NAC
grounds its two aircrafts amid technical issues, leaving
travelers in trouble (rep 30/09/2023)
Bhairahawa
Airport land scam: Rupandehi administration launches
probe (kh 29/09/2023)
Nepal
preparing for bilateral air services agreements with
three nations including Switzerland (kh 29/09/2023)
'Procurement
of aircraft for NAC in final stage' (ht 28/09/2023)
TIA
records significant surge: Over 5.46 million air
passengers traveled in the first eight months of 2023
(rep 25/09/2023)
CAAN
prepares to ban Korean Air flights, by Enika Rai
(rep 25/09/2023), CAAN's
decision on Korean Air flights: Pursue dialogue and
diplomacy, not an abrupt ban (rep 26/09/2023)
Airline
companies increase flights along Kathmandu-Pokhara route
due to growing demand, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
23/09/2023)
Vistara
Airlines to operate Kathmandu-Delhi-Hong Kong flights
from November 1 (rep 18/09/2023)
NAC
aircraft 9N-AKX flown to Israel for maintenance (rep
18/09/2023)
Yeti
Airlines commences evening flights on Kathmandu-Pokhara
route (rep 18/09/2023)
Regular
flights resume at Resunga Airport in Gulmi following
improved weather conditions (rep 16/09/2023)
Government
plans to buy an advanced X-ray machine for airport
customs : A budget of nearly Rs70 million has been set
aside for it, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
12/09/2023)
TIA
customs staff organize protest over working conditions
(rep 10/09/2023), Customs
employees at TIA launch strike demanding mass transfer
(kh 11/09/2023)
Tara
Air resumes Pokhara-Jomsom flights as tourist season
kicks off (rep 11/09/2023)
Tax
officer Sapkota’s case handed over to CIAA as source of
money remains undisclosed (rep 11/09/2023)
Commercial
flight starts from Pokhara Int’l Airport as Druk Air
flies to Thimphu with 42 passengers (kh 09/09/2023),
Pokhara
Regional Int’l Airport receives its first international
commercial flight (rep 09/09/2023)
Restructure
CAAN To End Dual Role, by Anupam Bhattarai (rn
09/09/2023)
PRIA
finally earning from int’l flights after eight months of
operation, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 08/09/2023)
Himalaya
Airlines expands reach with new flights to Qingdao,
China (rep 08/09/2023), Himalaya
Airlines starts flight to Quingdao, China (kh
10/09/2023)
Nepal
Airlines starts direct flights to Saudi Arabia's Dammam
(rep 07/09/2023)
CAAN
gets show cause notice from court (ht 06/09/2023)
Sichuan
Air to launch Nepal-Sydney connecting flight in October
(rep 05/09/2023)
NAC
resumes service on Suketar-Kathmandu route after three
months (kh 04/09/2023)
Jomsom-Pokhara
air service resumes after two-month suspension due to
weather conditions (rep 04/09/2023)
Bhairahawa
and Pokhara airports to be operated in PPP model
(rep 03/09/2023)
New
standards for operation of aviation service (ht
03/09/2023)
Resunga
airport awaits flights for two months due to monsoon,
by Laxman Ghimire (rep 01/09/2023)
NAC
to fly to Bangalore from Bhairahawa via Kathmandu
(rep 01/09/2023)
Travel
traders in Pokhara demand regular flights from Chinese
cities : The travel trade entrepreneurs' demands include
declaring Pokhara as a destination for Chinese tourists,
opening the Consulate General of China in Pokhara, and
launching packages to attract Chinese tourists to the
lake city, by Deepak Pariyar (kp 31/08/2023)
Buddha
Air plane carrying UML leaders unable to land in
Janakpur, returns to Kathmandu (kh 30/08/2023)
NAC’s
narrow-body aircraft grounded for over 2 months (rep
29/08/2023)
Nepal
Airlines to operate regular flights to Hong Kong and
Delhi (kh 28/08/2023), Nepal
Airlines to operate regular flights to Hong Kong and New
Delhi : The national flag carrier is set to operate
regular flights to Hong Kong and New Delhi from Gautam
Buddha International Airport from August 29 onward
(nlt 28/08/2023), NAC’s
first flight from Bhairahawa to Delhi and Hong Kong
takes off with empty seats (rep 29/08/2023)
Direct
flights between Bhutan's Paro and Nepal’s PRIA set to
begin (rep 28/08/2023)
Flights
disrupted in Karnali since two days (kh 24/08/2023),
Flights
resume at Simkot Airport after five days (rn
26/08/2023)
TIA
limits access of VIP guest vehicles in airport (rep
21/08/2023)
Nepal
Airlines to fly regularly to Dammam in Saudi Arabia from
Sept 6 (kh 19/08/2023)
CAAN
to allow flights beyond operational hours (ht
18/08/2023)
People
losing lives as new rule affects flight operation
(ae 17/08/2023)
Give
Propulsion To Aviation Sector, by Namrata Sharma (rn
16/08/2023)
Saurya
Airlines switches strategy with purchase of ATR aircraft
(rep 14/08/2023)
CAAN
lifts suspension of few helicopter firms (ht
14/08/2023)
Rain
affects domestic, international flights at Tribhuvan
International Airport (nlt 13/08/2023)
Effect
of CAAN decision on aviation service hours: Patients
suffer due to lack of flights in Mugu, by Nagendra
Upadhyaya (rep 10/08/2023)
Buddha
Air flight to Bhairahawa diverted back to Kathmandu
after experiencing issues (kh 10/08/2023)
Simrik
Air helicopter flights suspended (kh 10/08/2023)
Shree
Airlines aircraft overshoots after a dog spotted at
runway of Nepalgunj Airport (rep 08/08/2023)
CNI
requests govt to take measures to remove Nepal from EU's
air safety list (rep 08/08/2023)
New
flight safety rules impact remote areas of Karnali,
by Govinda KC (kp 07/08/2023)
China
Eastern to resume passenger flights on Kunming-Kathmandu
route (rep 03/08/2023)
CAAN
restricts overtime flights from July to September
(rep 01/08/2023)
Supreme
Court issues short-term interim order not to levy VAT on
air tickets : The apex court has summoned both parties
for discussion and has also asked the government to
furnish a written clarification (kp 31/07/2023)
Sichuan
Airlines to boost flight frequency in Nepal amid
increasing demand (rep 31/07/2023)
Mouse
found on Yeti Airlines aircraft at Pokhara Airport
(rep 31/07/2023)
Airlines
demand formation of air accident probe body : The
current practice is to form an ad hoc committee after a
crash whose reports lack credibility, by Sangam
Prasain and Subin Adhikari (kp 29/07/2023)
Making
monsoon flying safer in Nepal : Airline shows it is
possible to ensure safety by strictly adhering to flight
protocols (nt 28/07/2023)
Server
down at TIA, passengers stranded (kh 28/07/2023)
NATTA
files writ petition against govt’s decision to levy VAT
on air services (rep 28/07/2023)
CAAN
to adopt European standards for air accident control
(rep 25/07/2023)
Domestic
airfare up due to VAT inclusion (17/07/2023), Taxman
launches new fiscal year with VAT on air travel :
Collecting VAT from international air passengers
violates Nepal’s commitment to ICAO, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 18/07/2023)
Buddha
Air plane heading to Jhapa diverted to Kathmandu after
experiencing technical issues (kh 14/07/2023)
CAAN
decisions draw flak from airline operators, by
Sangay Sherpa (ht 14/07/2023)
CAAN
bans 'mountain flight' during monsoon (rep
13/07/2023)
Last
flight to mountains : As air crashes become more
frequent, Nepal’s tourism industry looks on with
trepidation (kp 13/07/2023)
CAAN
introduces new safety measures following recent
helicopter crashes (rep 13/07/2023)
Himalaya
Airlines launches internet booking engine (rep
13/07/2023)
Tax
dispute between Biratnagar metropolis and airport;
metropolis gives one month time to pay tax, by
Chuman Basnet (rep 12/07/2023)
Six,
including five Mexicans and a Nepali pilot killed in
Manang Air chopper crash in Solukhumbu (kh
11/07/2023), Chopper
sightseeing tour of 5 Mexicans ends in tragedy : All
five passengers and the Nepali pilot were killed in a
Manang Air crash caused most likely by poor visibility,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 12/07/2023)
An
airport without airplanes : The conventional way of
regulating airlines will not bring the desired outcome,
by Mukesh Dangol (kp 09/07/2023)
Ministry,
Qatar embassy dismiss Assembly chair’s claim about
Pokhara flight plans : Quoting Al-Hail, Timilsina had
said Nepal snubbed Qatar’s bid for flying straight to
Pokhara, by Sangam Prasain kp 08/07/2023)
Tibet
Airlines to resume its flight on Xi'an-Kathmandu route
(rep 08/07/2023)
Domestic
flights become more affordable with drop in oil prices
(ht 05/07/2023)
Airfare
of domestic flights reduced (rep 04/07/2023)
CAAN
approves Shree Airlines regular flights following
technical inspection (rep 03/07/2023)
Pokhara
Airport and Chinese Debt Trap, by Krishna Timalsina
(kh 02/07/2023)
Shree
Airlines announces suspension of all flights today
(kh 02/07/2023)
Repair
of NAC's narrow body aircraft completed, ready for
flight to Bangkok (rep 01/07/2023)
Delayed
Kathmandu-Dubai flight causes inconvenience to
passengers (rep 29/06/2023)
Civil
aviation boss hauled up over Yeti Airlines crash :
Tourism ministry accuses the director general of
consistently failing to ensure aviation safety, with
five aircraft incidents and accidents on his watch,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 28/06/2023)
TIA
to allow only a maximum of three people to see off and
pick up each passenger (rep 27/06/2023)
Nepal
Airlines to operate Bhairahawa-Hong Kong flights (rn
27/06/2023)
Pokhara
International Airport is not under BRI: Minister Kiranti
(ae 26/06/2023)
Two
NAC pilots grounded for overspeed landing at Narita
Airport (rep 25/06/2023)
Shree
Airlines plane that took off for Dhangadi returns to
Kathmandu (rep 25/06/2023)
Himalaya
Airlines resumes regular flights between Kathmandu and
Beijing (rep 24/06/2023)
Site
clearance work of Nijgadh Int’l Airport will be
completed within next fiscal year: PM Dahal (rep
23/06/2023) [Another unused
airport for the country?]
