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Druk Air
Druk Air Royal Bhutan Airlines is the national carrier of the Royal Government of Bhutan. It was established by Royal Proclamation on 5 April, 1981. Operations started on 14 January 1983 using an 18-seat Dornier 228-200 at Paro airport. Services were operated to Calcutta and Dhaka.
BAe 146-100s started operations in November 1988 and with their introduction the network was able to be increased to link Paro with New Delhi, Bangkok and Kathmandu. The first commercial flight with an Airbus A319 took place on 31 October, 2004 and the airline has disposed of the 2 BAe 146s. Druk Air is the only airline to serve Bhutan's only airport at Paro.
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Services
As of February 2005, Druk Air operates the following services :
Paro to Bangkok, Kolkata, Delhi, Dhaka, Kathmandu and Yangon
Fleet
The Druk Air fleet consists of 2 Airbus A319-100 aircraft (at March 2005).
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