Fly Dubai’s regular flight service between Pokhara and Dubai carried 6,362 passengers during its first month of operation, completing 30 flights on the route, according to the civil aviation office at Pokhara International Airport. General Manager Jagannath Niraula said 4,521 passengers arrived in Pokhara from Dubai, while 1,841 travelled from Pokhara to Dubai. The service began on Asoj 7, and airport officials described the first month’s results as encouraging while noting that outbound passenger numbers need to increase.
First-month passenger figures
The figures show that the route carried substantially more passengers into Pokhara than out of the city during its opening month. Arrivals from Dubai made up the larger share of the 6,362 passengers recorded, while fewer than half as many passengers boarded flights in Pokhara for the journey to Dubai. The difference between the two totals was 2,680 passengers.
Across the 30 flights, the route averaged about 212 passengers per flight when arrivals and departures are considered together. That average is based on the combined passenger count reported by the airport office; the available figures do not provide a separate passenger total for each individual flight. The data therefore gives an overall picture of the route’s opening month rather than a breakdown of changes from one flight to another.
Niraula provided the passenger totals, which cover the service’s first month after it began on Asoj 7. The figures distinguish passengers arriving in Pokhara from those departing for Dubai, offering a clear view of the two-way traffic recorded during the period. In total, the airport office counted 4,521 arrivals and 1,841 departures on the route.
Officials call start encouraging, but seek more departures
Airport officials assessed the first month as encouraging, but said the number of passengers flying from Pokhara to Dubai needs to grow. The statement reflects the imbalance in the reported totals: arrivals from Dubai exceeded departures from Pokhara by 2,680 passengers over the month.
The figures do not explain why the two directions had different passenger numbers, and officials’ call for more outbound traffic does not establish a particular cause. It does, however, identify increased departures from Pokhara as an area they want to see improve as the service continues. The reported totals provide a first-month benchmark against which later passenger figures can be compared.
For the route’s opening month, the key measures are the 30 completed flights and the 6,362 passengers recorded across them. More than 4,500 of those passengers arrived in Pokhara from Dubai, while 1,841 flew in the opposite direction. Officials’ positive assessment of the initial period is paired with a specific concern about the lower outbound count, rather than a claim that passenger movement was already balanced.
The service’s first-month results establish the scale of passenger movement reported by Pokhara International Airport’s civil aviation office after the route began on Asoj 7. As the airport monitors the service, a rise in the number of passengers departing from Pokhara would address the gap highlighted by officials. No further operational details or subsequent passenger totals were included in the first-month figures reported by the airport office.
