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Nepal Remains in EU Blacklist despite Improvement in Air Safety Rating

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April 26: Nepal's air safety rating has increased significantly in the last five years, according to a safety audit conducted by the International Civil Aviation Organization…

Jazeera Airlines to Make First International Flight to GBIA on May 16

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April 24: Jazeera Airlines will be the first airlines company to make the debut international flight to the newly opened Gautam Buddha International Airport in…

Gautam Buddha International Airport comes into Operation

Apr 21, 2022 0 3 minutes 3 seconds to read

April 21: Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) has formally come into operation from today (April…

Int'l Airports to Provide Round-the-Clock Service

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April 18: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) will be operating round the clock from May 29 following a decline in Covid-19…

Gautam Buddha Int'l Airport to Operate New Runway from April 21

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April 17: The new 3,000-metre runway of Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport will come into operation later this week starting from April…

Nepal Airlines to Operate Direct Flights to Saudi Arabia from April 22

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April 17: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is scheduled to conduct direct flights from Kathmandu to Riyadh of Saudi Arabia from April 22 to the respite of Nepali migrant…

Flights to Remote Districts of Karnali Diverted to Tourism Destinations

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April 5: Scheduled flights to and from remote areas of Karnali Province have been diverted to tourism hot-spots since the past few days as private airline companies have reportedly shifted their focus towards tourism destinations to earn quick…

Buddha Air to Operate Bhadrapur-Pokhara Flights from Upcoming New Year

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April 4: Buddha Air is preparing to conduct daily flights between Bhadrapur and Pokhara starting from April…

Five Companies Show Interest for Commercial Flights at Gautam Buddha Int'l Airport

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			'summary' => 'April 26: The Nepal Association of Tours and Travel Agents (NATTA) has expressed concerns regarding the government’s decision to increase the airport service charges.  ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 26: The Nepal Association of Tours and Travel Agents (NATTA) has expressed concerns regarding the government&rsquo;s decision to increase the airport service charges.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Issuing a statement on Monday, NATTA President Ramesh Thapa objected to the government&#39;s decision to increase the airport tariff to Rs 3,000 per passenger. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;</span></strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">This is likely to adversely affect the tourism business, which is gradually on the rise following the COVID-19 pandemic,&rdquo; the state-owned national news agency RSS quoted Thapa as saying.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The NATTA is an umbrella organization of tourism entrepreneurs in the country. The association has demanded immediate reversal of the government&#39;s decision. It has also urged the government to take such decisions in coordination with the stakeholders.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
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			'summary' => 'April 26: Nepal's air safety rating has increased significantly in the last five years, according to a safety audit conducted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). ',
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The study conducted by ICAO states that Nepal&rsquo;s air safety has increased by three percentage points in the last five years. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) informed that Nepal&rsquo;s compliance rate is above average in the air safety audit list of ICAO.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the audit, Nepal&rsquo;s air safety compliance rate has climbed to 70.1 percent at present from 66.76 percent in 2017.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">A 10-member team of ICAO had arrived in Nepal on April 13 for the audit. The team prepared its report on April 22. CAAN made the report public amid a press conference on Monday (April 25).</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">ICAO has conducted such audits in the past in 2009, 2013, 2016 and 2017.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">ICAO&rsquo;s audit looks into eight different parameters including legislation and regulation, orgnaisation and safety oversight function, personal licensing, flight operation, airworthiness of aircraft, accident and investigation, air navigation service and aerodrome and ground aids. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CAAN Director-General Pradeep Adhikari said that the increase in air safety audit rating has given a message that Nepal&rsquo;s sky is safe for aviation.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">However, the restriction imposed by the European Union on Nepali airlines has not been lifted despite Nepal&rsquo;s progress in safety rating of ICAO audit. CAAN believes that this progress would surely help Nepal in coming days.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The EU has banned Nepali aircraft in European skies since 2014 citing air safety concerns.</span></span></span></p>