Kathmandu
mayor and civil aviation body fight a turf war : CAAN
seeks clarification from Balendra Shah and two other
municipal officials. KMC defiant, moves high court,
by Anup Ojha (kp 22/06/2023)
NATTA
urges FinMin to reconsider tax on air tickets and
service (ht 22/06/2023)
Pokhara
Int’l Airport to see first international flight today
(kh 21/06/2023), Chinese
plane makes the first international flight to Pokhara
international airport : The Airbus A-319 of Sichuan
Airlines flew to Pokhara International Airport from
Chengdu Tianfu International Airport this morning
(nlt 21/06/2023), Sichuan
airlines arrives at PRIA with 84 passengers, departs
empty (rep 21/06/2023), China
envoy again packs a geopolitical punch as new Pokhara
airport suffers : Chinese officials say it is Nepal’s
decision to have only nine projects under the BRI
framework, not theirs, by Anil Giri and Sangam
Prasain (kp 22/06/2023)
NOC
reduces prices of aviation fuel (rep 21/06/2023)
Powerful
bureaucracy holding back vital aviation bills : Nepal
will not be removed from the European Commission’s air
safety list until the bills are passed, officials say,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 18/06/2023)
Investment
worth over Rs 80 billion at risk as GBIA fails to
achieve full operation (rep 17/06/2023)
Nepal
Airlines operating int’l flights from Bhairahawa Airport
from today (kh 13/06/2023), NA
makes its first international flight in Bhairahawa on
Tuesday (kh 13/06/2023)
Himalaya
Airlines to resume Beijing flights after a hiatus of
three years (rep 13/06/2023)
Nepal's
efforts fall short as EU retains Nepali airlines on air
safety blacklist (rep 11/06/2023), EU
continues to blacklist Nepali airlines (ae
12/06/2023), Accelerate
CAAN’s unbundling to avoid EU’s aviation blacklist
(rep 12/06/2023)
Shree
Airlines plane heading for Dhangadhi diverted to
Kathmandu over technical issues (kh 06/06/2023), When
Shree Airlines returns Kathmandu after flying 50 miles
(rn 06/06/2023)
Buddha
Air pilot faces action for capturing photos/videos
during flight (kh 05/06/2023)
Augmenting
Air Passenger Liability, by Mukesh Dangol (kh
04/06/2023)
China's
Sichuan Airlines offers Chhengdu-Pokhara charter flights
to PRIA (rep 03/06/2023)
Revealed:
The intermediaries and companies behind Nepal Airlines
USD 216 million Airbus purchase : A new investigation by
CIJ Nepal and Finance Uncovered reveal the key
individuals and opaque offshore structures behind one of
the biggest and, arguably, most controversial business
deals ever conducted in Nepal, by Deepak Adhikari
and Rudra Pangeni (nlt 02/06/2023)
India
grants clearance for ILS system operation at Gautam
Buddha International Airport (kh 01/06/2023)
Nepal
pins hopes on PM’s visit as airports languish : Those in
Bhairahawa and Pokhara are said to be unfeasible without
entry routes from the west, by Sangam Prasain (kp
31/05/2023) [Does international
law really allow India to deny this right to Nepal?],
Air
route pledge old wine in new bottle, experts say : India
had approved air entry route over Mahendranagar for
low-level flights in 2018. Thursday’s is mere
reiteration, by Sangam Prasain (kp 02/06/2023)
‘Without
promoting infrastructure, no one will go there’ : Sudhir
Mittal, chairman of Shree Airlines, says the government
should not operate the Gautam Buddha International
Airport and let the private sector do that instead,
interview with Sudhir Mittal, chairman of Shree Airlines
(kp 28/05/2023)
Nepal
Airlines aircraft en route to Bangalore returns to
Kathmandu amid suspicion of bird strike (rep
27/05/2023)
Nijgadh
International Airport : Another Scandal, by Keshab
Poudel (sp 26/05/2023)
Only
10 percent of the targeted revenue was collected from
GBIA (rep 25/05/2023)
Nepal
Airlines to fly to and from Sydney, gets slots for two
weekly flights : The national flag carrier of Nepal has
requested permission to operate flights on Wednesdays
and Saturdays starting from June 21 (nlt
24/05/2023), Nepal
Airlines a step closer to launching flights to Australia
: The airline has officially secured a slot from the
Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport and plans to launch its
maiden flight to Sydney on June 21, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 25/05/2023)
Buddha
Air flight from Janakpur to Kathmandu aborted after rat
detected in the aircraft (rep 20/05/2023)
Nepal
Airlines announces Kuala Lumpur-Bhairahawa flight : The
one-way fare to Bhairahawa from Kuala Lumpur would cost
Rs12,700. The ticket for Kuala
Lumpur-Bhairahawa-Kathmandu is priced at Rs14,720 per
person (kp 19/05/2023)
Tourism
entrepreneurs in Pokhara elated from scheduled
announcement of chartered flight (ae 19/05/2023)
GBIA
Lessons for New International Airport (rep
19/05/2023)
GBIA
marks first anniversary but it yet to come into full
operation, adding to private sector's worry (rn
17/05/2023)
Poor
visibility affects flights at TIA (kh 17/05/2023)
NAC
to buy two aircraft for domestic flights (rep
12/05/2023)
Jazeera
Airways halts flight from GBIA, again (rep
12/05/2023)
Heavily-invested
hotel industry of Pokhara left in the lurch as
international flights seems a pipe dream, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 11/05/2023)
Nepal
Airlines aircraft en route to Bhojpur returns halfway
(rep 11/05/2023)
Shree
Airlines aircraft makes emergency landing over technical
issue (kh 08/05/2023), Shree
Airlines' aircraft 9N-ANE suspended, maintenance
engineers taken off the roster: CAAN (rep
08/05/2023)
CAAN
bans all helicopter flights of Simrik Air (rep
07/05/2023)
Simrik
Air chopper crashes in Sankhuwasabha (kh
05/05/2023), Simrik
Air helicopter crash update: Rescue efforts underway,
three severely injured (kh 05/05/2023), One
critically injured as helicopter carrying five crashes
in Sankhuwasabha (nlt 05/05/2023), Simrik
Air chopper crash: One dies, all four injured airlifted
to Kathmandu (rep 05/05/2023)
Rains
affects flights at TIA
(kh 04/05/2023)
Flights
at TIA affected due to bad weather (kh 30/04/2023)
NAC
aircraft makes a successful test flight at Resunga
Airport (kh 28/04/2023)
Four
years after deal, Nepal Airlines prepping to operate
flights to Australia : The state-owned carrier plans to
fly to Sydney on Tuesdays and Fridays with a stopover in
Singapore. Over 100,000 Nepalis travel between the city
and Kathmandu every year, by Sangam Prasain (kp
28/04/2023)
Debt
ridden NAC looks forward to purchasing three aircraft
for domestic flights (rep 27/04/2023), Giving
NAC More Wings (rep 28/04/2023)
NAC
looks for conducting regular flights to Australia
(rep 25/04/202)
Entrepreneurs
demand flights from Pokhara Int’l Airport (kh
11/04/2023)
Helicopter
crash at Dhaulagiri base camp, no human casualties
(kh 09/04/2023), Missing
Heli Everest chopper found (rep 09/04/2023)
Helicopter
crashes while landing at Hams Hospital; no one injured
(rep 08/04/2023)
Blown
Out Of Proportion, by Hemant Arjyal (sp 07/04/2023)
Airfare
reduced following NOC’s decision to slash aviation fuel
price (rep 06/04/2023), Domestic
airlines reduce airfares (ht 06/04/2023)
We
will punish the wrongdoers: NAC (rep 05/04/2023)
Nepal
requests China to resume Kathmandu-Lhasa direct flight
(rep 03/04/2023)
Sita
Air leaves passengers flown to Kathmandu stranded in
Nepalgunj (kh 03/04/2023)
Airline
companies to pay Rs 10,000 for chartered helicopter
flights to Annapurna base camp (rep 03/04/2023)
NA
flight to Dubai delayed for 11 hours after pilot
reportedly fell ill (kh 02/04/2023), NAC
asks Operations Director Sherchan to furnish
clarification within 24-hour regarding Kathmandu-Dubai
flight (rep 03/04/2023)
CAAN
to operate Remote Area Air Service Fund again (rep
02/04/2023)
CAAN's
new guidelines for aircraft cabin safety: Don't call
airhostesses into cockpit unnecessarily (rep
01/04/2023)
NAC
to conduct flights from and to GBIA (rep 29/03/2023)
Buddha
Air’s aircraft aborts flight from runway after detecting
technical snags (rep 28/03/2023)
Aircrafts
of NAC and Air India almost collided in sky on March 24,
CAAN suspends two air traffic controllers (rep
26/03/2023), Inexcusable
negligence (rep 27/03/2023), CAAN
urges Indian authority to take action against crew
members of Air India guilty for Friday’s ‘dreadful
incident’ (rep 27/03/2023)
Govt
apathy towards GBIA dismays stakeholders, by Sangay
Sherpa (ht 22/03/2023)
AC’s
Twin Otter grounded for carrying 150 kg more baggage
than its capacity (rep 22/03/2023)
Buddha
Air aircraft returns to TIA mid-flight citing technical
glitch : According to representatives of the domestic
air carrier, the aircraft, flying to Surkhet, returned
to TIA after the flight crew noticed a problem with the
aircraft’s airspeed indicator (18/03/2023)
NAC
forms a study committee to add aircraft to its fleet
(rep 18/03/2023)
International
air passenger numbers rebound to near pre-Covid levels :
According to Tribhuvan International Airport, 3.48
million international air travellers passed through last
year, up 141.61 percent from 2021, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 18/03/2023)
Pokhara
International Airport: Chinese Loans Raise Concerns Over
Long-Term Viability, by Adhiraj Regmi (kh
15/03/2023)
Efforts
to promote Bhadrapur-Pokhara thru direct flights
underway (kh 11/03/2023)
Small,
Weak, And In Turbulence, by Hemant Arjyal (sp
10/03/2023)
Pokhara
Int’l Airport could be Nepal’s Hambantota : Experts view
it as China's debt-trap ploy to gain a strong foothold
in Nepal (kh 10/03/2023)
Domestic
aviation flies into headwind : But Buddha Air expands
flights through its secondary hub at Pokhara’s new
airport (nt 10/03/2023)
Fuel
cost dampens tourism growth (nt 10/03/2023)
Bhairahawa-bound
Shree Airlines flight catches engine fire; returns to
Kathmandu (nlt 09/03/2023), Shree
Airlines aircraft diverted to Kathmandu after fire
warning signal (kh 09/03/2023), Civil
Aviation grounds all Shree Airlines aircraft for
investigation : The development comes following an
incident where one of its plane's engines caught fire
mid-flight on Thursday (nlt 10/03/2023), Flights
of Shree Airlines grounded until security checks (kh
10/03/2023)
All-female
crew on Dubai-Kathmandu flight : Six women script
history flying the Nepal Airlines RA230 for four hours
on Wednesday, by Sangam Prasain (kp 09/03/2023)
PIA
working to restore public confidence after the crash,
by Smita Adhikari (ae 08/03/2023)
NAC
to fly to South Korea (kp 05/03/2023), NAC
operating Kathmandu-Seoul direct flight (kh
05/03/2023)
Two
female pilots conduct int’l flight for the first time in
NAC history (rep 05/03/2023)
Jazeera
Airways announces resumption of flights from Bhairahawa
airport (nlt 01/03/2023), Jazeera
Airways resumes flight from Gautam Budhha Intl Airport,
one way fare to Kuwait Rs 28,836 (kh 01/03/2023)
NAC's
int’l flights affected as one of its aircraft is
grounded in Dubai (rep 28/02/2023)
Panacea
for Nepal Airlines : It is essential to simultaneously
expand the airline industry and airport infrastructure
development, by Mukesh Dangol (kp 28/02/2023)
CAAN
bans NAC pilot on charge of mistreating air hostess
(kh 27/02/2023)
Domestic
air traffic soars, hits a record 4.46m flyers : Despite
an all-time high passenger numbers last year, the
revenue of airline companies has gone into a tailspin,
executives say, by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/02/2023)
Pokhara
CAAN officials accuse Kathmandu of spreading
misinformation about PRIA (rep 24/02/2023)
Blaming
the dead : Aviation safety will remain a pipe dream
unless stakeholders mend their ways (kp 24/02/2023)
