KATHMANDU, June 28: Nepal Airlines welcomed its first wide body jet aircraft, the Airbus A330-200 at Tribhuvan International Airport at 8: 15 AM today.

The aircraft consists features a two-class cabin configuration and seats a total of 274 passengers—18 in business class and 256 in economy class.

NAC has named the aircraft after Annapurna, the world’s 10^th highest peak in the world. The state’s flag carrier paid US$4,800,000 for the aircraft. Annapurna will commence commercial operations within a month.

NAC ordered two 274-seater jets through Portuguese leasing company Hi Fly. The second jet is expected to arrive by July-end.

“After 10 years, the A330 jets will finally arrive,” NAC Managing Director Sugat Ratna Kansakar posted on his Facebook page.  

 
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