Heavy rain disrupts domestic flights

Kathmandu, September 27 — Flights and landings across various locations in the country have been affected due to heavy rain and low visibility. Tribhuvan International Airport has reported disruptions in flights and landings from airports including Surkhet, Pokhara, Bharatpur, Bhadrapur, and Tumlingtar. However, flights from Dhangadhi, Nepalgunj, Bhairahawa, Simara, and Janakpur are still operational. Due to the rain, no mountain flights have taken place today.   ...

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All domestic flights suspended due to adverse weather

Kathmandu, September 27 — The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has suspended all domestic flights from 7 PM today until tomorrow morning due to adverse weather conditions. CAAN stated that all domestic flights have been postponed because visibility has been compromised due to continuous rainfall. CAAN's Information Officer, Gyanendra Bhul, confirmed that flights have been suspended from this evening until 6 AM tomorrow. Due to unfavorable weather, all domestic flights from Tribhuvan International Airport have been postponed until Saturday morning. Over the past 15 hours of continuous rain, both domestic and international flights...

All domestic flights suspended due to adverse weather

Kathmandu, September 27 — The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has suspended all domestic flights from 7 PM today until tomorrow morning due to adverse weather conditions. CAAN stated that all domestic flights have been postponed because visibility has been compromised due to continuous rainfall. CAAN's Information Officer, Gyanendra Bhul, confirmed that flights have been suspended from this evening until 6 AM tomorrow. Due to unfavorable weather, all domestic flights from Tribhuvan International Airport have been postponed until Saturday morning. Over the past 15 hours of continuous rain, both domestic and international flights...

Qatar Airways flight makes five loops before landing at TIA

Kathmandu, September 27 — Due to heavy rain and low visibility, a Qatar Airways flight from Doha made five loops in the sky before landing in Kathmandu. According to Jagannath Niraula, the General Manager of Tribhuvan International Airport, factors such as the size of the aircraft, the number of passengers, and the pilot's familiarity with the airport can affect the flight and landing process. Other flights, however, are operating normally. Some domestic flights have been impacted by visibility issues, affecting their takeoffs and landings.   ...

Qatar Airways flight makes five loops before landing at TIA

Kathmandu, September 27 — Due to heavy rain and low visibility, a Qatar Airways flight from Doha made five loops in the sky before landing in Kathmandu. According to Jagannath Niraula, the General Manager of Tribhuvan International Airport, factors such as the size of the aircraft, the number of passengers, and the pilot's familiarity with the airport can affect the flight and landing process. Other flights, however, are operating normally. Some domestic flights have been impacted by visibility issues, affecting their takeoffs and landings.   ...

Heavy rain disrupts domestic flights

Kathmandu, September 27 — Flights and landings across various locations in the country have been affected due to heavy rain and low visibility. Tribhuvan International Airport has reported disruptions in flights and landings from airports including Surkhet, Pokhara, Bharatpur, Bhadrapur, and Tumlingtar. However, flights from Dhangadhi, Nepalgunj, Bhairahawa, Simara, and Janakpur are still operational. Due to the rain, no mountain flights have taken place today.   ...

Winter rains, snowfall affect normal life nationwide

The country from Ilam in the east to Baitadi in the west has been witnessing rain and snowfall from Tuesday night. While it is raining in the lower hills and the Terai, snowfall has affected life in the high hilly and Himalayan regions. The Kathmandu Valley is also receiving rainfall and snow from Tuesday night. While the city was drenched with rain, the high hills surrounding the valley received snowfall. The rains and snowfall have intensified cold prompting denizens to make a fire to keep themselves warm. As the rains resulted in poor visibility, 65 domestic flights were cancelled on Wednesday, according to the Tribhuvan International Airport office.

Domestic flights at TIA affected for past four days due to bad weather

Domestic flights at Tribhuvan International Airport have been affected for the past four days due to bad weather condition, said the airport office. However, international flights have been operating smoothly.  Some number of domestic flights to their destinations like from TIA to Pokhara, Janakpur and Simara has been affected as a result of low visibility due to dense smog, including in the the Kathmandu Valley, said General Manager at the airport Pratap Babu Tiwari. But, night flights have been operating.   As per the data shared by Tribhuvan International Airport, out of 112 domestic flights of different airlines scheduled on Wednesday, only 95 flights took place.Twelve flights were cancelled and five were merged. A total 9,824 people travelled by  these flights.  Similarly, out of 118 domestic flights scheduled for Tuesday, only 88 flights were made. Likewise, 30 flights were cancelled on Monday. A total of 122 flights were scheduled on the same day where only 91 took place.  Although the weather remained hazy for three days, the sky in Kathmandu is comparatively clear today. TIA general manager Tiwari said the visibility is also good in the absence of thick haze and the flights were operating regularly. According to him, flights are operating regularly from airports across the country, except from Pokhara. Flights could not be operated to and from Pokhara since the last three days and this has caused inconvenience to the passengers. Light rainfall forecast There is partial influence of local wind and the westerly wind in the country at present, in addition to the influence of the low atmospheric low pressure system that has developed south of Nepal, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Meteorological Forecasting Division said. The weather is partly cloudy in the hilly region of the country today. There is haze in some places as well.  It is partly to generally cloudy in the hilly region and partly cloudy in the rest of the country. There are chances of light rain accompanied by thunder and lightning in few places of the hilly region in Province 1 and at one or two places of the hilly region of the rest of the provinces towards the afternoon.   Kathmandu Valley recorded minimum temperature of 13 degrees Celsius and maximum 28.8 degrees Celsius today, the Division said.