]

Looking for some information on Royal Nepal Airlines, in particular, their DHC-6 operations. Do they recruit foreigners and what sort of hours are they looking for?

[himalaya]

Hi there !

Royal Nepal has in total 7 Twin Otters and 2 B-757 of it own and has wet leased 2 other jets from China South west and Lauda air.

Once upon a time it used to recruit Foreign Pilots ( in it's glory days ) and had 3-4 PC-6, 12 Twin Otters, 2-3 HS-748 and a few Jets. But Since the last Ten years Royal Nepal has been going down to drain, it is in such a pathetic state that it may close today or tommorrow.

I do not wish to dissapoint you but RA has been so mismanaged that it does not even reply to those who apply or send their resume. More over, it doesn't even have a proper Web site of its own.

May be in the future, if Royal Nepal ( like Srilankan Air, Biman etc. ) is bought by some foreign carrier, I am sure it will require a large number of pilots. but At the moment, I do not think I can give you any positive answer regarding ROyal Nepal.

But If you wish I could provide you with the addresses of other Private Airlines in Nepal Where they have been recruiting Foreign Pilots, the pay is much better,I think the company has to sponser you or something and they prefer some one with type rating. If you need their addresses pls. let me know.

Best regards,


Himalaya

[ilya975]

Himalaya,

Thanks for the info. Yes, please do e-mail me the other operators in Nepal and the types they operate. If you could give me a contact for Royal Nepal as well, that would be great.

My e-mail is [email protected]

Cheers

[Skyking]

Hi there Himalaya and ilya , can u please also fwd me a copy of the operaters in Nepal , their aircraft types , recruitment policies and any other info that u deem worthwhile.Many thanks in advance.

Warm Regards
Skyking .... email [email protected]

[733SS]

Hello,

I have been interested in Nepal for some time now..would you guys mind sending me some info as well?

Thanks Himalaya....

My email is [email protected]

Thanks in advance

[himalaya]

Hi guys,

Here are some of the info. that might help you. Pls. Standby for their Email or contact address.

1. Royal Nepal Airlines:
2 B-757 ( of its own )
1 B-757 ( wet leased from China southwest)
1 B-767 ( wet leased from Lauda air )
7 Twin otter ( of its own)
No New orders, No plan to grow.

If they have pland to grow ( which I think is unlikely, they might take foreign pilots on contract as they had done some 12-13 years back ), at the moment I do not know any foreign pilots recruited by RA besides the China Southwest and Lauda Air crew.

Contact: Capt. B. M. Amatya
Operations Director
Royal Nepal Airlines
Gpo. Box 401, Kantipath
Kathmandu, Nepal
tel:[phone]
fax:[phone] or 225348

2. Necon Air
2 HS-748
2 ATR-42
1 ATR-42 on Order
Plan to start flying to India with B-737
some time in the future.
Has recruited some Indian Pilots, Some French Pilots were flying along with Nepalese crew till a few months ago ( before the Nepalese Crew took over in ATR-42 )

Contact: OPerations Dept.
Necon Air
Kalimatidole,Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel [phone], 480563
Fax:[phone]


3. Buddha Air

4 B-1900D
Has plans to bring Jet and start flying International in the future.
Some Indian Pilots are still working for it.

Stand by for their Contact Address. ( or try to search "Buddha Air" in google or yahoo.

4. Shangrila Air
2 DHC-6/300
2 Beech 1900C
No idea about their furute plans. they do have some Indian Pilots working for them.

Stand by for their Contact add.

5. Yeti Airways,
4 Dhc-6/300
No idea about plans.

Contactpreations Direcot,
Yeti Airways,
Lazimpat
kathmandu
tel: (977-1-) 421147,411912,418778
fax [phone]
E-Mail: [email protected]

6. Gorkha Air
2 Do-228
1 or 2 MI-17 Helicopters
No idea about plans.
Had recrited Indian Pilots in the past and has Russian crew for the Helicopter operations

Contact: Operations Director
Gorkha Air,
GPO. Box. 9451, New Baneswar
kathmandu, Nepal
Tel: [phone],475855,472989
fax: [phone]

7. Mountain Air

2 B-1900C
No idea About plans

Has Indian and some French Pilots.

8. Cosmic Air

2 Saab340
2 Do-228
2 Mi17 helicopters

Has plans to grow in the future.
Has Indians in the DO-228 fleet. Has Russian crew in the Helicopter Fleet.
Again Stand by for their contact address or you know what to do......

Good Luck Guys !

In the mean time I will try and find some more info.

Himalaya!

Contact: Pls. Stand By! Or try searching "Mountain Air Nepal" in google or yahoo.

[Skyking]

Hi Himalaya ,
First and foremost , a very big thank you is in order for the information you have provided to us all.I am an Indian citizen with an Australian and Indian CPL/IR and would like to try and get employment at any one of the organisations you have mentioned above.Since many of them have already employed Indian pilots , I beleive that I may syand a good chance of a break.Could you please give me your email id so i can get in touch with you and ask a few questions.My email id is [email protected] . Please email me or let me know ure email id.Once again many thanks for the valuable info.

Warm Regards
Skyking
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[ilya975]

Thanks for the lead Himalaya!

Found the following Nepalese Airlines' homepages;

• Buddha Air
• Gorkha Airlines
• Necon Air
• Yeti Airlines
• Skyline Airways

Cheers!

[anito4a]

A quote from the Yeti Airlines homepage ....

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The pilots undergo all mandatory courses including refreshers, stimulators as well as regular safety orientations
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.... must be the mountain air!

[himalaya]

Absolutely No Problem. Hope that the info. is useful. Incase, you get luckly !!!
See you in Kathmandu.....
Incase you need some more info. you could contact me in: [email protected].
All the best!

Himalaya.