Crew
members negligence, bad weather behind Tara Air’s
Twin-Otter crash, report says : The Twin-Otter plane of
Tara Air crashed on May 29, 2022 in Jomsom of Manang
district killing all 22 passengers and crew members on
board (nlt 23/02/2023), Negligence,
bad weather caused Tara Air crash, probe finds :
Investigation finds the malfunction in the plane’s
terrain awareness and warning system led to the flying
pilot losing situational awareness, eventually hitting
the mountain, by Sangam Prasain (kp 23/02/2023)
Pokhara
int’l airport: Night flights from tomorrow :
Buddha Air to fly till 8PM (rep 22/02/2023), Pokhara
International Airport launches night flights (nlt
24/02/2023)
CAAN
cancles self-ground handling service of Thai Airways
(rep 21/02/2023)
Saurya
Airlines aircraft, which was about to take off, aborts
flight at the last minute after problem in indicator
(rep 21/02/2023)
TIA
Immigration’s sever down for over an hour, hundreds of
passengers stranded (kh 20/02/2023), Int’l
flights affected due to internet outage at TIA (rep
20/02/2023), International
flights at TIA become regular (rn 20/02/2023(
CAAN
stops all Guna Airlines flights until further notice
(rep 20/02/2023), CAAN
directs Guna Air to halt all flights (kh 20/02/2023)
IFR
system to be installed at Pokhara International Airport
(kh 19/02/2023), Pokhara
Regional International Airport to be equipped with IFR
in a week (rep 19/02/2023)
‘Why
have international flights not been operated from
Pokhara airport?’ Pokhara International Airport was
inaugurated with pomp and show on January 1. However,
international flights have not been operated from that
airport ever since (nlt 17/02/2023)
Feathered
propellers resulted in loss of thrust, says crash report
: Human error led to the crash of the Yeti plane in
Pokhara, a probe panel member said, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 16/02/2023), DNA
tests show two persons still missing in Pokhara air
crash : Search resumes after forensic tests of the
recovered remains could not identify Yuvraj Sharma and
his son Babin. Families of 70 victims have already
received bodies, by Anup Ojha (kp 16/02/2023), The
last minute conversation between pilot and co-pilot of
crashed ATR 72-212A aircraft: ‘There is no power from
the engines’ [With report] (nlt 16/02/2023)
New
air-entry routes: India’s harmful dilly-dallying
(rep 16/02/2023)
Test
paragliding flight conducted in Phulchowki-Kushadevi
(kh 14/02/2023)
US
orders two new M28 skytrucks for Nepal : This is the
second time the US is buying the M28 for Nepal. The
first batch of two skytrucks had arrived in 2019 (kp
14/02/2023)
Himalaya
Airlines to resume Kathmandu-Beijing flight from
tomorrow (rep 10/02/2023)
Night
flights to and from Pokhara Int’l Airport to begin from
February 23 (rep 09/02/2023)
Initial
findings of crashed Yeti Airlines ATR 72-500: Feathered
propellers caused the accident (nlt 09/02/2023)
Both
the engines of ill-fated plane were shut down (ht
07/02/2023)
NAC
to start flights to and from GBIA: Minister Kiranti
(rep 05/02/2023)
Cautionary
tale of Pokhara airport : Kathmandu has been trying to
control how Pokhara airport will be used and what it
will give the country, by Bhoj Raj Poudel (kp
05/02/2023)
International
flights stopped at Bhairahawa due to lack of 'business'
(rep 04/02/2023)
NAC
starts e-ticketing in remote areas (rep 03/02/2023)
CAAN
takes steps to strengthen aviation safety, by Sangay
Sherpa (ht 02/02/2023) [??],
New
CAAN rules allow domestic pilots to fly only eight hours
and land only eight times a day (rep 02/02/2023), Air
safety rules : CAAN should have taken such steps long
ago to improve the country's aviation safety (ht
03/01/2023), CAAN
reduces pilots’ duty hours (kh 05/02/2023)
Airports
that never took off : The runway of some airports
located in the mountains of western Nepal was
blacktopped recently, raising hopes of locals, by
Tularam Pandey and Harihar Singh Rathore (kp 29/01/2023)
Flights
from TIA delayed for over an hour due to technical snags
on immigration department’s website (rep
28/01/2023), Flights
at TIA resume after two hours (kh 28/01/2023)
Test
flight conducted at Tarigaon Airport (kh 28/01/2023)
Nepal
Airlines and NATTA form joint task force to increase
ticket sales, tourist flow (ht 27/01/2023)
Number
of air passengers and flights take a nosedive after air
crash, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 26/01/2023)
CAAN’s
gotta go : The worldwide coverage received by the
Pokhara crash is not likely to do Nepal any good, by
Deepak Thapa (kp 26/01/2023)
Corruption
fuelling Nepal’s aviation disaster; probe committees
mere hoodwink, by Pramod Raj Sedhain (kh 26/01/2023)
NAC
to improve air ticket sales (kh 26/01/2023)
Airlines
face hurdles at Pokhara airport : A report shows
narrow-body jets like Airbus A320 and A319 have payload
issues due to obstacles near the airport, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 24/01/2023) [The new
airport seems increasingly ill-conceived!]
Air
services in Karnali disrupted due to snowfall (rep
24/01/2023)
Kangeldanda
Airport in Solukhumbu lying idle (kh 23/01/2023)
Concrete
Efforts Needed For Air Safety, by Ballav Dahal (rn
23/01/2023)
Buddha
Air sales two Beechcraft, adding ATR planes to meet
passenger pressure (kh 22/01/2023)
Dipayal
Airport stays idle in lack of flights, by Keshav
Chandra Mahara (rn 22/01/25023)
Tourism
Minister requests India for extra air route (rep
21/01/2023)
NRNA
urges govt to maintain same air fare for them as Nepali
citizens (rep 21/01/2023) [The
problem is more differentiated: Different prices based
on ethnicity, gender and citizenship are fundamentally
discriminatory!]
EU's
on-site evaluation team not to travel to Nepal anytime
soon (rep 21/01/2023)
Nepal’s
aviation regulatory body in disarray; need for action :
CAAN needs to be transformed into an effective
regulatory body and service provider, by Pramod Raj
Sedhain (kh 21/01/2023), Accident
statistics show need to split and adequately staff CAAN,
by Aashish Mishra (rn 22/01/2023)
Weather
improves, regular flights resume nationwide (kh
21/01/2023), Regular
flights resume nationwide (rep 21/01/2023)
How
to make Nepal’s skies safer : The Pokhara crash was an
outlier, but underscored deeper regulatory failure,
by Kunda Dixit (nt 21/01/2023)
PRIA
has no instrument landing system: CAAN (ht
20/01/2023)
When
hope turned into despair, by Smita Adhikari (ae
20/01/2023)
Delayed
bill: Crash victims’ kin miss out on millions : As per
the proposed law, domestic airlines must pay a minimum
of $100,000 for injury or death of a passenger, by
Sangam Prasain and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/01/2023) [Obviously, since then, Messrs. Oli,
Dahal and Deuba have been more concerned with their
political intrigues than with the ratification of this
bill!]
Shree
Airlines flight from Nepalgunj to Kathmandu
lands in Jhapa (kh 20/01/2023)
RA
flight from Kuala Lumpur to Kathmandu diverted
to Lucknow (kh 20/01/2023)
Pilot
and passengers beaten-up after helicopter landed
on football ground (rep 20/01/2023)
Himalaya
Airlines resumes Kathmandu-Beijing flights
(ae 19/01/2023)
Failure
to deploy full flaps may have caused Yeti crash
: Landing aircraft have flaps at the back of the
wings fully deployed to provide more lift at low
speed, and prevent stalling. This wasn’t the
case on Sunday, by Sangam Prasain (kp
19/01/2023)
Foreign
experts team in Pokhara for plane crash
investigation : Experts say the accident was a
terrible disaster because the plane plunged in
clear weather for no apparent reason (kp
18/01/2023)
CAAN’s
crimes : There is no better time than now to
split it into regulatory and service provider
arms (kp 17/01/2023)
Lack
of equipment a big constraint in emergency
response : The chaotic scenes at the Yeti Air
accident site, say experts, were a sign of
Nepal’s poor response mechanism, by Anup
Ojha and Nishan Khatiwada (kp 17/01/2023)
Is
the Yeti Airlines plane crash just a
coincidence?, by Arun Bam (rep 17/01/2023)
How
Safe Is Nepali Sky?, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
17/01/2023)
Pokhara
International Airport has high risk of plane
colliding with birds, by Santosh Pokharel
(rep 17/01/2023)
Domestic
flights largely affected due to adverse weather (rn
16/01/2023)
NA
resumes flights between Ilam and Kathmandu (rn
16/01/2023)
Insurance
surveyors, lawyers arrive Nepal to assess crash damages
(kh 16/01/2023)
Govt
mandates technical test before domestic flight (kh
15/01/2023)
Yeti
Air plane carrying 72 people crashes near Pokhara
Airport (kh 15/01/2023), Yeti
Airlines aircraft crashes in Pokhara : A total of 68
passengers and four crew members were on board the
aircraft (kp 15/01/2023), Yeti
plane crash: Aircraft had taken permission to land :
Plane carrying 60 Nepali nationals, eight foreigners,
and four crew members (kh 15/01/2023), There
were 15 foreigners in crashed plane (rep
15/01/2023), The
aircraft received permission to land before accident
(rep 15/01/2023), 68
dead in Nepal’s worst domestic air disaster : The crash
on Sunday is the second in less than a year,
highlighting the country’s consistently poor air safety
record, analysts say, by Sangam Prasain (kp
16/01/2023), Pokhara
air crash: Four passengers still missing, 36 people
identified, by Santosh Pokharel (rep), Eyewitnesses
recount their lucky escape : Children in the area who
witnessed the incident said that the aircraft was
spiralling as it plummeted from the sky and that they
could hear passengers screaming from inside the aircraft,
by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 16/01/2023), Arun,
who was involved in the rescue in the beginning, says,
"The Plane crashed at a terrible place (rep
16/01/2023), 'Black
box' of crashed Yeti airlines ATR 72 plane recovered
(rep 16/01/2023), Nation
mourns air crash : 69 dead, 3 missing in plane crash at
Seti gorge, by Sabitri Dhakal (ae 16/01/2023)
Pokhara
airport served 0.9 million passengers in 2022, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 15/01/2023)
Nepal
Airlines prepares to operate Taplejung-Biratnagar flight
(rep 15/01/2023)
Ilam-Kathmandu
flights resume (kh 15/01/2023)
Three
Diverse Missions And An Argument, by Hemant Arjyal (sp
13/01/2023)
Bad
weather cancels 61 flights, by Enika Rai (rep
11/01/2023)
Nepal
Airlines to operate flights from Falgunanda Sukilumba airport
(kh 09/01/2023)
Domestic
airlines reduce fuel surcharge : Carriers are required to
revise the fuel surcharge when prices rise or fall by Rs4 per
litre under the formula set by the Civil Aviation Authority of
Nepal (kp 09/01/2023), Domestic
airline operators slash ticket prices (ht 10/01/2023)
Nepal
mandates Covid negative report or vaccine certificate for all
international arrivals : Passengers arriving in Nepal from the
international sector should mandatorily present the Covid-19
vaccine certificate or Covid-19 PCR negative report (kp
09/01/2023)
Aviation
fuel depot to be built at PRIA with an investment of Rs 680
million, by Dilip Poudel (rep 08/01/2023)
Nepal
Airlines makes PCR negative report mandatory for incoming
passengers (kh 08/01/2023)
Tara
Air to conduct demo flight at Resunga airport tomorrow (kh
07/01/02023), Test
flight conducted at Resunga Airport (rn 08/01/2023)
Why
an Int’l Airport Must be Built in Nijgadh, by Hari Prasad
Shrestha (rep 07/1/2023)
Suspension
of flights from GBIA hits businesses : International flights,
suspended since December 21, unlikely to resume before
January-end, by Sangay Sherpa (ht 06/01/2023) [?????]
