We book helicopter flights in the Nepal Himalaya. That is the whole business. We are not a trekking company with a helicopter page, and we are not an airline.
What we actually are
We are a flight desk. We charter aircraft from operators certified by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal and we manage the flight around you: the timing, the weight, the weather call, the operator selection, the paperwork with your insurer, and the person who picks up the phone at two in the morning.
We say this on the front page because the distinction between operator and agency is the most common piece of confusion in this market, and because a company that is vague about it is usually being vague on purpose.
Why we publish prices
Most helicopter pricing in Nepal is quoted on request. That is convenient for the seller, because the quote can follow the customer’s apparent urgency. A trekker standing at Gorakshep with a flight home in two days is not in a strong negotiating position, and everybody in this industry knows it.
We publish every route price on the site instead. It costs us margin on the days when someone would have paid more. It is worth it.
Why we publish the operators
You are getting into somebody’s aircraft. You should be able to find out whose, when it was founded, how many machines it holds and what we checked before we put passengers on it.
Why we publish the weather
Because the alternative is a customer who has been told it will probably be fine, discovering at seven in the morning that it is not. Our weather centre gives a flyable, marginal or grounded verdict for every airstrip we fly to, and it is deliberately conservative.
What we will not do
We will not guarantee a landing at Everest Base Camp on a scenic flight, because the pads are seasonal and sit on moving ice. We will not recommend an evacuation for a trekker who should walk down. We will not invoice an insurer for five charters when five people flew in one aircraft. And we will not tell you the weather looks fine when it does not.
The standards we hold ourselves to
- Certified operators only, verified annually and after any incident.
- Published prices, taxes included, the same figure on the website and on WhatsApp.
- Free rescheduling on any weather hold.
- A payload check before you pay, not after.
- An answer within minutes in daylight hours, and by the next morning overnight.
Talk to us
The dispatch desk is the fastest way to reach us. Message it with where you are, where you need to be and when, and you will get a straight answer, including when the straight answer is that it is not possible.