Cheapest and most reliable flight Vancouver BC to Nepal

I have flown Korean Air out of PDX after making a connection....are you using something like Kayak or another search aggregator? Also you can try putting your dep point as SEA and see if you get diff results, then see if you can connect.

You do not say when you are departing...sometimes things can look sparse then all of sudden someone like Korean dumps a ton of flights on Kayak. So if you have time ahead, say for an OCT/NOV trek you may have more options.

Good luck...

Like Roger Ray mentioned Korean Air is one option - but keep in mind that they fly only once or twice a week to KTM from ICN Korea. If you hop on over to SEA from YVR it may open up to more careers like Delta, Eva, United, Asiana which will bring you to East Asian hubs like BKK or HKG or Kul or SIN and from there you have either Nepal Airlines/Thai Airways/Dragon Air/Silk Air/Air Asia etc to bring you to KTM.

Now to your "reliability" question => Even with Chinese careers all I can say is look at their prior safety record. You can go to Wiki and get the safety record of just about any careers out there. But this is no guarantee for anything. Look what happened to Southwest at Laguardia yesterday. And as a pilot I will tell you that passengers can not possibly gauge into the safety-ness of an particular airline just from anecdotal data (at best) in forums like these.

As far comfort go - that's like opening whole different can of worms. Because of ever increasing competition, "sky high" fuel costs, and airlines not being able to charge the amount to bring in sustainable profit margins they offset it is by squeezing in more rows of seats/flight . And it is pretty much true worldwide with any careers. If the careers were to provide you ample leg room and reclining room all the capacity of the aircraft would be reduced to half and if we do a simple math - that would mean double the airfare which consumer are not willing to or can not afford to pay. Air cabins are not designed for people to be able to sleep - the cabin altitude is 8000 ft, with super dry air, the noise from the engines, turbulence, narrow upright seats - which is true with Boeing and Airbus no matter which equipment you fly. So they are designed far from people being able to sleep.

So for the most part air travel will always be an uncomfortable affair for the most people (at least when flying coach) for long distance for any foreseeable future.

Good Luck

Try Air India.

Right!

I don't know which will be their fares but Cathay Pacific changing planes in Hong Kong is an option. The leg from Hong Kong to Kathmandu is operated by Dragon Air. Be aware there are long transit times in Hong Kong. Take a look at the web of Cathay Pacific for more info.

We flew on Cathay Pacific last fall, with an overnight in Hong Kong. This worked well for us to combat total exhaustion, and also we got to see Hong Kong, which was great. The disadvantage is that it lands in KTM late at night so no mountain views. A few years ago we flew Singapore airlines, with an overnight in Singapore where they have a fairly inexpensive airport hotel. This was good, and the flight to KTM was during the day so great views. That flight seems to have gotten much more expensive now, and also is more roundabout. Have a great trip, Carol

Thank you everyone for your help!

I have been using Kayak, FlightNetwork, Orbitz, etc. and playing around with different dates - looking at leaving in late October and returning in early December.

My "reliability" concerns stem from some rather poor reviews of China Eastern and China Southern in terms of on time performance with some reviewers complaining of unexplainably long delays resulting in missed connecting flights with little to no service from the provider in terms of rebooking, etc.

I understand completely that "stuff" happens, like weather, etc. that can result in delays, etc. but also expect a company to keep their customers informed, and do what they can to help out given the circumstance.

I was hoping a few folks on the forum would be able to give a bit of perspective.

Thanks again!

Another possibility would be to see if it would be cheaper to buy a return-trip ticket from any of the West Coast cities mentioned above to Bangkok, and a second return-trip ticket between Bangkok and KTM or else Delhi, if you can afford the extra travel time this would take.

Flights to/from Bangkok and Delhi are much more frequently and heavily discounted than to KTM.

Good luck!

Hi there! I am also looking to travel from Vancouver to Tibet.
Last year, I flew China Easter/China Southern from Vancouver to India. I had also read the poor reviews, but I just couldn't pass up the cheap prices. I had no problem with them. Yes, the plane is not the nicest but the food was fine and they offer adult beverages. On the flight there I had NO tv, but survived the long flight by reading, sleeping and just being excited to land in India. My flight was delayed in Vancouver, and I was in a panic thinking I'd miss my connection in China (only 90 minutes between flights, thanks travel agent grrr). However, they held the plane in China (or maybe it was already an hour and a half late as well?). Anyways, I was impressed not to have missed my flight!! They ran us out across the tarmac! On the flight home I had a TV and it was great. I am thinking of booking with them for my trip to Nepal.