Monday, February 2, 2009

How to get to | Nepal

Continuing the series with an Asian country.

Nepal

source: Wikipedia



Nepal is accessible by land from India, or Tibet over the Friendship Pass, or by air. As far as I know only Asia-based airlines and perhaps the odd seasonal charter flight from Europe fly into Kathmandu. There are lots of flights from India, and not so many from each of the major Asian capitals (none from Tokyo for example). In terms of the main airline alliances:


  • Star Alliance has Thai (from Bangkok) and Air China (from Chengdu via Lhasa). The Singapore Airlines flights are actually operated by Silk Air and thus not available for awards or on certain fares.

  • Oneworld has Dragonair (from Hong Kong)

  • Skyteam has Korean (from Seoul) and China Southern (from Guangzhou)

Fares can be fairly high relative to other Asian destinations. Awards may be tricky due to limited options.


TIP look for travel off peak.


TIP discounted business class can be available for little more than economy.

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