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			'summary' => 'April 24: Jazeera Airlines will be the first airlines company to make the debut international flight to the newly opened Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 24: Jazeera Airlines will be the first airlines company to make the debut international flight to the newly opened Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa.&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The airport came into operation on Thursday. Jazeera Air will fly a narrow-body aircraft with a capacity of 278 passengers from Kuwait to Bhairahawa on the day of Buddha Jayanti on May 16, according to Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">It will return the next day with passengers from Nepal to Kuwait. The airlines will then fly regularly to Bhairahawa three days a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">General Manager of the international airport, Govinda Dahal, said for now the international flights are scheduled for the night to manage the air traffic congestion caused due to a single runway.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Director General of CAAN Pradip Adhikari said that the landing at Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa is expected to be smooth as there is a 3,500-meter long runway that can accommodate five international flights at a time.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Air traffic at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu is expected to decrease with the operation of the new international airport in Bhairahawa.&nbsp; -- RSS&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Gautam Buddha International Airport comes into Operation   ',
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			'summary' => 'April 21: Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) has formally come into operation from today (April 21).',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 21: Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) has formally come into operation from today (April 21). It is the second international airport of the country after the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), Pradip Adhikari, informed that the new runway of the GBIA has formally come into operation.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to him, the formal opening of the second international airport is a milestone in the 74-year history of civil aviation in Nepal.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot;We would like to offer our special thanks to all those who were directly and indirectly linked with the project,&quot; he said. The Director General said that the 1,500 metres long old runway has been closed and the new 3,500 metres runway has become operational.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Although the new runway of the airport has come into operation from today, international flights would start only from May 16, on the day of Buddha Jayanti festival or the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha. The domestic flights have already started using the new runway from today itself.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Aircraft belonging to international airline companies can now land at the GBIA when the Kathmandu-based TIA is closed or during emergency situations.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Bikram Gautam, joint-coordinator of the Operation Readiness and Airport Transport, said domestic flights have been started from the GBIA from today. He said all the flights would be operated from the new runway.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot;The Bhairahawa airport was operated on 4 July 1958 as a domestic airport. Now, we have declared that it has been brought into operation as an international airport from today,&quot; he added.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Jazeera Air of Kuwait has made all necessary preparations for operating international flights from the Gautam Buddha International Airport. Jazeera Air has so far taken official permission for operating flights from this airport. Other airlines are also in the process of operating flights from here. The airport authorities believe that the other airlines companies will also start their services from here soon.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Both narrow body and wide-body aircraft will conduct flights from GBIA.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Officials concerned have described the operation of the GBIA as a new leap forward in the country&#39;s aviation history.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Private airlines company, Yeti Airlines, conducted the first flight from the new runway, the airport office said. Other private airlines such as Buddha Air, Yeti Airlines, Shree Airlines, Saurya Airlines have been operating flights from here as well. &ndash; RSS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><br />
&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Int'l Airports to Provide Round-the-Clock Service  ',
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			'summary' => 'April 18: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) will be operating round the clock from May 29 following a decline in Covid-19 infection.   ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 18: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) will be operating round the clock from May 29 following a decline in Covid-19 infection.&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has made preparation to bring international airports into operation round the clock to manage the increasing flow of passengers.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Similarly, Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport and under construction Pokhara Regional International Airport will also operate round the clock, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to RSS, CAAN Director General, Pradeep Adhikari, confirmed that the TIA would provide 24-hour service from May 29 coinciding with the Republic Day of Nepal.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot;CAAN has released a new plan following repeated directives from Tourism Minister Prem Bahadur Ale,&quot; said Director General Adhikari.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Flow of passengers at international airport and domestic airports has increased after COVID pandemic.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&nbsp;&quot;There is a need to improve infrastructures in all international and domestic airports as well as standardization of service. It is also necessary to give a message that the Nepalese sky is safe. So we have been involved in effective management of airports,&quot; RSS quoted Adhikari as saying.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Earlier in 2075 BS, the then Tourism Minister late Rabindra Adhikari had brought the TIA into operation for 21 hours from 18 hours.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Gautam Buddha International Airport is considered as an alternative airport to TIA.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Adhikari mentioned that though the runway of Gautam Buddha International Airport would come into operation from April 21, the airport would start international flight from May 16 on the day of Buddha Jayanti festival.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&nbsp;In the meantime, CAAN has also decided to operate domestic airports till midnight. The CAAN has decided to bring Bhadrapur, Janakpur, Simara, Bhairahawa, Nepalgunj and Dhangadhi airports into operation till midnight.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><br />
&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Gautam Buddha Int'l Airport to Operate New Runway from April 21   ',
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			'summary' => 'April 17: The new 3,000-metre runway of Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport will come into operation later this week starting from April 21.    ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 17: The new 3,000-metre runway of Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport will come into operation later this week starting from April 21.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Until now, the airport has been operating the 1,500-metre runaway. Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale recently instructed the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) to operate the new runway at the earliest.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The minister also instructed the authorities make arrangements to run the airport round-the-clock, informed CAAN director-general Pradeep Kumar Adhikari.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Sources at CAAN informed that the new runway will be used for domestic flights in the first phase.</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to Adhikari, the airport will operate international flights from May 16, coinciding with the Buddha Jayanti festival. (With inputs from RSS)</span><br />
&nbsp; </span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Nepal Airlines to Operate Direct Flights to Saudi Arabia from April 22   ',
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			'summary' => 'April 17: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is scheduled to conduct direct flights from Kathmandu to Riyadh of Saudi Arabia from April 22 to the respite of Nepali migrant workers.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 17: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is scheduled to conduct direct flights from Kathmandu to Riyadh of Saudi Arabia from April 22 to the respite of Nepali migrant workers. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The cost of air travel is expected to become affordable for the aspiring Nepali workers with the operation of flights by the national flag carrier to Saudi Arabia, one of the major labour destination countries of Nepal. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">With the operation of flights, Nepali workers will have to pay Rs 37,000 for a one-way ticket to Riyad. Passengers have been paying more than Rs 63,000 at present to travel to nearby Doha via private airliner in economy class with discount. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the Executive Chairperson of Nepal Airlines Yubraj Adhikari, the state-owned airlines company will be exploring additional destinations and would expand its services gradually. NAC has already received flight permits to Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">NAC will operate two flights a week between Kathmandu and Riyadh and the number of flights will be expanded to three times a week after studying the situation, NAC said. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">NAC officials including Executive Chairperson Adhikari had visited Saudi Arabia two months ago to seek flight permission.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">For the time being, the one-way ticket for Kathmandu-Riyad flight will cost Rs 37,000, confirmed NA Spokesperson Archana Khadka. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The inaugural flight would be conducted by a wide-body aircraft of NAC which plans to operate both wide-body and narrow-body aircraft for the flights later on. </span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Flights to Remote Districts of Karnali Diverted to Tourism Destinations',
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			'summary' => 'April 5: Scheduled flights to and from remote areas of Karnali Province have been diverted to tourism hot-spots since the past few days as private airline companies have reportedly shifted their focus towards tourism destinations to earn quick money.    ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 5:&nbsp;Scheduled flights to and from remote areas of Karnali Province have been diverted to tourism hot-spots since the past few days as private airline companies have reportedly shifted their focus towards tourism destinations to earn quick money.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">With the increase in arrival of foreign tourists, the airline companies providing regular services to districts like Humla, Mugu, Jumla and Dolpa have allegedly diverted their flights to eastern districts where the influx of tourists is high during the peak season.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the stakeholders, Tara Air, Summit Air and Sita Air have reduced the number of regular flights to the remote districts of Karnali Province that are yet to be connected to the road network. This has caused inconvenience to the people of the remote districts of Karnali who rely on air service due to poor condition of roads.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Though the people of southern Humla have access to road transportation service to travel in and out of the district, the people of Sarkegad, Kharpunath, Simkot and northern Namkha rural municipality face problems due to the flight diversion, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to RSS, the district headquarters Simkot is yet to be connected with the national road network. Authorities at Simkot Airport informed said flights have been diverted since Sunday leaving passengers stranded at the airport.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Passengers awaiting for flight to Simkot from Nepalgunj and Surkhet complained that the flight diversion had lengthened their stay and made the travel unnecessarily expensive.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The private airline companies have focused on tourist flights at Lukla, Pokhara and Jomsom, RSS further said. The people of Humla complained that they are not in the priority of airline service providers during the tourist season.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;They violated the rule requiring at least one flight for Humla in a season,&rdquo; RSS quoted a passenger as saying.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The state-owned Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) conducts only limited number of flights along the Nepalgunj-Humla route and the people complain of &lsquo;undue influence&rsquo; in issuing air tickets.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The passengers accuse NAC employees in Nepalgunj of favouritism while issuing tickets to their relatives and also act upon the phone calls from people in power for the distribution of air tickets.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

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			'summary' => 'April 4: Buddha Air is preparing to conduct daily flights between Bhadrapur and Pokhara starting from April 15.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">April 4: Buddha Air is preparing to conduct daily flights between Bhadrapur and Pokhara starting from April 15.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The company has already announced the flight schedule and fares along the route.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Issuing a statement, Buddha Air informed that they are operating commercial flights along this on the occasion of New Year 2079. Buddha Air has fixed an initial fare of Rs 6900 for this route.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">According to the company, the flight is scheduled to depart from Pokhara to Bhadrapur at 1:25 pm and from Bhadrapur to Pokhara at 3 pm. The company claims that this route will not only benefit the residents of both the provinces, but also facilitate the entry of tourists from across the border in Silgadhi, Darjeeling and Sikkim.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Tourists from across the border will be able to go directly to Pokhara from Bhadrapur. The company claims that tourists can also visit various tourist and religious destinations around Bhadrapur as well as tea gardens of Ilam and view the mountain range. Buddha Holidays, a sister company of Buddha Air, has brought attractive holiday packages for both of these destinations.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Buddha Holidays has revealed a package of 2 nights and 3 days at Rs 15000 for Bhadrapur-Pokhara tour. As informed by the company, the package includes two-way air tickets, transportation facility from Pokhara Airport to hotel and hotel to Pokhara Airport, air-conditioned twin sharing room and breakfast in the morning.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Buddha Air has been connecting Pokhara with direct flights to different parts of the country. The company has already expanded direct flights from Bhairahawa, Bharatpur, Nepalgunj, Simara, Dhangadhi and Janakpur to Pokhara. Buddha Air has eleven 72-seat ATR-72 aircraft, three 42-seat ATR-42 aircraft and two Beechcraft aircraft.</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Five Companies Show Interest for Commercial Flights at Gautam Buddha Int'l Airport   ',
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			'summary' => 'March 15: Five airlines companies have shown interest to operate regular flights to and from the Gautam Buddha International Airport. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">March 15: Five airlines companies have shown interest to operate regular flights to and from the Gautam Buddha International Airport.&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) is preparing to operate international flights at the airport&nbsp; from May 16. The authorities took such decision following the instruction from&nbsp; Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Prem Bahadur Ale to make arrangement for the operation of international flights at the airport as soon as possible.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the CAAN, Jazeera Airways of Kuwait, Sri Lankan Airlines of Sri Lanka, Nepal Airlines Corporation, Qatar Airways and Thai Smile Airlines Company of Thailand have shown interest for commercial flights.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Engineer Pradeep Kumar Adhikari, Director General of CAAN, said, &quot;Some of the airline companies have shown interest to operate the service at Gautam Buddha International Airport. We have been making preparation to grant permission to the airlines after studying their proposals.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The CAAN had issued an &#39;Aeronautical Publication Information&#39; few days ago for the operation of commercial flight.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Similarly, Chief of Gautam Buddha International Airport, Govinda Prasad Dahal, said that problems have surfaced in some activities due to lack of human resources. Out of 151 quotas, there are only 36 staff at the airport.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The government has been making preparation to bring the Gautam Buddha International Airport into operation from May 16 coinciding with the Buddha Jayanti festival. -- RSS&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Govt Preparing to sign ASA with Cambodia',
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			'summary' => 'November 28: The government is preparing to sign an aviation agreement with Cambodia to start direct flights between the two countries.',
			'content' => '<p>November 28: The government is preparing to sign an aviation agreement with Cambodia to start direct flights between the two countries.</p>

