Drukair

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Drukair - Royal Bhutan Airlines
IATA KB	ICAO DRK	Callsign ROYAL BHUTAN
Founded		5 April 1981
Commenced operations		14 January 1983
Fleet size		2
Destinations		6
Parent company		Druk Holding and Investments Limited
Headquarters		Paro, Bhutan
Key people
Website: http://www.drukair.com.bt

Druk Air Corporation Ltd., trading as Drukair - Royal Bhutan Airlines, is an airline based in Paro, Bhutan. It is the national airline of Bhutan and operates scheduled services to five cities in neighbouring countries. Its main base is Paro Airport^[1].

1 History
2 Destinations
- 2.1 South Asia
- 2.2 Southeast Asia
3 Fleet
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

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The airline was established by Royal Proclamation on 5 April 1981. Operations started on 14 January 1983 using an 18-seat Dornier 228-200. Services were operated from Paro to Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta) and Dhaka.

Jet services with BAe 146-100 aircraft started in November 1988 and with their introduction the network was able to be increased to link Paro with New Delhi, Bangkok and Kathmandu. The first commercial flight with an Airbus A319 took place on 31 October 2004.

Drukair is wholly owned by Druk Holding and Investments Limited.