Storm
obstructs air service in Humla (rn 06/01/2023)
Govt
decides to set up customs office at Pokhara Int'l Airport
(rn 06/01/2023)
PRIA
: Can it earn Rs 1.5 billion a year to avoid loss?, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 05/01/2023)
Paragliding
activities in Pokhara limited to Mandredhunga to avoid
accidents, by Sangay Sherpa (ht 04/01/2023)
Come
fly with me : Despite the chequered history, Pokhara
international airport can be made a profitable undertaking
(kp 03/01/2023)
Operation
of international airport brings cheers to folks in Lekhnath
(kh 02/01/2023)
New
Pokhara airport launches amid grim operational outlook : Civil
Aviation Authority and other Nepali officials are still
clueless about how to attract foreign airlines there, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 02/01/2023)
Project
PRIA: Pokhara’s Pride (rep 02/01/2023)
Flights
to and from Bhairahawa International Airport halted for lack
of ILS (kh 01/01/2023), Failure
to use ILS obstructs flight operations at GBIA (ae
03/01/2023)
Is
the new Pokhara airport under China’s BRI radar? Yes, claims
Chinese Embassy. Nepali officials say no official document
mentions the international airport as such, by Anil Giri
(kp 01/01/2023), Pokhara
Regional Int’l Airport– the first BRI project in Nepal– being
inaugurated today (rep 01/01/2023)
Prime
Minister Dahal inaugurates Pokhara Int’l Airport (kh
01/01/2023)
Pokhara
Int’l Airport to be inaugurated on Jan 1 (kh 30/12/2022)
Huge
investment in Gautam Buddha International Airport in peril as
airline companies struggle to sustain business (rep
29/12/2022), Making
Gautam Buddha In'tl Airport Commercially Viable (rep
30/12/2022)
Tourism
Ministry urges CAAN to study airfare cartel (kh
24/12/2022)
TIA
making face mask mandatory for air travelers of international
flights from Sunday (rep 24/12/2022)
Flights
resume at TIA (kh 22/12/2022)
Yeti
Airlines expedites preparations to operate flights from PRIA,
test flight to be conducted today (rep 22/12/2022)
Pokhara’s
Old Airport to Remain Functional as CAAN Prepares to Launch
Int’l Airport, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 22/12/2022)
Pokhara
International Airport: First flight on Pokhara-Varanasi
route (rep 20/12/2022)
Pokhara
international airport’s success is up in the air, by
Smita Adhikari (ae 19/12/2022)
All
clear to conduct flights at PRIA: Test report (ht
19/12/2022)
Regular
flights operation begins at Surkhet Airport (rn
16/12/2022), Surkhet
Airport comes into operation (kh 16/12/2022)
Internal
dispute leaves Nepal Airlines passengers high and dry
(ht 16/12/2022)
Domestic
flights affected due to low visibility (rn
15/12/2022)
Feasibility
study begins on resolving inundation problem in
Biratnagar (kh 13/12/2022)
NAC
begins ground works for int’l flights from Bhairahawa
airport (nlt 11/12/2022)
Nepal
to sign air service agreements with Rwanda and
Switzerland : Since 1963, Nepal has signed air service
pacts with 40 countries with Australia being the latest,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 11/12/2022)
Demand
for online air tickets in Karnali Province (rn
10/12/2022)
Regional
Int'l Airport, Pokhara and Nepali Tourism, by Hari
Prasad Shrestha (rep 10/12/2022)
Airlines
companies begin preparation to conduct int’l flight from
Pokhara int’l airport (rep 10/12/2022)
Air
India aircraft’s tire bursts before take off (rep
09/12/2022)
Ghost
airports: Lessons for Nepal : Out of 55 airports in
Nepal, 19 are not in operation, and only a handful are
self-sustaining, by Mukesh Dangol (kp 07/12/2022)
Bird
collides against Tara Air’s cargo plane in Humla (kh
07/12/2022)
NAC
to sell five Chinese aircraft which remained grounded
for over two years, by Rajesh Khanal (rep
07/12/2022)
Commercial
paragliding flights from Mansangkot in Syangja to begin
(rep 07/12/2022)
Airport
construction in limbo in lack of ownership of land
(rn 06/12/2022)
GBIA
carried out foreign trade worth over Rs 22 million
during mid-July and mid-November (rep 04/12/2022)
Nepal
Airlines to operate direct flights from
Bhairahawa to Doha and Kuala Lumpur (rep
01/12/2022)
Suketar-Biratnagar
test flight after 14 years (rep 01/12/2022)
Blacktopping
begins at Suntaharali Airport (kh
30/11/2022)
Pokhara
Regional Int'l Airport: Calibration flights
conducted, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
30/11/2022)
Future
of paragliding in Pokhara mired in uncertainty,
by Sangay Sherpa (ht 30/11/2022)
Airlines
return to Nepali skies in a sign of tourism
recovery : China Southern is resuming flights on
the Kathmandu-Guangzhou sector from today,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 29/11/2022)
Airlines
connecting Pokhara to India : Buddha and Shree
Airlines start preparations (rep 25/11/2022)
Nepal
still red-flagged due to aviation body’s
rigidity : European Commission says no grounds
for revising the list of carriers, including
Nepal’s, barred from serving the EU, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 25/11/2022)
NAC
aircraft for Bhojpur returns to Kathmandu due to
technical problems (kh 18/11/2022), Technical
hitches disrupt NA’s domestic flights (kh
19/11/2022)
Chinese
planes to go under the hammer : Three 17-seater and two
56-seater aircraft had become white elephants for the
carrier, by Sangam Prasain (kp 19/11/2022) [Selling
completely unusable aircraft?]
Paragliding
pilots with health issues not allowed to fly, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 18/11/2022)
NAC
to add new flights from GBIA (ht 18/11/2022)
Calibration
Flight at Pokhara Regional International Airport from
Nov 21 to 27 (rep 16/11/2022), Aircraft
arrives in Pokhara to conduct 'calibration flight',
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 19/11/2022)
Demand
for domestic air tickets surge ahead of elections
(ht 16/11/2022)
Buddha
Air to operate flights to India from PRIA (rep
15/11/2022)
NAC
to conduct its int’l flight from GBIA from December end
(rep 12/11/2022)
Senior
pilot Vijay Lama barred from flying for breaking rules
(kh 09/11/2022)
Pokhara
airport receives 3,800 passengers daily, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 06/11/2022)
Himalaya
Airlines to operate flights from GBIA (rep
02/11/2022), Himalaya
Airlines begins chartered flight from Bhairahawa (kh
04/11/2022)
GBIA
exposes conflict of interest in aviation : "If the
director general is more interested in making an airport
operational than focusing on air safety, something is
fundamentally wrong" (ht 04/11/2022)
Govt
permits CAAN to ink air service agreements with USA and
Switzerland (rep 02/11/2022), Govt.
gives permission for two-way air service agreement with
US, Switzerland (kh 03/11/2022)
Aviation
regulator pressuring airlines to link Bhairahawa : Nepal
Airlines’ Delhi flight was cancelled for disobeying
instructions to connect the underserved Gautam Buddha
International Airport, by Sangam Prasain (kp
31/10/2022), CAAN
directs airlines companies to operate international
chartered flights from GBIA (kh 31/10/2022), CAAN
asks airlines to operate int'l chartered flights from
GBIA (rep 31/10/2022)
NAC
flight to New Delhi cancelled, leaving 254 stranded : An
aircraft of Nepal Airlines Corporation leaving for New
Delhi from Tribhuvan International Airport was denied
take-off by airport authorities this afternoon, leaving
254 passengers stranded (ht 31/10/2022)
Pokhara
Regional Int'l Airport: Inauguration in two months, but
major obstacles remain, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
31/10/2022)
Construction
company selected to cut Ritthepani hill (rep
24/10/2022)
Growing
attraction to mountain flight (rep 23/10/2022)
Silver
linings in the dark sky, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae
20/10/2022)
CAAN
bans paragliding across the country (nlt 17/10/2022)
Jazeera
Airways stops daily flight at GBIA due to lack of
passengers (rep 17/10/2022)
Flights
to Lukla resume as weather improves (ht 14/10/2022)
Pokhara
Regional International Airport: 'Calibration flight'
deferred further due to delay in cutting the hill,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 13/10/2022)
Baglung
airport sits high and dry for lack of access road :
Although the construction work has finished,
stakeholders have not taken any initiative to operate
flights, locals say, by Prakash Baral (kp
12/10/2022)
EU
positive towards Nepal’s aviation safety (kh
11/10/2022)
Hundreds
stuck in Ramechhap due to bad weather, by Kiran Lama
(ht 11/10/2022)
Buddha
Air turns 26 : The carrier aims to become the largest
ATR operator in Asia in the near future (kp
11/10/2022)
Pokhara's
air service suspended for two days due to lack of
visibility, by Sandesh Shrestha (rep 06/10/2022)
EU
to conduct safety audit of Nepal from Thursday (rep
04/10/2022)
Passengers
stranded in Nepalgunj due to lack of flights for Karnali
(rep 02/10/2022)
Flying
drones within five km of TIA banned (rep 01/10/2022)
Planes
to Lukla to depart from Ramechhap from tomorrow (kh
30/09/2022), Regular
flight started from Ramechhap to Lukla (rep
01/10/2022)
NAC’s
ground handling service gets certified (rep
30/09/2022)
CAAN
to take action against flying kites around TIA
(kh 29/09/2022)
Cathay
Pacific operating Hong Kong-Kathmandu flight after three
years (rn 28/09/2022)
Shree
Airlines resumes mountain flight (27/09/2022)
Solukhumbu-Lukla
flight to operate from Manthali (kh 23/09/2022)
Nepal's
removal from EU air safety list likely, by Kiran
Lama (ht 22/09/2022), EU
air safety audit (ht 23/09/2022)
Nepal
Airlines to sell Chinese planes if nobody wants to lease
them : The aircraft spent more time on the ground than
in the air, and they were becoming a financial burden on
the debt-ridden national flag carrier, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 21/09/2022)
80
percent air tickets booked for Dashain (kh
20/09/2022)
Panel's
nod for NIA : The govt must start building NIA after
analysing its overall economic prospects (ht
20/09/2022)
GBIA
starts operating regular international flights from
Friday, by Rekha Bhusal (rep 17/09/2022)
Air
services in Baitadi closed for six months (kh
15/09/2022)
Technical
glitches delay two NAC flights (ht 15/09/2022)
Tourism
hamstrung as government delays passing twin aviation
bills : Nepal needs to split the Civil Aviation
Authority into service provider and regulator to get out
of the European Commission’s air safety list, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 14/09/2022) [Continued
anti-national disinterest of Nepali governments for
years: Incompetence, protectionism, corruption, what are
the backgrounds?]
