Tashi Air Pvt. Ltd, trading as Bhutan Airlines, is Bhutan's first private airline.
The airline was launched on 4 December 2011 as Tashi Air and began regular scheduled flights to Bathpalathang and Yonphula on 18 December 2011. After only six months of operation, however, the airline asked the Bhutanese Government for permission to suspend domestic flights.
The airline resumed services on 10 October 2013 as Bhutan Airlines, having secured the wet lease of a single Airbus A320 aircraft from a Lithuanian-based company. Flights to Kolkata and continuing on to Bangkok were offered initially. The airline was required to resume domestic flights by October 2014, by agreement with the Government of Bhutan. Following the completion of its wet lease contract, Bhutan Airlines acquired an Airbus A319 aircraft with a seating capacity of 122 passengers on 1 May 2014. It received a second Airbus A319 on 30 July 2014.
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Airbus A319-112, registration A5-BAB, built 2001, serial number 1541 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU, VECC), Kolkata, India, 8 May 2018
