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The quickest way to reach Delhi from Kathmandu or vice verse is to take a plane. It will costs you something beetween 110-130 Usd (30% discount under 30 years old). It is better to book a couple of days in advance anyway.
The flight is very quick and with Indian Arilines you will have no problem at all.
Do not expect any service in particular.
The airport of Kathmandu is quiet big and the level of checks and control is the highest I have ever seen!
The check in is made MANUALLY with no PC!!!! So you can immage how many overbooking or mistakes, delays and so on, could accure!
The first thing to rememebr is to be at the airport at least 2 hours before departure because as all is made manually the waitign time is very long.
Keep in mind that it works like this:
First of all you gotta pay the exit fees that depends on your dstination, then with the receipt you go stra8 to the check in. They check you in and put a label on the backpack, then you take your backpack and go to the “gate”. After checked again the bag they take your bag and you can cross the “control check” showing again the fees receipt.
After passed the custom, you gotta go outside and reckonize your bag and make them load it on the aircraft!! Unbelievable!!!
But it is not all...Then, when they board you, you gotta pass on the lift of the airplane where they put a metal detector again, so they make you open again the handbag and they check you again....unbelievable!!!
It is a very long way, a very stressing way but definitely a very secure way! First, nobody will forget your bag, as you are the one that has to reckon it! Then, is better one check more then one less, can you feel me?!
Written Feb 21, 2005
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The mountain view touristic trip leaves Kathmandu for one hour flight close???to the Himalayas.Unless you are not planning to visit other places outside Kathmandu it doesnýt worth paying this trip. It doesnýt get that close to the mountains and you see the Everest from very far .
Written Jan 12, 2004
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Royal Nepal Airlines is probabily my wors nightmare in all these years of International flight travel.
My flight was an 8:30 AM scheduled flight to Bangkok. Suddenly at 7:00 am the flight was changed to a 1:30 PM flight. Later came to know they just had 3 planes and used this plane to fly to Dubai.
We were promised it will be on time at 1:30. Famous last words. They claimed some technical snag and we sat in the lounge till 5:30 PM when we were finally allowed to board.
They did not have the special meals that I had ordered and reached Bangkok very late at night.
The worst thing in the whole episode was that there was never a single spokes person who informed the passanges of what the hell was going on the whole time.
On the plane I heard man horror stories of fellow passangers who had been stranded there for 2, 3 and 4 days because Royal Nepal cancelled their flight.
NEVER, NEVER FLY ROYAL NEPAL if you want to get anywhere on time.
Updated Nov 18, 2003
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If you dont have the time to climb Everest then you must atleast take the mountain flight to see the highest natural point on our earth.
Written Jun 4, 2008
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Sometime, the Ktm airport can be messy and crowded especially if many flights have been cancelled the days before.
Written Jan 12, 2006
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I left Nepal by airplane.
From Thamel I took a taxi to the airport, it cost 150Rs.(some say 200Rs. don't know...)
Written Sep 16, 2004
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