NAC
plane bound to Japan returns to Kathmandu after smoke
detected in aircraft (rep 14/09/2022)
Aviation
fuel supply stopped at three airports including Gautam
Buddha Int’l Airport (rep 10/09/2022)
Jazeera
Airways to operate flights at GBIA on daily basis from
September 6 (kh 30/08/2022)
January
1 opening of Pokhara airport, insiders say, is a flight
of fancy : There are many environmental, technical and
social issues that need to be addressed before flights
can be cleared, which may take months, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 26/08/2022)
Himalaya
Airlines conducts test flight at Gautam Buddha Int’l
Airport (rep 26/08/2022)
Govt
resumes transit visa service to passengers bound to
third countries via Nepali airports (kh 23/08/2022),
Foreign
nationals can now go to third countries via Nepal
(rep 23/08/2022)
50pc
discount on ground handling for foreign airlines
operating at GBIA (ht 20/08/2022)
Plane
lands at Suketar Airport three months after closure
(kh 19/08/2022)
China
halts Himalayan Airlines flights after passengers test
positive for COVID19 (kh 16/08/2022)
Nepal
Airlines at a loss as Chinese planes begin to rust : The
aircraft cost more money to operate than what they were
bought for. Government is repaying EXIM Bank of China,
as carrier has no plans to fly the planes or get rid of
them, by Sangam Prasain (kp 11/08/2022), The
incompetent bunch : Who were the people who decided that
a plane which had no financial viability should be
bought? (kp 12/08/2022)
Himalaya
Airlines operates a diplomatic chartered flight to
China’s Qingdao (rep 10/08/2022)
Pokhara
Regional Int’l Airport to come into operation from Jan 1
(nlt 08/08/2022), Pokhara
Int’l Airport to be inaugurated on Jan 1, 2023 (nlt
18/08/2022)
Unfinished
Karnali airports, by Lalit Bista (rep 07/08/2022)
Shree
Airlines aircraft makes emergency landing at Nepalgunj
airport (nlt 04/08/2022)
Himalaya
Airlines releases its CSR Report for the pandemic years
(rep 04/08/2022)
Passengers
disembarked after “report of terrorist onboard” NA plane
(kh 03/08/2022), Suspicious
person arrested from NAC’s flight bound to Mumbai
(rep 03/08/2022)
CAAN’s
income increases by 16.67 per cent (kh 01/08/2022) [If tourism and air travel are to be
improved, the extreme airport fees urgently need to be
reduced to an internationally customary standard!]
Air
services disrupted in Humla for four days (kh
01/08/2022)
CAAN
which could spend only Rs 21.32 billion last FY gets a
budget of Rs 41 billion this FY (rep 01/08/2022)
Tourism
Minister Shrestha wants EU’s nod on Nepal’s flight
safety (kh 30/07/2022), EU
team to visit Nepal to conduct a safety audit on air ban
list (rep 31/07/2022), What
CAAN must do : It will be a reward for CAAN if it can
convince the EU to remove Nepali airlines from its
blacklist (ht 02/08/2022), UN
watchdog asks Nepal to split Civil Aviation Authority :
The planned separation into service provider and
regulator to avoid conflict of interest has been
constantly facing setbacks as carriers from Nepal are
barred from flying into EU, by Sangam Prasain (kp
03/08/2022)
Yeti
aircraft makes emergency landing in Pokhara airport
minutes after taking off (kh 29/07/2022)
Tourism
Minister Shrestha urges India to provide new air route
(rep 22/07/2022)
Bharatpur
Airport expansion to start soon: Tourism Minister
Shrestha (kh 21/07/2022)
Pokhara
airport opening delayed again to December : The
completion deadline has been extended as calibration
flights and testing of communication and navigation
equipment are yet to be done, by Sangam Prasain (kp
15/07/2022)
NAC
loses millions of rupees due to pilot’s refusal to fly
(rep 13/07/2022)
What’s
up with Nijgadh International Airport?, by Pratik
Ghimire (ae 07/07/2022)
Nepalgunj
Airport averts huge damage (rep 05/07/2022)
Yeti
Airlines to start ‘inflight entertainment service’ for
first time in domestic flights (rep 05/07/2022)
French
Civil Aviation Authority commits to remove Nepal from EU
blacklist (rep 05/07/2022)
Coalition
leaders announce to build international airport in
Nijgadh (kh 02/07/2022), Deck
Cleared To Build Nijgadh Airport, by Ballav Dahal
(rn 04/07/2022) [???], Why
are the top leaders of the ruling coalition defending
the Nijgadh Airport project? The top leaders of the
ruling coalition–Sher Bahadur Deuba, Pushpa Kamal Dahal
and Madhav Kumar Nepal–look committed to the Nijgadh
Airport project, whatever the supreme court verdict. Why
are they so bent? (nlt 08/07/2022)
Airport
to be constructed in Sindhuli, by Anil Bhandari (rep
02/07/2022)
Nepal
Airlines Corporation turns 65 (kh 01/07/2022)
Two
more int'l airlines to have regular flights to and from
TIA (rep 30/06/2022), Thai
Smile Airways operating flight to TIA from today (kh
01/07/2022), Thai
Smile starts Bangkok-Kathmandu flight (rep
02/07/2022)
Pokhara
Regional Int’l Airport: Road to cross Ritthepani hill
opened, landfill site not finalized (rep 30/06/2022)
Aircraft
start going to regional airports for night-stop parking
(rep 30/06/2022), Right
decision : CAAN's decision to shift most of the aircraft
to six airports will help manage parking congestion at
TIA (ht 30/06/2022)
Top
court quashes all decisions related to Nijgadh airport :
In a 3-2 ruling, the Supreme Court, however, keeps
options open for building an international airport, with
strict conditions of minimal environmental damage,
by Sangam Prasain, Binod Ghimire and Tika R Pradhan (kp
30/06/2022), Full
text of verdict barring airport at Nijgadh out, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 30/06/2022), Nijgadh
International Airport in high priority: Minister
Shrestha (rep 01/07/2022)
Flights
disrupted for three days (kh 28/06/2022), Adverse
weather affects domestic flights (kh
28/06/2022)
After
seeing man on TIA runway, plane ‘overshoots’ to
avoid accident (kh 27/06/2022)
Nepal
Airlines Corporation to revise 10-year business
plan (kh 27/06/2022)
“Inquiring
in Kathmandu no longer a compulsion” (kh
26/06/2022)
Wizz
Air to launch services to Bhairahawa Int’l
Airport from September (nlt 24/06/2022)
Airlines
hit hardest by Nepal’s fuel hike : “The mindset
that aviation is a luxury must change. It is a
service.” (nt 24/06/2022)
CAAN
and AOAN call a truce (ht 23/06/2022)
Ad-hoc
decisions put Nepal’s aviation—and tourism—in
disarray : The civil aviation body is not the
only one wreaking havoc on the industry, the
tourism minister has done his share of the
damage too, insiders say, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 22/06/2022)
Airline
operators threaten to ground all their aircraft from
Wednesday if their demands are not met (rep
21/06/2022), Airlines
operators to provide regular air service from 11 am
today : "Negotiations will continue, but for now we will
not stop the air service" (kh 22/06/2022), Flight
disruption averted, talks on, by Sangay Sherpa (ht
22/06/2022)
Two
more international airlines preparing to start flights
from GBIA (nlt 20/06/2022)
Domestic
airfare goes up as NOC jacks up fuel prices to record
level (nlt 20/06/2022), Airline
companies hike airfares by up to Rs 1,020 per travel
citing increased fuel prices (rep 20/06/2022)
CAAN
unveils mandatory provision for night-stop parking of
planes (kh 20/06/2022)
Resunga
Airport : Locals await to board flight for 16 years
(rn 20/06/2022)
CAAN
mandates two pilots on helicopter flight for VIPs
(kh 20/06/2022) [Yes, VIPs are
of higher value and need special protection! What kind
of discrimination is this against ordinary passengers?]
60
years of living dangerously : Pilots in Nepal are
trained not to fly into clouds because there could be
mountains in them, yet it continues to happen, by
Kunda Dixit (nt 17/06/2022)
Crash
Course : Nepal needs more accountable leaders and better
governance for this carnage in our skies to stop (nt
17/06/2022)
Nepal,
Bangladesh to discuss power trade, investment in 2 hydel
projects : The South Asian country has shown eagerness
to import Nepal’s electricity and proposed to supply to
Nepal during the dry season, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 15/06/2022)
CAAN
tightens operation of flights on Pokhara-Jomsom route,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 15/06/2022)
Government
announces to reduce old aircraft purchase-period by five
years (kh 15/06/2022)
Jazeera’s
airbus makes emergency landing at Gautam Buddha Intl’s
Airport (kh 14/06/2022)
Locals
affected by Biratnagar Airport expansion project protest
: They warn of stern protest if government fails to
address their demands of either providing due
compensation or lifting provision halting their land
registration process, by Binod Bhandari (kp
14/06/2022)
Inclement
weather disrupts flight services at Lukla Airport :
Tourists stranded (kh 13/06/2022)
Minister
Ale lays foundation stone for new arrival terminal
building at TIA (rep 12/06/2022)
Nijgadh
Int’l Airport mired in uncertainty, by Laxman Kafle
and Purushottam P. Khatri (rn 12/06/2022)
Ensure
Safety In Air Travel, by Yug Bahadur (rn 10/06/2022)
Regular
flights resume in Humla, by Rajan Rawat (rn
07/06/2022)
Flights
to and from Simara Airport curtailed until June 27
(rep 03/06/2022)
Aborted
landing in Nijgad : The project is a logging concession
masquerading as an airport, it is a disastrous mix of
kleptomania and megalomania (nt 04/06/2022)
Airline
operators say it’s impossible to have two pilots in one
helicopter (rep 03/06/2022)
Buddha
Air aircraft en route to Bhadrapur returns to Kathmandu
(nlt 01/06/2022)
Flight
services disrupted as fuel tanker overturns at Pokhara
Airport (kh 31/05/2022), Flight
services resume after fuel tanker removed from Pokhara
Airport (kh 31/05/2022)
Pilot’s
right to decide on weather curtailed (kh 31/05/2022)
Nijgadh
controversy : True, another big airport can be built
elsewhere, but it cannot serve as an alternative to the
TIA (ht 30/05/2022), Govt
says it’s taking Nijgadh Airport project forward despite
SC order to stop it (rep 30/05/2022) [This
is a clear contempt of court! The decision of the SC is
binding on the government!], House
panel directs govt to remove legal obstacles to Nijgadh
Airport (rep 30/05/2022)
Tara
Air aircraft flying from Pokhara to Jomsom goes out of
contact (kh 29/05/2022), Update:
Two helicopters mobilized to trace missing Tara Air
plane (kh 29/05/2022), Tara
Air update: Search operation affected due to inclement
