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Kailash Helicopter Services
Bell 407GXi · 9N-AAL
Licensed5.0 (2)
LUA
Lukla
9,334 ft / 2,845 m
35m in the airDirect · 73 nm
KTM
Kathmandu
First-light window. Lifts once the valley is clear — operators fly early here because cloud builds through the morning.
Estimated range
US$3,360–US$3,780
whole helicopter
- Free on your date
- Positions in from Pokhara · US$1,260
- 6 seats · 540 kg payload
- Hill leg — a clouded-in morning moves it to the next one, not off the books
- Aircraft
- Bell 407GXi (9N-AAL) · 6 passenger seats · 125 kt cruise · 330 nm range
- Why it is a range
- US$2,100 of flying + US$1,260 positioning. The upper figure allows for a track that follows the valleys rather than the straight line, and for time held on the ground waiting out cloud.
- Aircraft time blocked
- 1h 35m in total, including turnaround at both ends. That window is what the free-on-your-date check above is run against.
- On board
- Supplemental oxygen · Noise cancelling headsets · Panoramic windows
Bell 407GXi configured for high-altitude operations with 6 passenger seats.