<p>According to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA), the government is preparing to sign a bilateral air services agreement (ASA) with the Southeast Asian nation during the official visit of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to Nepal.</p>

<p>PM Hun Sen and Aviation Minister of Cambodia are arriving in Nepal on Thursday, November 29.</p>

<p>According to Suresh Acharya, joint-secretary at the MoCTCA, the memorandum of understanding (MoU) may be signed for a minimum of seven flights and maximum of 14 flights between the two countries.</p>

<p>&ldquo;Cambodia is also positive to sign an agreement to start direct flights between the two countries. The agreement will help promote tourism, and help develop the tourism sector of the country,&rdquo; he said.</p>

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			'title' => 'NATTA Objects to Increase in Airport Charge   ',
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			'summary' => 'April 26: The Nepal Association of Tours and Travel Agents (NATTA) has expressed concerns regarding the government’s decision to increase the airport service charges.  ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 26: The Nepal Association of Tours and Travel Agents (NATTA) has expressed concerns regarding the government&rsquo;s decision to increase the airport service charges.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Issuing a statement on Monday, NATTA President Ramesh Thapa objected to the government&#39;s decision to increase the airport tariff to Rs 3,000 per passenger. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;</span></strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">This is likely to adversely affect the tourism business, which is gradually on the rise following the COVID-19 pandemic,&rdquo; the state-owned national news agency RSS quoted Thapa as saying.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The NATTA is an umbrella organization of tourism entrepreneurs in the country. The association has demanded immediate reversal of the government&#39;s decision. It has also urged the government to take such decisions in coordination with the stakeholders.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
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			'title' => 'Nepal Remains in EU Blacklist despite Improvement in Air Safety Rating',
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			'summary' => 'April 26: Nepal's air safety rating has increased significantly in the last five years, according to a safety audit conducted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">April 26: Nepal&#39;s air safety rating has increased significantly in the last five years, according to a safety audit conducted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The study conducted by ICAO states that Nepal&rsquo;s air safety has increased by three percentage points in the last five years. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) informed that Nepal&rsquo;s compliance rate is above average in the air safety audit list of ICAO.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the audit, Nepal&rsquo;s air safety compliance rate has climbed to 70.1 percent at present from 66.76 percent in 2017.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">A 10-member team of ICAO had arrived in Nepal on April 13 for the audit. The team prepared its report on April 22. CAAN made the report public amid a press conference on Monday (April 25).</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">ICAO has conducted such audits in the past in 2009, 2013, 2016 and 2017.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">ICAO&rsquo;s audit looks into eight different parameters including legislation and regulation, orgnaisation and safety oversight function, personal licensing, flight operation, airworthiness of aircraft, accident and investigation, air navigation service and aerodrome and ground aids. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CAAN Director-General Pradeep Adhikari said that the increase in air safety audit rating has given a message that Nepal&rsquo;s sky is safe for aviation.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">However, the restriction imposed by the European Union on Nepali airlines has not been lifted despite Nepal&rsquo;s progress in safety rating of ICAO audit. CAAN believes that this progress would surely help Nepal in coming days.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The EU has banned Nepali aircraft in European skies since 2014 citing air safety concerns.</span></span></span></p>