weather conditions (kh 29/05/2022), Government
asks locals to help with search, rescue effort for
missing aircraft (kh 29/05/2022), Tara
Air airplane is suspected to have crashed (With list of
passengers and crew members), by Santosh Pokharel
(rep 29/05/2022), Captain
Ghimire's phone tracked, aircraft located around Larke
of Lete area in Mustang (ht 29/05/2022), Rescue
teams head towards TT Lake where pilot’s mobile phone’s
signal tracked (kh 29/05/2022), Nepal
Army chopper lands at suspected Tara Air plane crash
site based on tracking of Captain's cell phone, by
Subodh Gautam (rep 29/05/2022), Missing
Tara Air aircraft found crashed in Mustang (nlt
30/05/2022), Missing
Tara Air plane found crashed at Thasang-2 in Mustang
(kh 30/05/2022), Difficult
to identify bodies, say locals who reach Tara Air crash
site (kh 30/05/2022), Tara
Air crash: 14 bodies recovered; search underway to find
others (kh 30/05/2022), 20
bodies recovered from Tara Air crash site : The Twin
Otter with 22 people on board, including three crew
members, had slammed into a mountain at 14,500ft, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 30/05/2022), CAAN
preliminary probe attributes bad weather for Tara Air
plane crash (kh 30/05/2022), Rescuers
pull 21 dead bodies from Tara Air aircraft crash site in
Nepal’s mountains : A total of 10 dead bodies are being
brought to Kathmandu through a chopper of the Nepal Army
for post-mortem at TU Teaching Hospital (nlt
30/05/2022), All
bodies of those killed in Tara Air plane crash retrieved
: 12 bodies being airlifted to Kathmandu (kh
31/05/2022), Tara
Air aircraft crash: 10 more bodies brought to Kobang,
black box recovered (nlt 31/05/2022), Nepal
missing passenger plane with 22 people aboard found
crashed in a mountain : Wreckage of the Twin Otter that
flew for Jomsom from Pokhara on Sunday morning was
located near a mountain in Mustang on Monday morning,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 31/05/2022)
Supreme
Court orders govt not to build international airport in
Nijgadh (kh 26/05/2022), Nepal’s
top court bars govt to construct Nijgadh International
Airport : Conservationists and environmentalists were
against the plan arguing that it would cause irreparable
damage to the environment and wildlife in the eastern
Terai's only remaining natural hardwood forest (nlt
26/05/2022), Supreme
Court says no to Nijgadh airport over environmental
concerns : An extended full bench quashes all decisions
regarding the airport, envisioned as alternative to
Kathmandu airport, by Sangam Prasain and Tika R
Pradhan (kp 27/05/2022)
High
costs of fuel and ground handling keeping airlines away
: The government spent nearly Rs40 billion to build
Bhairahawa airport, and it has been trying hard to get
foreign airlines to use it, by Sangam Prasain (kp
26/05/2022), Airlines
companies that operate int’l flights to and from GBIA to
get exemption of all charges for a year (rep
26/05/2022)
Plans
to build airport and roads in Karnali (rep
25/05/2022)
Jazeera
Airbus grounded at Gautam Buddha Int’l Airport (kh
23/05/2022)
Jazeera
Airways announces launch of service to GBIA (rep
19/05/2022),
Jazeera to conduct three flights a week to Kuwait from
Gautam Buddha Int'l Airport (rn 19/05/2022)
Direct
flights between Kathmandu and Kunming to resume from May
30 (rep 18/05/2022)
Nepal
asks India to provide additional air routes (rep
17/05/2022)
Int’l
flights start from Nepal’s second international airport
(rep 16/05/2022), Commercial
flight service begins at GBIA, PM Deuba inaugurates the
airport (rep 16/05/2022), Bhairahawa
goes wow as second international airport opens : For
entrepreneurs and traders, the construction of the
airport is an historic event, and symbolises the effort
to decentralise development, by Sangam Prasain (kp
17/05/2022)
Bhairawa’s
new airport already too small : Design flaws and bad
planning limit benefits of Nepal’s 2nd international
airport (nt 13/05/2022)
Jazeera
to operate regular flights from June 12 at GBIA (rep
12/05/2022)
Buddha
Air to operate night flights from May 15 (rep
12/05/2022)
Shree
Airlines aircraft makes emergency landing at Kathmandu
airport after engine failure (nlt 11/05/2022)
NTB
to operate shuttle bus service for tourists on election
day (nlt 11/05/2022)
DAO
Banke directs Nepalgunj Civil Aviation Office to take
action against Tara Air (rep 11/05/2022)
Bhairahawa
airport to open on May 16, but Modi won’t land there :
Nepal’s second international airport, which has failed
to market itself, would have drawn attention if the
Indian prime minister landed there, officials say,
by Sangam Prasain and Anil Giri (kp 10/05/2022)
Flight
time extended in Nepalgunj Airport (rep 09/05/2022)
Flights
resume in Karnali, Sudurpaschim (rn 09/05/2022)
Domestic
flights to remain close on election day (nlt
09/05/2022)
Rumor
of bomb at TIA turns out to be hoax : Flights to soon
operate (kh 04/05/2022)
'There
should be incentive schemes for airlines to connect the
new airport', interview with Abdullah Tuncer Kececi,
general manager of Turkish Airlines in Kathmandu (kp
03/05/2022)
Regular
flights to and from TIA affected due to poor visibility
(rep 30/04/2022), Adverse
weather affects flights at TIA (nlt 30/04/2022)
Bhairahawa
Airport disrupted due to flat tire of a Kathmandu-bound
Buddha Air aircraft (kh 30/04/2022)
Both
foreigners and Nepalis should be charged the same
airfare: Minister Ale (rep 29/04/2022)
Domestic
flights to operate 18 hours a day (nlt 27/04/2022),
Seven
more airports to operate for 18 hours from today (kh
28/04/2022), Domestic
planes flying at night raises hopes of adding to the
economy : Stakeholders upbeat as the civil aviation body
decides to keep most airports in Tarai open until
midnight from today, by Sangam Prasain (kp
28/04/2022), Private
airlines threaten to halt domestic flights (ht
29/04/2022), CAAN
warns domestic airlines of action if they refuse to
implement night flight plan (rep 29/04/2022)
Test
flight to be conducted at Gautam Buddha Airport on
Thursday (kh 27/04/2022), A330
wide-body aircraft landing at Gautam Buddha Int’l
Airport to mark test flight (rep 28/04/2022), NAC’s
A330 wide-body aircraft lands successfully at Gautam
Buddha International Airport (kh 28/04/2022)
In
an encouraging move, UN aviation body raises Nepal’s air
safety score : The International Civil Aviation
Organisation has awarded Nepal an effective
implementation score of 70.1 percent, ranking the
country above the global average of 67.2 percent, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 26/04/2022)
NAC
to conduct three weekly flights in Kathmandu-Narita
sector starting May 1 (rep 26/04/2022)
High
taxes make Nepal’s airports among the most expensive :
The government has doubled, tripled passenger service
charge which may hit tourism recovery, insiders say,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 23/04/2022)
Jazeera
Airways to operate flights to and from Gautam Buddha
Airport beginning May 16 (rep 22/04/2022), Jazeera
Air will be the first airline to fly to Gautam Budhha
International Airport (kh 23/04/2022)
Nepal
Airlines to fly to Saudi Arabia from Friday : SA becomes
8th international destination for national flag carrier
(kh 22/04/2022), Nepal
Airlines conducts maiden flight to Riyadh (nlt
25/0/2022)
Gautam
Buddha International Airport comes into operation
(kh 21/04/2022), Gautam
Buddha International Airport begins operation with
domestic flights (ht 22/04/2022)
Summit
Air flight for Lukla makes safe landing at TIA (rep
17/04/2022)
Domestic
flights to start at Gautam Buddha Airport from April 21,
int’l flights from May 16 (rep 17/04/2022)
Visiting
foreign tourists urged to pay for on-arrival visa in
cash (kh 16/04/2022), Advice
to travellers to carry cash attracts public criticism :
The single ATM at Tribhuvan International Airport does
not accept certain cards, and it is a good idea to carry
cash, immigration officials said, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 18/04/2022), Home
Minister directs govt bodies to repair ATM and X-ray
machines at TIA to ensure hassles-free travel (rep
18/04/2022), Just
one ATM : People are wondering in disbelief at the
government’s callous approach (kp 19/04/2022), Notice
urging tourists to carry cash for on-arrival visa
revoked (nlt 19/04/2022)
TIA
to operate 24 hours from May 29 (kh 16/04/2022)
Buddha
Air to operate regular flights from Pokhara to New Delhi
(rep 16/04/2022)
Nepal
Airlines to start regular flights to Saudi Arabia from
April 22 (rep 15/04/2022)
Landfill
issue could delay opening of Pokhara airport : A nearby
rubbish dump poses a bird-strike risk to aircraft. Until
it is cleared, the airport remains off-limits, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 14/04/2022)
NAC
Extends Concessional Flights In Karnali (rn
09/04/2022)
ICAO
to start audit of Nepal’s aviation next week : The audit
team is expected to show special interest in the level
of progress in the separation of the civil aviation
body, experts say, by Sangam Prasain (kp 06/04/2022)
Buddha
Air aircraft makes emergency landing in Nepalgunj
(kh 06/04/2022)
Passenger-friendly
police response program to begin at TIA (kh
06/04/2022)
With
COVID-19 case subside TIA records outflow higher than
inflow (kh 06/04/2022)
Reduced
Airlines Flights Affects Humla Locals (rn
05/04/2022)
Rabbit
collides with aircraft at Nepalgunj Airport, by
Arjun Oli (rep 05/04/2022)
Flight
irregularity hits life of Karnali people (kh
04/04/2022)
Flights
at TIA affected due to bad weather (nlt 03/04/2022),
Flights
At TIA Affected Due To Bad Weather (rn 03/04/2022)
11
Airlines Show Interest To Operate Commercial Flight At
Gautam Buddha Int'l Airport, by Laxman Paudel (rn
03/04/2022)
Disaster
involving NA plane averted in Bangkok (ht
02/04/2022)
GBIA
To Begin Operation From Buddha Jayanti, by Laxman
Paudel (rn 01/04/2022)
Has
China handed over Pokhara intl’ airport in haste?
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has handed over the
airport’s ceremonial key, but officials say there are
still hurdles to be overcome for regular flight
operation, by Krishna Mani baral (ae 31/03/2022)
Nepal's
2nd Int’l Airport Ready for Opening Amid Air Route
Issues with India, by Hari Prasad Shrestha (rep
31/03/2022) [India denies Nepal
its due international rights at every opportunity!]
