China Southern Airlines Launches All-New 757 Service to Kathmandu
GUANGZHOU, China - China Southern Airlines, (NYSE: ZNH, HKSE: 1055, SHA 600029) is pleased to announce that today it has started twice weekly, direct service between Kathmandu, Nepal and Guangzhou.
China Southern Airlines will be operating this service every Monday and Friday from the new Guangzhou International Airport and Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). The service will be offered with a Boeing 757-200 aircraft with the following schedule:
Flight # Route Schedule Departure Arrival Aircraft
CZ3067 CAN-KTM 1/5 2000 2245 757
CZ3068 KTM-CAN 1/5 2345 0630+1 757
Tribhuvan International Airport, situated 5.56 km east of Kathmandu City is in the heart of the Kathmandu Valley. TIA is amid the confluence of three ancient cities � Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Patan, all rich in their art and culture, not to mention their deep heritage of temples and pagodas. Tribhuvan International Airport not only has flourished as the main transportation hub for every expanding business of the country but has proudly catered to various domestic and International airlines.
Nestled in the cradle of the highest mountains on Earth, it is not surprising that Nepal has come to be known as the kingdom where deities from the Heavens mingle with mere mortals.
In Nepal are the Himalaya, the "Abode of the Gods." Here, too, is Mount Everest, the world's greatest peak, known as Sagarmatha ("The Brow of the Oceans") by Nepalese.