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			'summary' => 'April 24: Jazeera Airlines will be the first airlines company to make the debut international flight to the newly opened Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 24: Jazeera Airlines will be the first airlines company to make the debut international flight to the newly opened Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa.&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The airport came into operation on Thursday. Jazeera Air will fly a narrow-body aircraft with a capacity of 278 passengers from Kuwait to Bhairahawa on the day of Buddha Jayanti on May 16, according to Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">It will return the next day with passengers from Nepal to Kuwait. The airlines will then fly regularly to Bhairahawa three days a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">General Manager of the international airport, Govinda Dahal, said for now the international flights are scheduled for the night to manage the air traffic congestion caused due to a single runway.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Director General of CAAN Pradip Adhikari said that the landing at Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa is expected to be smooth as there is a 3,500-meter long runway that can accommodate five international flights at a time.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Air traffic at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu is expected to decrease with the operation of the new international airport in Bhairahawa.&nbsp; -- RSS&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Gautam Buddha International Airport comes into Operation   ',
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			'summary' => 'April 21: Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) has formally come into operation from today (April 21).',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 21: Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) has formally come into operation from today (April 21). It is the second international airport of the country after the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), Pradip Adhikari, informed that the new runway of the GBIA has formally come into operation.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to him, the formal opening of the second international airport is a milestone in the 74-year history of civil aviation in Nepal.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot;We would like to offer our special thanks to all those who were directly and indirectly linked with the project,&quot; he said. The Director General said that the 1,500 metres long old runway has been closed and the new 3,500 metres runway has become operational.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Although the new runway of the airport has come into operation from today, international flights would start only from May 16, on the day of Buddha Jayanti festival or the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha. The domestic flights have already started using the new runway from today itself.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Aircraft belonging to international airline companies can now land at the GBIA when the Kathmandu-based TIA is closed or during emergency situations.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Bikram Gautam, joint-coordinator of the Operation Readiness and Airport Transport, said domestic flights have been started from the GBIA from today. He said all the flights would be operated from the new runway.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot;The Bhairahawa airport was operated on 4 July 1958 as a domestic airport. Now, we have declared that it has been brought into operation as an international airport from today,&quot; he added.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Jazeera Air of Kuwait has made all necessary preparations for operating international flights from the Gautam Buddha International Airport. Jazeera Air has so far taken official permission for operating flights from this airport. Other airlines are also in the process of operating flights from here. The airport authorities believe that the other airlines companies will also start their services from here soon.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Both narrow body and wide-body aircraft will conduct flights from GBIA.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Officials concerned have described the operation of the GBIA as a new leap forward in the country&#39;s aviation history.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Private airlines company, Yeti Airlines, conducted the first flight from the new runway, the airport office said. Other private airlines such as Buddha Air, Yeti Airlines, Shree Airlines, Saurya Airlines have been operating flights from here as well. &ndash; RSS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><br />
&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '15121',
			'article_category_id' => '228',
			'title' => 'Int'l Airports to Provide Round-the-Clock Service  ',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'April 18: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) will be operating round the clock from May 29 following a decline in Covid-19 infection.   ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 18: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) will be operating round the clock from May 29 following a decline in Covid-19 infection.&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has made preparation to bring international airports into operation round the clock to manage the increasing flow of passengers.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Similarly, Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport and under construction Pokhara Regional International Airport will also operate round the clock, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to RSS, CAAN Director General, Pradeep Adhikari, confirmed that the TIA would provide 24-hour service from May 29 coinciding with the Republic Day of Nepal.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot;CAAN has released a new plan following repeated directives from Tourism Minister Prem Bahadur Ale,&quot; said Director General Adhikari.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Flow of passengers at international airport and domestic airports has increased after COVID pandemic.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&nbsp;&quot;There is a need to improve infrastructures in all international and domestic airports as well as standardization of service. It is also necessary to give a message that the Nepalese sky is safe. So we have been involved in effective management of airports,&quot; RSS quoted Adhikari as saying.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Earlier in 2075 BS, the then Tourism Minister late Rabindra Adhikari had brought the TIA into operation for 21 hours from 18 hours.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Gautam Buddha International Airport is considered as an alternative airport to TIA.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Adhikari mentioned that though the runway of Gautam Buddha International Airport would come into operation from April 21, the airport would start international flight from May 16 on the day of Buddha Jayanti festival.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&nbsp;In the meantime, CAAN has also decided to operate domestic airports till midnight. The CAAN has decided to bring Bhadrapur, Janakpur, Simara, Bhairahawa, Nepalgunj and Dhangadhi airports into operation till midnight.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><br />
&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '15118',
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			'title' => 'Gautam Buddha Int'l Airport to Operate New Runway from April 21   ',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'April 17: The new 3,000-metre runway of Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport will come into operation later this week starting from April 21.    ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 17: The new 3,000-metre runway of Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport will come into operation later this week starting from April 21.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Until now, the airport has been operating the 1,500-metre runaway. Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale recently instructed the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) to operate the new runway at the earliest.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The minister also instructed the authorities make arrangements to run the airport round-the-clock, informed CAAN director-general Pradeep Kumar Adhikari.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Sources at CAAN informed that the new runway will be used for domestic flights in the first phase.</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to Adhikari, the airport will operate international flights from May 16, coinciding with the Buddha Jayanti festival. (With inputs from RSS)</span><br />
&nbsp; </span></span></p>
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			'created' => '2022-04-17',
			'modified' => '2022-04-18',
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			'sortorder' => '14860',
			'image' => '20220417053452_gautam-buddha-international-airport-blueprint-1536x629.jpg',
			'article_date' => '2022-04-17 17:33:13',
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		'Article' => array(
			'id' => '15113',
			'article_category_id' => '228',
			'title' => 'Nepal Airlines to Operate Direct Flights to Saudi Arabia from April 22   ',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'April 17: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is scheduled to conduct direct flights from Kathmandu to Riyadh of Saudi Arabia from April 22 to the respite of Nepali migrant workers.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 17: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is scheduled to conduct direct flights from Kathmandu to Riyadh of Saudi Arabia from April 22 to the respite of Nepali migrant workers. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The cost of air travel is expected to become affordable for the aspiring Nepali workers with the operation of flights by the national flag carrier to Saudi Arabia, one of the major labour destination countries of Nepal. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">With the operation of flights, Nepali workers will have to pay Rs 37,000 for a one-way ticket to Riyad. Passengers have been paying more than Rs 63,000 at present to travel to nearby Doha via private airliner in economy class with discount. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the Executive Chairperson of Nepal Airlines Yubraj Adhikari, the state-owned airlines company will be exploring additional destinations and would expand its services gradually. NAC has already received flight permits to Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">NAC will operate two flights a week between Kathmandu and Riyadh and the number of flights will be expanded to three times a week after studying the situation, NAC said. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">NAC officials including Executive Chairperson Adhikari had visited Saudi Arabia two months ago to seek flight permission.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">For the time being, the one-way ticket for Kathmandu-Riyad flight will cost Rs 37,000, confirmed NA Spokesperson Archana Khadka. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The inaugural flight would be conducted by a wide-body aircraft of NAC which plans to operate both wide-body and narrow-body aircraft for the flights later on. </span></span></span></p>
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			'id' => '15044',
			'article_category_id' => '228',
			'title' => 'Flights to Remote Districts of Karnali Diverted to Tourism Destinations',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'April 5: Scheduled flights to and from remote areas of Karnali Province have been diverted to tourism hot-spots since the past few days as private airline companies have reportedly shifted their focus towards tourism destinations to earn quick money.    ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 5:&nbsp;Scheduled flights to and from remote areas of Karnali Province have been diverted to tourism hot-spots since the past few days as private airline companies have reportedly shifted their focus towards tourism destinations to earn quick money.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">With the increase in arrival of foreign tourists, the airline companies providing regular services to districts like Humla, Mugu, Jumla and Dolpa have allegedly diverted their flights to eastern districts where the influx of tourists is high during the peak season.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the stakeholders, Tara Air, Summit Air and Sita Air have reduced the number of regular flights to the remote districts of Karnali Province that are yet to be connected to the road network. This has caused inconvenience to the people of the remote districts of Karnali who rely on air service due to poor condition of roads.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Though the people of southern Humla have access to road transportation service to travel in and out of the district, the people of Sarkegad, Kharpunath, Simkot and northern Namkha rural municipality face problems due to the flight diversion, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to RSS, the district headquarters Simkot is yet to be connected with the national road network. Authorities at Simkot Airport informed said flights have been diverted since Sunday leaving passengers stranded at the airport.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Passengers awaiting for flight to Simkot from Nepalgunj and Surkhet complained that the flight diversion had lengthened their stay and made the travel unnecessarily expensive.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The private airline companies have focused on tourist flights at Lukla, Pokhara and Jomsom, RSS further said. The people of Humla complained that they are not in the priority of airline service providers during the tourist season.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;They violated the rule requiring at least one flight for Humla in a season,&rdquo; RSS quoted a passenger as saying.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The state-owned Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) conducts only limited number of flights along the Nepalgunj-Humla route and the people complain of &lsquo;undue influence&rsquo; in issuing air tickets.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The passengers accuse NAC employees in Nepalgunj of favouritism while issuing tickets to their relatives and also act upon the phone calls from people in power for the distribution of air tickets.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '15037',
			'article_category_id' => '228',
			'title' => 'Buddha Air to Operate Bhadrapur-Pokhara Flights from Upcoming New Year',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'April 4: Buddha Air is preparing to conduct daily flights between Bhadrapur and Pokhara starting from April 15.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">April 4: Buddha Air is preparing to conduct daily flights between Bhadrapur and Pokhara starting from April 15.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The company has already announced the flight schedule and fares along the route.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Issuing a statement, Buddha Air informed that they are operating commercial flights along this on the occasion of New Year 2079. Buddha Air has fixed an initial fare of Rs 6900 for this route.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">According to the company, the flight is scheduled to depart from Pokhara to Bhadrapur at 1:25 pm and from Bhadrapur to Pokhara at 3 pm. The company claims that this route will not only benefit the residents of both the provinces, but also facilitate the entry of tourists from across the border in Silgadhi, Darjeeling and Sikkim.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Tourists from across the border will be able to go directly to Pokhara from Bhadrapur. The company claims that tourists can also visit various tourist and religious destinations around Bhadrapur as well as tea gardens of Ilam and view the mountain range. Buddha Holidays, a sister company of Buddha Air, has brought attractive holiday packages for both of these destinations.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Buddha Holidays has revealed a package of 2 nights and 3 days at Rs 15000 for Bhadrapur-Pokhara tour. As informed by the company, the package includes two-way air tickets, transportation facility from Pokhara Airport to hotel and hotel to Pokhara Airport, air-conditioned twin sharing room and breakfast in the morning.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Buddha Air has been connecting Pokhara with direct flights to different parts of the country. The company has already expanded direct flights from Bhairahawa, Bharatpur, Nepalgunj, Simara, Dhangadhi and Janakpur to Pokhara. Buddha Air has eleven 72-seat ATR-72 aircraft, three 42-seat ATR-42 aircraft and two Beechcraft aircraft.</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'id' => '14934',
			'article_category_id' => '228',
			'title' => 'Five Companies Show Interest for Commercial Flights at Gautam Buddha Int'l Airport   ',
			'sub_title' => '',
			'summary' => 'March 15: Five airlines companies have shown interest to operate regular flights to and from the Gautam Buddha International Airport. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">March 15: Five airlines companies have shown interest to operate regular flights to and from the Gautam Buddha International Airport.&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) is preparing to operate international flights at the airport&nbsp; from May 16. The authorities took such decision following the instruction from&nbsp; Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Prem Bahadur Ale to make arrangement for the operation of international flights at the airport as soon as possible.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the CAAN, Jazeera Airways of Kuwait, Sri Lankan Airlines of Sri Lanka, Nepal Airlines Corporation, Qatar Airways and Thai Smile Airlines Company of Thailand have shown interest for commercial flights.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Engineer Pradeep Kumar Adhikari, Director General of CAAN, said, &quot;Some of the airline companies have shown interest to operate the service at Gautam Buddha International Airport. We have been making preparation to grant permission to the airlines after studying their proposals.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The CAAN had issued an &#39;Aeronautical Publication Information&#39; few days ago for the operation of commercial flight.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Similarly, Chief of Gautam Buddha International Airport, Govinda Prasad Dahal, said that problems have surfaced in some activities due to lack of human resources. Out of 151 quotas, there are only 36 staff at the airport.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The government has been making preparation to bring the Gautam Buddha International Airport into operation from May 16 coinciding with the Buddha Jayanti festival. -- RSS&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
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			'content' => '<p>November 28: The government is preparing to sign an aviation agreement with Cambodia to start direct flights between the two countries.</p>