There
will be two flights to India daily : Minister Ale
(rep 31/03/2022)
Govt
bodies indifferent to work while foreigners complete
work on time, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 30/03/2022)
Flights
affected at TIA (kh 29/03/2022)
NAC
resumes Kathmandu-Mumbai flight services (kh
28/03/2022)
93
percent work of Pokhara airport completed (rep
26/03/2022), Chinese
Foreign Minister Wang To Handover 'Symbolic Key' Of
Project To PM Deuba, by Krishna Dawadi (rn
26/03/2022), Pokhara
International Airport handed over to Nepal (rep
27/03/2022)
Nepal
wants to be off aviation blacklist. It has not passed
key bills yet : The government has been working on the
proposed legislation since 2009 when it made a
commitment to ICAO to split the civil aviation body
during the safety audit, by Sangam Prasain (kp
25/03/2022)
Hongkong
lifts flights restrictions imposed to countries
including Nepal (kh 21/03/2022)
CAAN
warns of legal action against seven airlines (ht
21/03/2022)
Technical
tests at Pokhara's new airport slated to begin in April
: Ritthepani hill on the eastern side of the airport
poses an approach hazard, and needs to be flattened,
officials said, by Sangam Prasain (kp 20/03/2022)
NAC
on the move to restore international flights (kh
17/03/2022)
Five
airlines companies show interest to operate commercial
flight at Gautam Buddha Int’l Airport (kh
15/03/2022)
Home
Minister Khand raises questions over investment cost of
Pokhara Regional Airport (kh 15/03/2022)
Jazeera
Airways To Operate Regular Flight At Gautam Buddha Int'l
Airport (rn 14/03/2022)
New
Bhairahawa airport is ready, but airlines are not : No
marketing or promotional campaign has been rolled out to
attract international airlines, observers say, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 09/03/2022), Nepal’s
second int’l airport now ready for commercial flight
operation (rep 11/03/2022)
NAC
to conduct three flights a week to Saudi Arabia (kh
07/03/2022)
Domestic
airfare goes up (nlt 05/03/2022), Airfare
for domestic flights increases from today (kh
06/03/2022)
Hangars
large enough to hold the Airbus A330 to be built at
Kathmandu airport : This will expedite the
implementation of the three-year Tribhuvan International
Airport master plan and enhance aviation safety,
officials said, by Sangam Prasain (kp 04/03/2022)
Calibration
flight at TIA conducted (rep 04/03/2022), Flights
expected to be disrupted for two hours due to
calibration test at TIA today (rep 04/03/2022)
Pokhara-Dhangadhi
direct flight started (rep 03/03/2022)
Gautam
Buddha International Airport to start commercial flights
from May 16 (kh 02/03/2022)
In
a serious security lapse, man boards aircraft without
passport and ticket at Nepal’s international airport
(nlt 23/02/2022), Home
Ministry forms team to probe airport security breach : A
man on Monday dodged three layers of security to sneak
through the airport to reach the business class of a
parked plane at Tribhuvan International Airport (kp
26/02/2022)
Kathmandu-Delhi
airfare goes down to Rs 8,000 from 50,000 (kh
23/02/2022)
Agreement
inked for equal airfare for foreigners and Nepalis
(kh 23/02/2022)
Preparations
underway for expansion of Surkhet Airport (kh
20/02/2022)
Baitadi-Dhangadi
air service resumes (kh 19/02/2022)
Commercial
flights to start from Gautam Buddha International
Airport : Calibration flight starting from today (kh
18/02/2022)
Flights
from Janakpur to Pokhara from March 1 (kh
17/02/2022)
Gautam
Buddha International Airport set for May 16 launch :
Technicians are scheduled to begin testing communication
and navigation equipment at the airport on Friday, the
Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 17/02/2022)
Calibration
flight at Gautam Buddha Airport to be carried out from
Friday (rep 16/02/2022)
Is
the TIA moving in reverse direction? : Airports accept
digital copies of flight tickets globally. But TIA
authorities directed the passengers to present printed
copies on Tuesday (nlt 15/02/2022), Domestic
air passengers need to show full ticket (rep
16/02/2022)
Laxity
in issuance of certificate of airworthiness :
Dereliction of duty slur on CAAN directors general
(ht 15/02/2022)
Test
run conducted successfully for Kurtha-Jayanagar railway
service : A train carrying railway employees, security
personnel, people’s representatives and media persons
was operated from Jayanagar, India to Kurtha,
Dhanusha on Sunday, by Santosh Singh (kp 14/02/2022)
Suketar
airport resumes operation (kh 14/02/2022)
As
many as 150 Nepalis returning home from Saudi Arabia
stranded at Riyadh Airport (kh 11/02/2022)
Construction
of airports listed as national pride projects slow in
first half of 2021/22 (rep 11/02/2022)
Finance
Ministry turns down Minister Ale’s plan to cancel ADB
loan to award project to Chinese contractor (kh
09/02/2022)
Sukilumba
airport to operate test flight today (kh
09/02/2022), NAC
successfully conducts test flight to Sukilumba Airport
(rep 09/02/2022)
NAC
calls for global tender to repair grounded plane (kh
08/02/2022) [The incompetence of
NAC management needs no further proof!]
Tourism
minister requests EU to remove Nepali airlines from
blacklist (rep 07/02/2022)
Air
services affected due to adverse weather (kh
04/02/2022)
Air
service in Baitadi closed for month (kh 03/02/2022)
New
arrival hall to be built at domestic terminal : The
planned facility will be 40 metres long and 24 metres
wide, and will have two 35-metre-long baggage conveyor
belts, by Sangam Prasain (kp 31/01/2022)
Gautam
Buddha Airport to be operational from May 26, by
Minraj Bhandari (rep 30/01/2022)
Shree
Airlines adds one more aircraft to its fleet (kh
29/01/2022)
Technical
testing at Bhairahawa airport slated to begin in
mid-February : During the calibration flights, a special
aircraft will check the accuracy of navigation signals
required for safe take-off and landing, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 28/01/2022)
Passengers
forced to pay higher fares for charter flights are
requested to complain with documentary evidence (rep
28/10/2022)
Seven-point
understanding reached to acquire land for Geta airport
up-gradation (kh 27/01/2022)
Home
Minister for safe handling of international airport
(rep 26/01/2022)
CAAN
operating with acting DG, many in line to be appointed
as its DG (rep 26/01/2022(
Himalaya
Airlines becomes first airline in Nepal to achieve ISO
certification (rep 25/01/2022)
Three
NAC board members barred from attending BoD meetings
(ht 22/01/22022)
Nepal
proposes minimum payout of $100,000 for death of air
passenger : For domestic carriage in Nepal, current
minimum compensation for death of a passenger is $20,000,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 21/01/2022)
Heavy
Snowfall At Suketar Airport, Flights Disrupted (rn
21/01/2022)
Bad
weather affects flights at various airports across Nepal
(kh 20/01/2022)
Domestic
flyers ‘may be exempted’ from antigen test : On Tuesday,
a meeting at the Home Ministry concluded that rapid
antigen tests for travellers boarding domestic airlines
doesn’t look practical, by Sangam Prasain (kp
20/01/2022)
No
excuse, vaccination cards a must for all flyers
effective Jan 21, Health Ministry says : The
announcement for the mandatory requirement of
vaccination cards has increased the number of people
coming for vaccines. On Saturday, a record 435,000
people were vaccinated in a single day, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 17/01/2022)
Sukilumba
Airport to operate flight services soon (kh
17/01/2022)
Plane
flown for Pokhara returned Kathmandu after noticing
technical issue, by Raghab Sharma (ht 16/01/2022)
Negligence
of airports and airlines breaches passengers’ consumer
rights: NHRC (kh 15/01/2022)
Aircraft
Museum in Nepalgunj formally comes into operation
(rep 15/01/2022)
Safety
precaution intensified at TIA (ht 14/01/2022)
NAC
aircraft docked in Doha for 16 days, BoD indifferent
towards the loss : NAC’s millions of loss daily helping
private company profit (kh 14/01/2022)
65
percent drop in international passenger traffic via
Kathmandu : According to Tribhuvan International
Airport, 1.44 million international travellers passed
through the airport in 2021, which is a loss of 2.69
million passengers compared to 2019, by Sangam
Prasain (12/01/2022)
Tribhuvan
International Airport stops issuing visitor pass (kh
11/01/2022), TIA
requests people not to come for welcome or farewell with
spike in COVID-19 cases (rep 11/01/2022)
Nepal
Airlines Corporation (NAC) logo. Image Courtesy: NAC :
NAC pilot faces probe for violating 'safety rules'
(ht 10/01/2022)
Calibration
flight after improvement in weather: Minister Ale
(kh 09/01/2022)
Domestic
airlines carried record 3.54 million passengers in 2021
: Cheap air tickets and Nepali travellers sick of bumpy
roads contributed to the surge in air travel, insiders
say, by Sangam Prasain (kp 07/01/2022)
Proposed
legislation unlikely to serve purpose ; Aviation experts
more concerned about issuing licence than prioritising
air and ground safety (ht 05/01/2022)
Minister
Ale directs NAC officials to expedite plan to purchase a
new aircraft (rep 01/01/2021)
Guna
Airlines To Operate Kathmandu-Surkhet Flight From Sunday
(rn 01/01/2022)
Poor
visibility affects domestic and int’l flights at TIA
(kh 31/12/2021), Visibility
in Kathmandu drops to 100 meters: Flights halted at TIA
(rep 31/12/2021), Flight
services resume at TIA as fogs subside gradually (kh
31/121/2021)
NAC’s
narrow body grounded in Qatar (rep 31/12/2021)
Low
visibility affects flights at TIA (nlt 28/12/2021),
Adverse
weather affects flights at TIA (rep 28/12/2021)
CAAN
releases budget for upgrading airports in Sudurpaschim
Province (kh 27/12/2021), Civil
Aviation Authority passes budget after half-year delay :
The delay in the passage of the budget could set back
infrastructure development, as funds that need to be
spent on projects will be held up, officials at the
authority said, by Sangam Prasain (kp 28/12/2021)
China
supplied aircraft turns liability for Nepal: Report
(kh 23/12/2021)
NAC
directed to allocate 40 low tariff ticket to Nepali
overseas workers (kh 22/12/2021)
Up-gradation
of Dhangadhi airport soon: Minster Ale (kh
21/12/2021)
Thick
fog disrupts domestic flights for a while (kh
21/12/2021)
Plane
carrying over 1.2 million vaccine doses returns to China
after failing to land in Kathmandu : Airport officials
say the aircraft will come back later on Monday. More
vaccine doses are scheduled to arrive from India as well,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 20/12/2021)
We
will bring Pokhara Int'l Airport into operation within
eight months: Minister Ale (rep 18/12/2021)
Covid
insurance requirement put on hold after airlines ask for
time : According to the Civil Aviation Authority of
Nepal, airlines—not the passengers—have to pay for the
proposed insurance policy, by Sangam Prasain (kp
17/12/2021)
Budhha
Airplane makes emergency landing at Bharatpur airport
due to engine failure (nlt 16/12/2021)
Power
malfunction holding up testing of radio equipment : The
power supply reliability at Bhairahawa airport should
reach 99.99 percent, which is equivalent to less than 30
seconds of power outage 24/7, by Sangam Prasain (kp
15/12/2021)
Discussions
underway to start direct flights between
Kathmandu-Bahrain (rep 13/12/2021)
Passengers
are being charged for trolley service at Kathmandu
airport : Airport officials say they are unaware of the
issue and vow to deal with it immediately, by Anup
Ojha (kp 12/12/2021)
Airlines
flying to and from Kathmandu must enforce Covid-19
insurance : The policy covers hotel quarantine costs up
to 14 days and medical expenses up to $5,000, the CAAN
says, by Sangam Prasain (kp 09/12/2021) [Ultimately,
the airlines will recover this through ticket prices.
With all due understanding for the needs of the tourism
industry, Nepal must finally realise that the pandemic
has been anything but defeated worldwide.]
