Nepal Airlines is the flag carrier airline of Nepal and also the national airline of Nepal. Its head office is in the NAC Building in Kathmandu, and its main base is Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu.
Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) was incorporated on 1 July 1958 through enactment of Nepal Airlines Corporation Act. 2019 with the following main objective:
to provide air transport service to any person, agency or organization who need such service for transportation of men or materials from one airport to another either within or outside the country. The first of Nepal Airlines‘ two 757s arrived in 1987. Flying on long-haul routes and displaying the national flag at world airports, they helped Nepal make its presence felt in the international aviation scene. The 757 holds 190 passengers. The nation became the proud possessor of a jet plane carrier with the induction of a Boeing 727 in 1972. People would rush to their roof -tops to watch in awe as the sleek craft came in screaming from beyond the hills. Carrying 123 passengers, it connected Kathmandu with regional destinations and remained in service till 1993.
