尼泊尔健行2022（4）2002 Nepal Hiking (4)

终于起飞

RA 416 的字样出现在大荧幕上，心也就定了一半。

只是一半哦，经过昨晚的惊吓，坦白说，这种航空公司以后可免就免。话说为何会飞尼泊尔皇家航空呢，价格是主要因素啦。经过两年多的疫情肆虐，半条命的航空公司停飞的停飞，还飞的就飞得少，所以好几家航空公司就砍掉加满都的行程。

三月初，在决定进行这个健行计划的时候，询查一下才知道只有马航已经开始飞去加满都，但是四千多块的天价让自己怯步。（之前买过的机票都介于1500左右）当时和健行公司的负责人示意可能得把它延迟至年尾，机票价格较合理的时候才成行。负责人就说尼泊尔航空也飞往吉隆坡了，票价四百美金，折算起来还合理，所以就这样敲定。

这就是自己和这个航空结下“恶缘”的来龙去脉。

今晚十一点多来到KLIA，第一件事就是看大荧幕，呵，至少那个望穿秋水的字样RA 416浮现在板上了，但是另一半的心要定下来还是等到登机，坐下来，飞机顺利离地起飞之后才算数吧！

注：为了提神，等待时刻就只好点了这一大杯拉铁来助阵了。

It takers off finally

Yes! RA 416 finally appeared on the huge departures screen, it was a relief indeed but I could only let out half a sigh of relief at this stage, to me, the confirmation of being able to fly to Kathmandu can only be asserted after I board the plane, and the plane does take off smoothly!

The main reason I m flying Nepal Air this trip is mainly due to price factor. After two long years of pandemic assault, many airlines stopped flying to Kathmandu, when I decided to go ahead with this trip in early March, only MAS maintained the flight to Kathmandu, but its astronomical price of a return ticket at 4000rm + (normal price is only around 1500) truly set me back and caused me to think twice whether it’s worth to realise the journey now.

Serendipitously (or no?), my agent in Kathmandu was able to purchase the return tickets from Nepal Air at usd 400, so that was it, the trip was eventually concluded. So here I am, after spending one extra night due to a cancellation mishap, now waiting to board the plane , so let the journey begins!