The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has received the report of the calibration flights conducted in Pokhara Regional International Airport (PRIA), which is set to start operations from January 1.
SANAA, May 15: A total of 392 Yemeni citizens were evacuated from Sudan and safely returned home in the past 24 hours, Yemen's state TV station reported on Monday.
The country's national carrier, Yemenia, operated two flights to facilitate their repatriation. The first f
KATHMANDU, May 11: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has formed a sub-committee to forward a plan to procure two airplanes.
The national flag carrier has brought this plan for purchasing two aircraft to operate flights in urban destinations to increase air connectivity at the pro
KATHMANDU, Dec 15: The mechanical test flight report conducted at Pokhara Regional International Airport will be made public on Friday. Aero Thai's team conducted a mechanical test flight (calibration flights) from November 21 to 27.
POKHARA, Nov 30: The mechanical test (calibration flight) has been completed at the Pokhara Regional International Airport (PRIA), which is being prepared to be put into operation from the first week of January, 2023. Mechanical testing of the airport was done for a week. However, the report has not arrived yet.
KATHMANDU, May 20: The Himalayan Airlines has stated that it has maintained transparency while selling air tickets.
The airlines has, through a press release, refuted some media report that it had charged extra ticket fee to the Indian passengers flown to Saudi Arabia from Nepal.
Government of Nepal had permitted Nepal Airlines Corporation and Himalayan Airlines to make chartered flights to ferry the Indian citizens stranded in Nepal who were aspiring to fly for Saudi Arabia.
The Airlines has stated that it had issued the tickets following global distribution system, the reliable ticketing system across the globe and therefore it had maintained transparency in ticketing.
The Airlines had made three chartered fights to Saudi Arabia carrying stranded Indian citizens from Nepal. The Indians were stuck in Nepal after the imposition of the prohibition in international flights aimed at prevention and control of COVID-19 pandemic.
KATHMANDU, May 20: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has stated that action would be taken against the airlines companies if they were found involving in irregularities in air ticketing.
The Ministry has urged all to submit such report with evidences through email at info@tourism.gov.np and dgca@caan.gov.np. The Ministry has suspended domestic and international flights since 6 May to 31 May in view of containing COVID-19 spread.
The Ministry has further mentioned that two flights in a week are in operation from and to Kathmandu and New Delhi, India following the health safety protocol.
The Ministry has granted permission to rescue flights from Nepal to abroad if the concerned embassies requested to the Ministry in case of their citizens were stuck in Nepal. The chartered flights could be managed for diplomatic purposes, rescuing the stranded tourists among other important purposes.
KATHMANDU, May 4: The government has suspended domestic flights from Monday night meant to break the chain of Corona Virus. Similarly, international flights would be suspended from May 6 midnight.
However, there would be limited flights between Nepal and India.
According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), all domestic flights and international flights have been suspended, and only two flights a week would take place between Nepal and India.
A council of ministers meeting held on Sunday decided to suspend all the domestic and international flights till May 14 to control the spread of Corona Virus infection.
However, chartered and rescue flight would take place during this period, according to CAAN.
CAAN Spokesperson, Raj Kumar Chhetri, said that domestic and international chartered and rescue flights would be operated by taking permission on the basis of necessity.
The passengers returning Nepal from India should mandatorily stay in quarantine for 10 days. Barcode and PCR report with photo has been made mandatory to the passengers for chartered and rescue flights.
The government has revised its rule on the requirement of a PCR test report, suggesting the person tests negative for coronavirus, for boarding international flights.