<p>According to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA), the government is preparing to sign a bilateral air services agreement (ASA) with the Southeast Asian nation during the official visit of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to Nepal.</p>

<p>PM Hun Sen and Aviation Minister of Cambodia are arriving in Nepal on Thursday, November 29.</p>

<p>According to Suresh Acharya, joint-secretary at the MoCTCA, the memorandum of understanding (MoU) may be signed for a minimum of seven flights and maximum of 14 flights between the two countries.</p>

<p>&ldquo;Cambodia is also positive to sign an agreement to start direct flights between the two countries. The agreement will help promote tourism, and help develop the tourism sector of the country,&rdquo; he said.</p>

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			'title' => 'NATTA Objects to Increase in Airport Charge   ',
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			'summary' => 'April 26: The Nepal Association of Tours and Travel Agents (NATTA) has expressed concerns regarding the government’s decision to increase the airport service charges.  ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 26: The Nepal Association of Tours and Travel Agents (NATTA) has expressed concerns regarding the government&rsquo;s decision to increase the airport service charges.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Issuing a statement on Monday, NATTA President Ramesh Thapa objected to the government&#39;s decision to increase the airport tariff to Rs 3,000 per passenger. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;</span></strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">This is likely to adversely affect the tourism business, which is gradually on the rise following the COVID-19 pandemic,&rdquo; the state-owned national news agency RSS quoted Thapa as saying.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The NATTA is an umbrella organization of tourism entrepreneurs in the country. The association has demanded immediate reversal of the government&#39;s decision. It has also urged the government to take such decisions in coordination with the stakeholders.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
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			'title' => 'Nepal Remains in EU Blacklist despite Improvement in Air Safety Rating',
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			'summary' => 'April 26: Nepal's air safety rating has increased significantly in the last five years, according to a safety audit conducted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">April 26: Nepal&#39;s air safety rating has increased significantly in the last five years, according to a safety audit conducted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The study conducted by ICAO states that Nepal&rsquo;s air safety has increased by three percentage points in the last five years. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) informed that Nepal&rsquo;s compliance rate is above average in the air safety audit list of ICAO.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the audit, Nepal&rsquo;s air safety compliance rate has climbed to 70.1 percent at present from 66.76 percent in 2017.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">A 10-member team of ICAO had arrived in Nepal on April 13 for the audit. The team prepared its report on April 22. CAAN made the report public amid a press conference on Monday (April 25).</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">ICAO has conducted such audits in the past in 2009, 2013, 2016 and 2017.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">ICAO&rsquo;s audit looks into eight different parameters including legislation and regulation, orgnaisation and safety oversight function, personal licensing, flight operation, airworthiness of aircraft, accident and investigation, air navigation service and aerodrome and ground aids. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CAAN Director-General Pradeep Adhikari said that the increase in air safety audit rating has given a message that Nepal&rsquo;s sky is safe for aviation.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">However, the restriction imposed by the European Union on Nepali airlines has not been lifted despite Nepal&rsquo;s progress in safety rating of ICAO audit. CAAN believes that this progress would surely help Nepal in coming days.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The EU has banned Nepali aircraft in European skies since 2014 citing air safety concerns.</span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Jazeera Airlines to Make First International Flight to GBIA on May 16  ',
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			'summary' => 'April 24: Jazeera Airlines will be the first airlines company to make the debut international flight to the newly opened Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 24: Jazeera Airlines will be the first airlines company to make the debut international flight to the newly opened Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa.&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The airport came into operation on Thursday. Jazeera Air will fly a narrow-body aircraft with a capacity of 278 passengers from Kuwait to Bhairahawa on the day of Buddha Jayanti on May 16, according to Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">It will return the next day with passengers from Nepal to Kuwait. The airlines will then fly regularly to Bhairahawa three days a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">General Manager of the international airport, Govinda Dahal, said for now the international flights are scheduled for the night to manage the air traffic congestion caused due to a single runway.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Director General of CAAN Pradip Adhikari said that the landing at Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa is expected to be smooth as there is a 3,500-meter long runway that can accommodate five international flights at a time.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Air traffic at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu is expected to decrease with the operation of the new international airport in Bhairahawa.&nbsp; -- RSS&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Gautam Buddha International Airport comes into Operation   ',
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			'summary' => 'April 21: Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) has formally come into operation from today (April 21).',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 21: Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) has formally come into operation from today (April 21). It is the second international airport of the country after the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), Pradip Adhikari, informed that the new runway of the GBIA has formally come into operation.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to him, the formal opening of the second international airport is a milestone in the 74-year history of civil aviation in Nepal.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot;We would like to offer our special thanks to all those who were directly and indirectly linked with the project,&quot; he said. The Director General said that the 1,500 metres long old runway has been closed and the new 3,500 metres runway has become operational.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Although the new runway of the airport has come into operation from today, international flights would start only from May 16, on the day of Buddha Jayanti festival or the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha. The domestic flights have already started using the new runway from today itself.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Aircraft belonging to international airline companies can now land at the GBIA when the Kathmandu-based TIA is closed or during emergency situations.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Bikram Gautam, joint-coordinator of the Operation Readiness and Airport Transport, said domestic flights have been started from the GBIA from today. He said all the flights would be operated from the new runway.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot;The Bhairahawa airport was operated on 4 July 1958 as a domestic airport. Now, we have declared that it has been brought into operation as an international airport from today,&quot; he added.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Jazeera Air of Kuwait has made all necessary preparations for operating international flights from the Gautam Buddha International Airport. Jazeera Air has so far taken official permission for operating flights from this airport. Other airlines are also in the process of operating flights from here. The airport authorities believe that the other airlines companies will also start their services from here soon.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Both narrow body and wide-body aircraft will conduct flights from GBIA.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Officials concerned have described the operation of the GBIA as a new leap forward in the country&#39;s aviation history.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Private airlines company, Yeti Airlines, conducted the first flight from the new runway, the airport office said. Other private airlines such as Buddha Air, Yeti Airlines, Shree Airlines, Saurya Airlines have been operating flights from here as well. &ndash; RSS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><br />
&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Int'l Airports to Provide Round-the-Clock Service  ',
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			'summary' => 'April 18: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) will be operating round the clock from May 29 following a decline in Covid-19 infection.   ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 18: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) will be operating round the clock from May 29 following a decline in Covid-19 infection.&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has made preparation to bring international airports into operation round the clock to manage the increasing flow of passengers.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Similarly, Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport and under construction Pokhara Regional International Airport will also operate round the clock, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to RSS, CAAN Director General, Pradeep Adhikari, confirmed that the TIA would provide 24-hour service from May 29 coinciding with the Republic Day of Nepal.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot;CAAN has released a new plan following repeated directives from Tourism Minister Prem Bahadur Ale,&quot; said Director General Adhikari.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Flow of passengers at international airport and domestic airports has increased after COVID pandemic.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&nbsp;&quot;There is a need to improve infrastructures in all international and domestic airports as well as standardization of service. It is also necessary to give a message that the Nepalese sky is safe. So we have been involved in effective management of airports,&quot; RSS quoted Adhikari as saying.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Earlier in 2075 BS, the then Tourism Minister late Rabindra Adhikari had brought the TIA into operation for 21 hours from 18 hours.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Gautam Buddha International Airport is considered as an alternative airport to TIA.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Adhikari mentioned that though the runway of Gautam Buddha International Airport would come into operation from April 21, the airport would start international flight from May 16 on the day of Buddha Jayanti festival.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&nbsp;In the meantime, CAAN has also decided to operate domestic airports till midnight. The CAAN has decided to bring Bhadrapur, Janakpur, Simara, Bhairahawa, Nepalgunj and Dhangadhi airports into operation till midnight.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><br />
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			'summary' => 'April 17: The new 3,000-metre runway of Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport will come into operation later this week starting from April 21.    ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 17: The new 3,000-metre runway of Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport will come into operation later this week starting from April 21.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Until now, the airport has been operating the 1,500-metre runaway. Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale recently instructed the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) to operate the new runway at the earliest.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The minister also instructed the authorities make arrangements to run the airport round-the-clock, informed CAAN director-general Pradeep Kumar Adhikari.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Sources at CAAN informed that the new runway will be used for domestic flights in the first phase.</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to Adhikari, the airport will operate international flights from May 16, coinciding with the Buddha Jayanti festival. (With inputs from RSS)</span><br />
&nbsp; </span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Nepal Airlines to Operate Direct Flights to Saudi Arabia from April 22   ',
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			'summary' => 'April 17: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is scheduled to conduct direct flights from Kathmandu to Riyadh of Saudi Arabia from April 22 to the respite of Nepali migrant workers.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 17: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is scheduled to conduct direct flights from Kathmandu to Riyadh of Saudi Arabia from April 22 to the respite of Nepali migrant workers. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The cost of air travel is expected to become affordable for the aspiring Nepali workers with the operation of flights by the national flag carrier to Saudi Arabia, one of the major labour destination countries of Nepal. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">With the operation of flights, Nepali workers will have to pay Rs 37,000 for a one-way ticket to Riyad. Passengers have been paying more than Rs 63,000 at present to travel to nearby Doha via private airliner in economy class with discount. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the Executive Chairperson of Nepal Airlines Yubraj Adhikari, the state-owned airlines company will be exploring additional destinations and would expand its services gradually. NAC has already received flight permits to Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">NAC will operate two flights a week between Kathmandu and Riyadh and the number of flights will be expanded to three times a week after studying the situation, NAC said. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">NAC officials including Executive Chairperson Adhikari had visited Saudi Arabia two months ago to seek flight permission.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">For the time being, the one-way ticket for Kathmandu-Riyad flight will cost Rs 37,000, confirmed NA Spokesperson Archana Khadka. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The inaugural flight would be conducted by a wide-body aircraft of NAC which plans to operate both wide-body and narrow-body aircraft for the flights later on. </span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Flights to Remote Districts of Karnali Diverted to Tourism Destinations',
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			'summary' => 'April 5: Scheduled flights to and from remote areas of Karnali Province have been diverted to tourism hot-spots since the past few days as private airline companies have reportedly shifted their focus towards tourism destinations to earn quick money.    ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 5:&nbsp;Scheduled flights to and from remote areas of Karnali Province have been diverted to tourism hot-spots since the past few days as private airline companies have reportedly shifted their focus towards tourism destinations to earn quick money.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">With the increase in arrival of foreign tourists, the airline companies providing regular services to districts like Humla, Mugu, Jumla and Dolpa have allegedly diverted their flights to eastern districts where the influx of tourists is high during the peak season.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the stakeholders, Tara Air, Summit Air and Sita Air have reduced the number of regular flights to the remote districts of Karnali Province that are yet to be connected to the road network. This has caused inconvenience to the people of the remote districts of Karnali who rely on air service due to poor condition of roads.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Though the people of southern Humla have access to road transportation service to travel in and out of the district, the people of Sarkegad, Kharpunath, Simkot and northern Namkha rural municipality face problems due to the flight diversion, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to RSS, the district headquarters Simkot is yet to be connected with the national road network. Authorities at Simkot Airport informed said flights have been diverted since Sunday leaving passengers stranded at the airport.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Passengers awaiting for flight to Simkot from Nepalgunj and Surkhet complained that the flight diversion had lengthened their stay and made the travel unnecessarily expensive.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The private airline companies have focused on tourist flights at Lukla, Pokhara and Jomsom, RSS further said. The people of Humla complained that they are not in the priority of airline service providers during the tourist season.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;They violated the rule requiring at least one flight for Humla in a season,&rdquo; RSS quoted a passenger as saying.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The state-owned Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) conducts only limited number of flights along the Nepalgunj-Humla route and the people complain of &lsquo;undue influence&rsquo; in issuing air tickets.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The passengers accuse NAC employees in Nepalgunj of favouritism while issuing tickets to their relatives and also act upon the phone calls from people in power for the distribution of air tickets.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

