KATHMANDU: Himalaya Airlines tested a flight at the newly built Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa on Thursday. The Nepali airline operator has tested flights as part of a training session for its pilots from Thursday between 12 pm and 5 pm, said Director General for the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal engineer Pradip Adhikari. […]
LUMBINI: A wide-body aircraft of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) will conduct a test flight at Gautam Buddha International Airport today. A 330 Airbus of NAC will make a test flight, according to Gautam Buddha International Airport officials. Airport administration officer Binod Singh Rawat said the test flight would take place at 3 pm. Earlier, even […]
LUMBINI: A wide-body aircraft of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) will conduct a test flight at Gautam Buddha International Airport on Thursday. On Thursday, a 330 Airbus of NAC will make a test flight, according to Gautam Buddha International Airport officials. Airport administration officer Binod Singh Rawat said the test flight would take place at 3 […]
Mechanical test flight (calibration flight) started at Gautam Buddha International Airport on February 18 has ended.
The mechanical test flight was carried out by a special aircraft of Aero Thai brought from Thailand.
Flight calibration is done to check the navigation system and ensure radar systems are working to ensure an aircraft passes an inspection and its equipment is up to date.
In that process, tests have been done on the distance of the aircraft, the route used by the aircraft, the lights installed at the runway during take-off and landing.
General Manager of Gautam Buddha International Airport Govinda Prasad Dahal said that a technical team comprising a Thai pilot flew a mechanical flight for nine days and inspected the communications equipment.
KATHMANDU: The Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd (AEROTHAI) has been granted permission to conduct the calibration flight at the Gautam Buddha International
The Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) is ready for calibration flight, which is an experimental flight operation to test runway, tower and other equipment used at the airport.
Chief of GBIA Construction Project, ICP 2, Prabin Neupane said that airplane should be brought to the newly built airport that would be second international airport in the country after the Kathmandu-based Tribhuvan International Airport.
