Guna Airlines Pvt. Ltd. (Nepali: गुण एयरलाइन्स) is an airline based in Nepal operating domestic scheduled flights from its base at Tribhuvan International Airport. Guna Airlines was initially formed in 2009, when it was part of the Guna Group a Nepalese conglomerate of companies.[5] After ceasing operations in 2013 and transferring its operations to Simrik Airlines, the airline restarted operations in 2021 while retransferring operations back into the initial airline company.
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Founded | 2021 (originally founded in 2009) | ||||||
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Hubs | Tribhuvan International Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 7 | ||||||
Destinations | 10 | ||||||
Parent company | Guna Group[1] | ||||||
Headquarters | Baneshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal[2] | ||||||
Key people | Rajendra Shakya (Chairman) Diprash Shakya (Managing Director)[3] | ||||||
Employees | 100+[4] | ||||||
Website | www.flyguna.com |
The Guna Group began as a small gold shop known as Guna Jewellers in Patan in 1984 and has since grown to a multi-industry company. In 2009, the group launched Guna Airlines.[6]
In 2013, Guna Airlines ceased trading due to financial difficulties and was acquired by Simrik Airlines for NRs 350 million.[7] Simrik Airlines used the Brand of Guna for some more time before renaming and repainting the two Beechcraft 1900 aircraft, that were previously operated by Guna Airlines.[8]
In 2020, first reports appeared stating that Guna Airlines would be reestablished.[9] In early 2021, the airline announced that it would buy five BAe Jetstream 41 from Yeti Airlines to restart operation under the brand name Guna Airlines.[10] For this, chairman Rajendra Shakya invested 1 billion Nepali Rupees into the company.[4]
On 16 September 2021, operations began again with regular flights from Kathmandu to Pokhara and Bharatpur.[11]
Guna Airlines offers scheduled flights to the following destinations (as of October 2021):
Destination | Airport | Notes |
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Bhadrapur | Bhadrapur Airport | |
Biratnagar | Biratnagar Airport | |
Kathmandu | Tribhuvan International Airport | Hub |
Janakpur | Janakpur Airport | |
Nepalgunj | Nepalgunj Airport | |
Pokhara | Pokhara Airport | |
Bharatpur | Bharatpur Airport | |
Siddharthanagar | Gautam Buddha Airport[12] | |
Tumlingtar | Tumlingtar Airport | |
Birendranagar | Surkhet Airport[13] |
In its previous iteration, Guna Airlines also operated scheduled mountain sightseeing flights from Kathmandu to Mount Everest.[14]
Guna Airlines' fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2021):
Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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C | Y | Total | ||||
BAe Jetstream 41[15] | 5 | — | — | 29 | 29 | |
Beechcraft 1900C[16] | 1 | — | — | 18 | 18 | |
Beechcraft 1900D[16] | 1 | — | — | 18 | 18 | |
Total | 7 |
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