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			'summary' => 'April 4: Buddha Air is preparing to conduct daily flights between Bhadrapur and Pokhara starting from April 15.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">April 4: Buddha Air is preparing to conduct daily flights between Bhadrapur and Pokhara starting from April 15.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The company has already announced the flight schedule and fares along the route.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Issuing a statement, Buddha Air informed that they are operating commercial flights along this on the occasion of New Year 2079. Buddha Air has fixed an initial fare of Rs 6900 for this route.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">According to the company, the flight is scheduled to depart from Pokhara to Bhadrapur at 1:25 pm and from Bhadrapur to Pokhara at 3 pm. The company claims that this route will not only benefit the residents of both the provinces, but also facilitate the entry of tourists from across the border in Silgadhi, Darjeeling and Sikkim.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Tourists from across the border will be able to go directly to Pokhara from Bhadrapur. The company claims that tourists can also visit various tourist and religious destinations around Bhadrapur as well as tea gardens of Ilam and view the mountain range. Buddha Holidays, a sister company of Buddha Air, has brought attractive holiday packages for both of these destinations.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Buddha Holidays has revealed a package of 2 nights and 3 days at Rs 15000 for Bhadrapur-Pokhara tour. As informed by the company, the package includes two-way air tickets, transportation facility from Pokhara Airport to hotel and hotel to Pokhara Airport, air-conditioned twin sharing room and breakfast in the morning.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Buddha Air has been connecting Pokhara with direct flights to different parts of the country. The company has already expanded direct flights from Bhairahawa, Bharatpur, Nepalgunj, Simara, Dhangadhi and Janakpur to Pokhara. Buddha Air has eleven 72-seat ATR-72 aircraft, three 42-seat ATR-42 aircraft and two Beechcraft aircraft.</span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Five Companies Show Interest for Commercial Flights at Gautam Buddha Int'l Airport   ',
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			'summary' => 'March 15: Five airlines companies have shown interest to operate regular flights to and from the Gautam Buddha International Airport. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">March 15: Five airlines companies have shown interest to operate regular flights to and from the Gautam Buddha International Airport.&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) is preparing to operate international flights at the airport&nbsp; from May 16. The authorities took such decision following the instruction from&nbsp; Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Prem Bahadur Ale to make arrangement for the operation of international flights at the airport as soon as possible.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the CAAN, Jazeera Airways of Kuwait, Sri Lankan Airlines of Sri Lanka, Nepal Airlines Corporation, Qatar Airways and Thai Smile Airlines Company of Thailand have shown interest for commercial flights.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Engineer Pradeep Kumar Adhikari, Director General of CAAN, said, &quot;Some of the airline companies have shown interest to operate the service at Gautam Buddha International Airport. We have been making preparation to grant permission to the airlines after studying their proposals.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The CAAN had issued an &#39;Aeronautical Publication Information&#39; few days ago for the operation of commercial flight.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Similarly, Chief of Gautam Buddha International Airport, Govinda Prasad Dahal, said that problems have surfaced in some activities due to lack of human resources. Out of 151 quotas, there are only 36 staff at the airport.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The government has been making preparation to bring the Gautam Buddha International Airport into operation from May 16 coinciding with the Buddha Jayanti festival. -- RSS&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Govt Preparing to sign ASA with Cambodia',
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			'summary' => 'November 28: The government is preparing to sign an aviation agreement with Cambodia to start direct flights between the two countries.',
			'content' => '<p>November 28: The government is preparing to sign an aviation agreement with Cambodia to start direct flights between the two countries.</p>

<p>According to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA), the government is preparing to sign a bilateral air services agreement (ASA) with the Southeast Asian nation during the official visit of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to Nepal.</p>

