BB Airways
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| Founded | January 2012 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 13 September 2012 | ||||||
| Hubs | Tribhuvan International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
| Destinations | 3 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal | ||||||
| Key people | Bhaban Bhatta[1] Shisheer Bhatta (Managing Director) | ||||||
| Website | www.bbairways.com | ||||||
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BB Airways was a Nepalese airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal.[2] It was established and started operations in September 2012.[3] The airline's hub was Tribhuvan International Airport, from where it flew to three international destinations. The airline made its first flight on 13 October 2012 to Kuala Lumpur.[4] The Japanese investment company TBI Group supported the airline, which was managed and promoted by the Non Resident Nepali Association.[5]
BB Airways received its Air Operator Certificate on 12 April 2012 allowing operations to seven international destinations from Nepal: Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore, Doha, Delhi and Tokyo.[6] It started scheduled services from October 2012, but had to cease operations again several months later, as the leasing contract ran out.[7][8]
In April 2013, the airline tried to restart its scheduled services by leasing two Airbus A320s.[8] On 30 March 2014, while still operation no active aircraft, BB Airways signed a Memorandum of Understanding with MEGA Maldives Airlines in which the two carriers agreed to "collaborate on developing flights and sharing of resources".[9]
In 2017, BB Airways purchased a three decades old Boeing 757 from Nepal Airlines, with which it was planning to use to restart operations on the route Kathmandu-New Delhi.[10] However, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal abstained from issuing an Air operator's certificate arguing that it would take at least one and half year to get a permit to restart its flight operation.[11]
In July 2019, the airline sold their sole Boeing 757.[12]
In 2024, news surfaced that the airline was trying to restart operations.[13]