<p>PM Hun Sen and Aviation Minister of Cambodia are arriving in Nepal on Thursday, November 29.</p>

<p>According to Suresh Acharya, joint-secretary at the MoCTCA, the memorandum of understanding (MoU) may be signed for a minimum of seven flights and maximum of 14 flights between the two countries.</p>

<p>&ldquo;Cambodia is also positive to sign an agreement to start direct flights between the two countries. The agreement will help promote tourism, and help develop the tourism sector of the country,&rdquo; he said.</p>

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			'title' => 'NATTA Objects to Increase in Airport Charge   ',
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			'summary' => 'April 26: The Nepal Association of Tours and Travel Agents (NATTA) has expressed concerns regarding the government’s decision to increase the airport service charges.  ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 26: The Nepal Association of Tours and Travel Agents (NATTA) has expressed concerns regarding the government&rsquo;s decision to increase the airport service charges.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Issuing a statement on Monday, NATTA President Ramesh Thapa objected to the government&#39;s decision to increase the airport tariff to Rs 3,000 per passenger. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;</span></strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">This is likely to adversely affect the tourism business, which is gradually on the rise following the COVID-19 pandemic,&rdquo; the state-owned national news agency RSS quoted Thapa as saying.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The NATTA is an umbrella organization of tourism entrepreneurs in the country. The association has demanded immediate reversal of the government&#39;s decision. It has also urged the government to take such decisions in coordination with the stakeholders.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
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			'title' => 'Nepal Remains in EU Blacklist despite Improvement in Air Safety Rating',
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			'summary' => 'April 26: Nepal's air safety rating has increased significantly in the last five years, according to a safety audit conducted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">April 26: Nepal&#39;s air safety rating has increased significantly in the last five years, according to a safety audit conducted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The study conducted by ICAO states that Nepal&rsquo;s air safety has increased by three percentage points in the last five years. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) informed that Nepal&rsquo;s compliance rate is above average in the air safety audit list of ICAO.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the audit, Nepal&rsquo;s air safety compliance rate has climbed to 70.1 percent at present from 66.76 percent in 2017.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">A 10-member team of ICAO had arrived in Nepal on April 13 for the audit. The team prepared its report on April 22. CAAN made the report public amid a press conference on Monday (April 25).</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">ICAO has conducted such audits in the past in 2009, 2013, 2016 and 2017.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">ICAO&rsquo;s audit looks into eight different parameters including legislation and regulation, orgnaisation and safety oversight function, personal licensing, flight operation, airworthiness of aircraft, accident and investigation, air navigation service and aerodrome and ground aids. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CAAN Director-General Pradeep Adhikari said that the increase in air safety audit rating has given a message that Nepal&rsquo;s sky is safe for aviation.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">However, the restriction imposed by the European Union on Nepali airlines has not been lifted despite Nepal&rsquo;s progress in safety rating of ICAO audit. CAAN believes that this progress would surely help Nepal in coming days.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The EU has banned Nepali aircraft in European skies since 2014 citing air safety concerns.</span></span></span></p>

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			'title' => 'Jazeera Airlines to Make First International Flight to GBIA on May 16  ',
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			'summary' => 'April 24: Jazeera Airlines will be the first airlines company to make the debut international flight to the newly opened Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa. ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 24: Jazeera Airlines will be the first airlines company to make the debut international flight to the newly opened Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa.&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The airport came into operation on Thursday. Jazeera Air will fly a narrow-body aircraft with a capacity of 278 passengers from Kuwait to Bhairahawa on the day of Buddha Jayanti on May 16, according to Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">It will return the next day with passengers from Nepal to Kuwait. The airlines will then fly regularly to Bhairahawa three days a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">General Manager of the international airport, Govinda Dahal, said for now the international flights are scheduled for the night to manage the air traffic congestion caused due to a single runway.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Director General of CAAN Pradip Adhikari said that the landing at Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa is expected to be smooth as there is a 3,500-meter long runway that can accommodate five international flights at a time.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Air traffic at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu is expected to decrease with the operation of the new international airport in Bhairahawa.&nbsp; -- RSS&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Gautam Buddha International Airport comes into Operation   ',
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			'summary' => 'April 21: Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) has formally come into operation from today (April 21).',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 21: Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) has formally come into operation from today (April 21). It is the second international airport of the country after the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), Pradip Adhikari, informed that the new runway of the GBIA has formally come into operation.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to him, the formal opening of the second international airport is a milestone in the 74-year history of civil aviation in Nepal.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot;We would like to offer our special thanks to all those who were directly and indirectly linked with the project,&quot; he said. The Director General said that the 1,500 metres long old runway has been closed and the new 3,500 metres runway has become operational.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Although the new runway of the airport has come into operation from today, international flights would start only from May 16, on the day of Buddha Jayanti festival or the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha. The domestic flights have already started using the new runway from today itself.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Aircraft belonging to international airline companies can now land at the GBIA when the Kathmandu-based TIA is closed or during emergency situations.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Bikram Gautam, joint-coordinator of the Operation Readiness and Airport Transport, said domestic flights have been started from the GBIA from today. He said all the flights would be operated from the new runway.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot;The Bhairahawa airport was operated on 4 July 1958 as a domestic airport. Now, we have declared that it has been brought into operation as an international airport from today,&quot; he added.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Jazeera Air of Kuwait has made all necessary preparations for operating international flights from the Gautam Buddha International Airport. Jazeera Air has so far taken official permission for operating flights from this airport. Other airlines are also in the process of operating flights from here. The airport authorities believe that the other airlines companies will also start their services from here soon.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Both narrow body and wide-body aircraft will conduct flights from GBIA.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Officials concerned have described the operation of the GBIA as a new leap forward in the country&#39;s aviation history.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Private airlines company, Yeti Airlines, conducted the first flight from the new runway, the airport office said. Other private airlines such as Buddha Air, Yeti Airlines, Shree Airlines, Saurya Airlines have been operating flights from here as well. &ndash; RSS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><br />
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			'title' => 'Int'l Airports to Provide Round-the-Clock Service  ',
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			'summary' => 'April 18: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) will be operating round the clock from May 29 following a decline in Covid-19 infection.   ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 18: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) will be operating round the clock from May 29 following a decline in Covid-19 infection.&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has made preparation to bring international airports into operation round the clock to manage the increasing flow of passengers.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Similarly, Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport and under construction Pokhara Regional International Airport will also operate round the clock, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to RSS, CAAN Director General, Pradeep Adhikari, confirmed that the TIA would provide 24-hour service from May 29 coinciding with the Republic Day of Nepal.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&quot;CAAN has released a new plan following repeated directives from Tourism Minister Prem Bahadur Ale,&quot; said Director General Adhikari.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Flow of passengers at international airport and domestic airports has increased after COVID pandemic.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&nbsp;&quot;There is a need to improve infrastructures in all international and domestic airports as well as standardization of service. It is also necessary to give a message that the Nepalese sky is safe. So we have been involved in effective management of airports,&quot; RSS quoted Adhikari as saying.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Earlier in 2075 BS, the then Tourism Minister late Rabindra Adhikari had brought the TIA into operation for 21 hours from 18 hours.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Gautam Buddha International Airport is considered as an alternative airport to TIA.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Adhikari mentioned that though the runway of Gautam Buddha International Airport would come into operation from April 21, the airport would start international flight from May 16 on the day of Buddha Jayanti festival.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&nbsp;In the meantime, CAAN has also decided to operate domestic airports till midnight. The CAAN has decided to bring Bhadrapur, Janakpur, Simara, Bhairahawa, Nepalgunj and Dhangadhi airports into operation till midnight.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><br />
&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Gautam Buddha Int'l Airport to Operate New Runway from April 21   ',
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			'summary' => 'April 17: The new 3,000-metre runway of Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport will come into operation later this week starting from April 21.    ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 17: The new 3,000-metre runway of Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport will come into operation later this week starting from April 21.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Until now, the airport has been operating the 1,500-metre runaway. Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale recently instructed the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) to operate the new runway at the earliest.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The minister also instructed the authorities make arrangements to run the airport round-the-clock, informed CAAN director-general Pradeep Kumar Adhikari.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Sources at CAAN informed that the new runway will be used for domestic flights in the first phase.</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to Adhikari, the airport will operate international flights from May 16, coinciding with the Buddha Jayanti festival. (With inputs from RSS)</span><br />
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			'title' => 'Nepal Airlines to Operate Direct Flights to Saudi Arabia from April 22   ',
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			'summary' => 'April 17: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is scheduled to conduct direct flights from Kathmandu to Riyadh of Saudi Arabia from April 22 to the respite of Nepali migrant workers.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 17: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is scheduled to conduct direct flights from Kathmandu to Riyadh of Saudi Arabia from April 22 to the respite of Nepali migrant workers. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The cost of air travel is expected to become affordable for the aspiring Nepali workers with the operation of flights by the national flag carrier to Saudi Arabia, one of the major labour destination countries of Nepal. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">With the operation of flights, Nepali workers will have to pay Rs 37,000 for a one-way ticket to Riyad. Passengers have been paying more than Rs 63,000 at present to travel to nearby Doha via private airliner in economy class with discount. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the Executive Chairperson of Nepal Airlines Yubraj Adhikari, the state-owned airlines company will be exploring additional destinations and would expand its services gradually. NAC has already received flight permits to Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">NAC will operate two flights a week between Kathmandu and Riyadh and the number of flights will be expanded to three times a week after studying the situation, NAC said. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">NAC officials including Executive Chairperson Adhikari had visited Saudi Arabia two months ago to seek flight permission.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">For the time being, the one-way ticket for Kathmandu-Riyad flight will cost Rs 37,000, confirmed NA Spokesperson Archana Khadka. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The inaugural flight would be conducted by a wide-body aircraft of NAC which plans to operate both wide-body and narrow-body aircraft for the flights later on. </span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Flights to Remote Districts of Karnali Diverted to Tourism Destinations',
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			'summary' => 'April 5: Scheduled flights to and from remote areas of Karnali Province have been diverted to tourism hot-spots since the past few days as private airline companies have reportedly shifted their focus towards tourism destinations to earn quick money.    ',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">April 5:&nbsp;Scheduled flights to and from remote areas of Karnali Province have been diverted to tourism hot-spots since the past few days as private airline companies have reportedly shifted their focus towards tourism destinations to earn quick money.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">With the increase in arrival of foreign tourists, the airline companies providing regular services to districts like Humla, Mugu, Jumla and Dolpa have allegedly diverted their flights to eastern districts where the influx of tourists is high during the peak season.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the stakeholders, Tara Air, Summit Air and Sita Air have reduced the number of regular flights to the remote districts of Karnali Province that are yet to be connected to the road network. This has caused inconvenience to the people of the remote districts of Karnali who rely on air service due to poor condition of roads.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Though the people of southern Humla have access to road transportation service to travel in and out of the district, the people of Sarkegad, Kharpunath, Simkot and northern Namkha rural municipality face problems due to the flight diversion, the state-owned national news agency RSS reported.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to RSS, the district headquarters Simkot is yet to be connected with the national road network. Authorities at Simkot Airport informed said flights have been diverted since Sunday leaving passengers stranded at the airport.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Passengers awaiting for flight to Simkot from Nepalgunj and Surkhet complained that the flight diversion had lengthened their stay and made the travel unnecessarily expensive.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The private airline companies have focused on tourist flights at Lukla, Pokhara and Jomsom, RSS further said. The people of Humla complained that they are not in the priority of airline service providers during the tourist season.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ldquo;They violated the rule requiring at least one flight for Humla in a season,&rdquo; RSS quoted a passenger as saying.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br />
<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The state-owned Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) conducts only limited number of flights along the Nepalgunj-Humla route and the people complain of &lsquo;undue influence&rsquo; in issuing air tickets.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The passengers accuse NAC employees in Nepalgunj of favouritism while issuing tickets to their relatives and also act upon the phone calls from people in power for the distribution of air tickets.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'title' => 'Buddha Air to Operate Bhadrapur-Pokhara Flights from Upcoming New Year',
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			'summary' => 'April 4: Buddha Air is preparing to conduct daily flights between Bhadrapur and Pokhara starting from April 15.',
			'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">April 4: Buddha Air is preparing to conduct daily flights between Bhadrapur and Pokhara starting from April 15.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The company has already announced the flight schedule and fares along the route.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Issuing a statement, Buddha Air informed that they are operating commercial flights along this on the occasion of New Year 2079. Buddha Air has fixed an initial fare of Rs 6900 for this route.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">According to the company, the flight is scheduled to depart from Pokhara to Bhadrapur at 1:25 pm and from Bhadrapur to Pokhara at 3 pm. The company claims that this route will not only benefit the residents of both the provinces, but also facilitate the entry of tourists from across the border in Silgadhi, Darjeeling and Sikkim.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Tourists from across the border will be able to go directly to Pokhara from Bhadrapur. The company claims that tourists can also visit various tourist and religious destinations around Bhadrapur as well as tea gardens of Ilam and view the mountain range. Buddha Holidays, a sister company of Buddha Air, has brought attractive holiday packages for both of these destinations.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Buddha Holidays has revealed a package of 2 nights and 3 days at Rs 15000 for Bhadrapur-Pokhara tour. As informed by the company, the package includes two-way air tickets, transportation facility from Pokhara Airport to hotel and hotel to Pokhara Airport, air-conditioned twin sharing room and breakfast in the morning.</span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Buddha Air has been connecting Pokhara with direct flights to different parts of the country. The company has already expanded direct flights from Bhairahawa, Bharatpur, Nepalgunj, Simara, Dhangadhi and Janakpur to Pokhara. Buddha Air has eleven 72-seat ATR-72 aircraft, three 42-seat ATR-42 aircraft and two Beechcraft aircraft.</span></span></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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			'summary' => 'March 15: Five airlines companies have shown interest to operate regular flights to and from the Gautam Buddha International Airport. ',
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) is preparing to operate international flights at the airport&nbsp; from May 16. The authorities took such decision following the instruction from&nbsp; Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Prem Bahadur Ale to make arrangement for the operation of international flights at the airport as soon as possible.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">According to the CAAN, Jazeera Airways of Kuwait, Sri Lankan Airlines of Sri Lanka, Nepal Airlines Corporation, Qatar Airways and Thai Smile Airlines Company of Thailand have shown interest for commercial flights.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Engineer Pradeep Kumar Adhikari, Director General of CAAN, said, &quot;Some of the airline companies have shown interest to operate the service at Gautam Buddha International Airport. We have been making preparation to grant permission to the airlines after studying their proposals.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The CAAN had issued an &#39;Aeronautical Publication Information&#39; few days ago for the operation of commercial flight.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Similarly, Chief of Gautam Buddha International Airport, Govinda Prasad Dahal, said that problems have surfaced in some activities due to lack of human resources. Out of 151 quotas, there are only 36 staff at the airport.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The government has been making preparation to bring the Gautam Buddha International Airport into operation from May 16 coinciding with the Buddha Jayanti festival. -- RSS&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
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			'title' => 'Govt Preparing to sign ASA with Cambodia',
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			'summary' => 'November 28: The government is preparing to sign an aviation agreement with Cambodia to start direct flights between the two countries.',
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<p>According to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA), the government is preparing to sign a bilateral air services agreement (ASA) with the Southeast Asian nation during the official visit of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to Nepal.</p>

<p>PM Hun Sen and Aviation Minister of Cambodia are arriving in Nepal on Thursday, November 29.</p>

<p>According to Suresh Acharya, joint-secretary at the MoCTCA, the memorandum of understanding (MoU) may be signed for a minimum of seven flights and maximum of 14 flights between the two countries.</p>

<p>&ldquo;Cambodia is also positive to sign an agreement to start direct flights between the two countries. The agreement will help promote tourism, and help develop the tourism sector of the country,&rdquo; he said.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
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