EU
continues with blacklisting Nepali airlines (rep
09/12/2021)
Enriching
human touch in aviation : We need to buttress the skills
of the workforce to ensure a safe, sustainable, and
efficient Nepali sky, by Birendra Kumar Singh (kp
07/12/2021)
Need
of advanced regulatory framework of drones in Nepal,
by Prabin Bhattarai (kh 06/12/2021)
Upliftment
of NAC top priority: Minister Ale (rep 06/12/2021)
Poor
visibility affects flights at TIA (kh 04/12/2021), Take-offs
and landings affected due to low visibility at Tribhuvan
International Airport (kh 04/12/2021)
Free
bus service from Tribhuvan International Airport
launched (kh 01/12/2021), Shuttle
service brought into operation at TIA (rep
01/12/2021)
Minister
Ale directs for acquisition of land to expand Dhangadhi
airport (kh 30/11/2021)
What
to do with Pokhara’s ‘extra’ airport? As the new
international airport nears completion, the fate of the
old one is up in the air, by Masta KC (nt
29/11/2021)
Buddha
Air’s aircraft collides with fox in Nepalgunj (rep
25/11/2021)
Domestic
scheduled flights from Kathmandu affected due to hazy
weather (kh 25/11/2021), Poor
Visibility Leads To Cancellation Of 10 Flights Daily,
by Chhetu Sherpa (rn 25/11/2021)
Pilot
lands aircraft at wrong airport after duty hours end
mid-flight : A Nepal Airlines Twin Otter bound for Rukum
landed in Nepalgunj on Sunday after the pilot was out of
time to fly to Salle Airport and on to Nepalgunj as per
the timetable, by Sangam Prasain (kp 24/11/2021)
Pokhara
Airport resumes flight service (rep 23/11/2021)
More
Than 22,000 Passengers Use Tribhuvan International
Airport Daily (rn 23/11/2021)
Efforts
on to remove Nepal from ICAO blacklist: Minister Ale
(rep 22/11/2021)
Testing
of equipment at Bhairahawa airport to start soon : The
Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said that barring any
unforeseen delays, Nepal’s second international airport
would start handling flights by January, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 21/11/2021)
Regular
Kathmandu-Bangkok flights to resume soon (kh
18/11/2021)
ILS
Being Installed At Gautam Buddha International Airport
(rn 15/11/2021)
Turkish
Airlines adds flights, refutes Kathmandu-Istanbul
flights suspension : Turkey has removed 14-day mandatory
quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated tourists
from Nepal and India, as per the new travel protocol
issued on Monday (kp 15/11/2021)
Airfares
get dearer by up to Rs 220 per flight with hike in fuel
prices (kh 15/11/2021)
Shuttle
buses to be operated at Tribhuvan International Airport:
Minister Ale (rep 14/11/2021)
Scores
Of Passengers Stranded At Simkot Airport Due To Shortage
Of Air Tickets (rn 14/11/2021)
CAAN
offends Indian aviation authority : Its slapdash
approach could spoil things (ht 14/11/2021)
Aviation
officials at their wits' end as budget still elusive :
Insiders say the minister wants to make revisions to the
budget which is why he has been holding back, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 13/11/2021)
Int’l
flight to Europe, Australia, Asian cities with NA ticket
kh 11/11/2021)
Airport
Construction Bhairahawa Outdone By Kushinagar,
byModnath Dhakal (rn 09/11/2021)
AEROTHAI
to conduct calibration flight at Gautam Buddha Airport
(rep 08/11/2021)
Fuel
price hike likely to hurt aviation, travel rebound : The
fuel surcharge that is added to the cost of a plane
ticket has been raised from Rs45 to Rs440, depending on
the distance, by Sangam Prasain (kp 05/11/2021)
Saurya
to conduct Biratnagar-Bhairahawa flight services from
Nov 8 (kh 04/10/2021)
Air
fare increases after fuel price hike (kh 04/11/2021)
Shrubs
and bushes around Nepalgunj Airport cleared, by
Arjun Oli (rep 03/11/2021)
Guragain
appointed TIA General Manager (kh 01/11/2021)
Committee
Formed To Facilitate Pokhara Int'l Airport, by Ek
Raj Giri (rn 01/11/2021)
Defending
Nepal's poor aviation record a tough task (ht
29/10/2021)
Probe
committee finds Buddha Air pilot guilty of flight
diversion (rep 29/10/2021)
Hundreds
of people looking for air tickets stranded at Kolti
Airport in Bajura (ht 28/10/2021), Rescue
passengers : The local administration must take punitive
action against the private airlines for overcharging the
passengers (ht 29/10/2021), People
face hard time getting tickets to fly out from Bajura
airport : Middlemen have been buying tickets from
airlines and selling them at higher prices, local
residents say, by Arjun Shah (kp 01/11/2021)
Nepal
seeks deal with India for flight inspection services :
Airport and flight inspections have to be conducted
every year, but Nepal has not been able to conduct the
tests for the last two years due to Covid-19, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 26/10/2021
Sick
One Denied Plane Ticket To Reach Better Health Facility
(rn 26/10/2021)
NAC
sets airfare for flights to far-western hill districts
(rep 24/10/2021)
Aviation
agency may be hamstrung by delayed passage of budget :
The budget was in limbo for three months for lack of a
civil aviation minister who chairs the board. The board
may meet next week to pass the budget if things go as
planned, by Sangam Prasain (kp 23/10/2021)
Scores
Of Tourists Stranded In Mugu Due To Flight Suspension
(rn 23/10/2021)
Biratnagar
Airport inundated; flight services disrupted (kh
20/10/2021), Biratnagar
Airport waterlogged: Flights cancelled (Photo
Feature) (rep 20/10/2021), Biratnagar
Airport to come into operation from tomorrow (kh
22/10/2021), Rain-affected
Biratnagar Airport comes into operation (kh
23/10/2021)
Travelling
is not the same : Airports are just getting back to
normal, and some people are upset about that,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 19/10/2021)
Unfavorable
weather affects domestic flights in country (kh
19/10/2021)
Goods
Left By Passengers Pile Up In TIA, by Chhetu Sherpa
(rn 17/10/2021)
NAC
fails to utilize opportunity for business during
festivals (kh 14/10/2021)
Minister
Ale directs NAC to implement e-ticketing (rep
11/10/2021)
Travellers
face hardship as airlines reduce number of flights
(rep 11/10/2021)
Shree
Airlines aircraft skids off runway at TIA (kh
05/10/2021)
70%
air tickets booked for Dashain festival : Airlines
companies preparing to add more flights (kh
04/10/2021)
Sita
Air to conduct Kathmandu-Taplejung-Bhadrapur flights
during Dashain (kh 02/10/2021)
TIA
To Operate 15 Additional Flights Daily In October
(rn 01/10/2021)
Buddha
Air faces problem in another flight : Plane flown for
Pokhara lands back in Kathmandu (kh 27/09/2021)
Buddha
Air aircraft diverted to Kathmandu from Biratnagar makes
safe landing at TIA (kh 27/09/2021), Buddha
Air passengers describe of panic and fear (kh
27/09/2021)
Direct
Flights To Pokhara Ups Tourists’ Arrival In Nepalgunj
(rn 24/09/2021)
Guna
Airlines to conduct Kathmandu-Surkhet regular flights
(kh 22/09/2021)
NEC
Japan takes Nepali aviation for a ride (ht
22/09/2021)
Nepal
to sign deal with India for periodic airport checks :
Airport surveillance and radar flight inspections have
to be conducted every year, but it has not happened for
two years due to Covid-19, by Sangam Prasain (kp
19/09/2021)
Himalaya
Airlines starts AED service (kh 16/09/2021)
Airline
Companies To Ramp Up Flights For Festive Season, by
Chhetu Sherpa (rn 13/09/2021)
Civil
Aviation Ministry requests Nepal Airlines staff to stop
agitation (08/09/2021)
Civil
aviation regulator awaits new minister to pass budget :
The authority plans to complete the two
under-construction international airports in Pokhara and
Bhairahawa this fiscal year, officials say, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 07/09/2021)
BuCCI
demands immediate test flight at GBIA (rep
05/09/2021)
Finance
ministry suggests forming committee to reform NAC
(rep 03/09/2021)
Nepal
starts preparations for ICAO’s aviation safety audit :
In 2017, the global safety watchdog withdrew the
significant safety concern tag given to the country’s
aviation sector, by Sangam Prasain (kp 02/09/2021)
Relief
to passengers, no need to wear face shield in domestic
flights (kh 01/09/2021)
Biman
Bangladesh to operate chartered flight on
Dhaka-Kathmandu-Dhaka route on September 6 (kh
31/08/2021)
Sichuan
Air’s aircraft in air for an hour after overshooting the
runway (rep 30/08/2021)
COVID-19
crisis: CAAN sees a significant decline in its revenue
collection (rep 30/08/2021)
Sri
Lankan Airlines to start direct Kathmandu-Colombo flight
from Tuesday (kh 29/08/2021), Amid
pandemic, SriLankan Airlines to make Kathmandu debut :
The carrier will operate two weekly flights using Airbus
A320 aircraft beginning Tuesday (kp 30/08/2021)
Qatar
Airways Cargo receives award for highest cargo uplift
from Nepal (rep 26/08/2021)
Airlines
cartel in food transportation to rural areas (rep
26/08/2021)
Kuwait
to resume commercial flights with Nepal, 5 other
countries (kh 22/08/2021)
Buddha
Air to conduct direct Pokhara-Simara flights from Sept 1
(kh 22/08/2021)
Two-way
Dubai flights resume from today (kh 16/08/2021)
UAE
entry conditions relaxed, Nepali airlines start carrying
passengers from Nepal (rep 16/08/2021)
Fire
breaks out at Bharatpur Airport; contained (kh
14/08/2021)
Unions
set up roadblock against long stalled aviation bills :
The trade unions say they fear the government will
gradually privatise the airports, causing them to lose
their perks and pay, by Sangam Prasain (kp
12/08/2021)
Sita
Air escapes accident (kh 11/08/2021)
Completion
deadline for Pokhara international airport extended :
All tasks including testing of navigation and
meteorological equipment may be finished by April 2022,
project officials say, by Sangam Prasain (kp
09/08/2021)
Manang’s
Humde Airport remains non-operational even in times of
need (rep 08/08/2021)
Nepal
seeks India’s help to conduct flight test at Bhairahawa
: Gautam Buddha International Airport will have a
3,000-metre long and 45-metre wide runway and is slated
to open in 2022, by Sangam Prasain (kp 05/08/2021)
Buddha
Air to run Bharatpur-Bhairahawa flight from August 15
(kh 05/08/2021)
TIA
sees highest number of intl flights on Wednesday (kh
04/08/2021)
Two
crucial aviation bills sail through upper house : After
the bills become law, the Civil Aviation Authority of
Nepal will be split into regulator and service provider,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 03/08/2021)
Privatisation
of NAC : Learn from other airlines, by Prakash
Maharjan (ht 03/08/2021)
DPR
of Jumla Airport in limbo, crew flying taking risks,
by DB Budha (rep 03/08/2021)
Expensive
airfare puts additional burden on Nepali migrant workers,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 02/08/2021)
Gautam
Buddha International Airport preparing its test
operation (kh 24/07/2021)
Buddha
Air to begin Pokhara-Nepalgunj direct flights from
August (kh 24/07/2021), Buddha
Air starts Nepalgunj-Pokhara flight (kh 01/08/2021)
Privatize
Nepal Airlines : To save the NAC, obstacles for its
part-privatization must be cleared (ae 22/07/2021),
Nepal
Airlines privatisation still stuck : Mired in debt and
mismanagement, the flag carrier needs to be rescued fast,
by Masta KC (nt 23/07/2021)
Pending
aviation bills will be passed, House panel says :
Passage of the two key pieces of legislation is crucial
to get Nepal removed from the European Union blacklist,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/07/2021)
Nepal
increases flights in Kathmandu-Delhi sector : New
frequency of flights will be effective Monday. As the
number of flights had not increased, passengers were
paying up to six times the normal fare, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 18/07/2021)
Price
of plane ticket to Delhi reaches Rs50,000 : Services
remain capped due to an air bubble arrangement between
Nepal and India, by Sangam Prasain (kp 17/07/2021)
Karnali’s
key airport runway expansion hits a roadblock : A budget
of around Rs 1 billion allocated for the expansion of
Surkhet Airport’s runway has been frozen due to lack of
progress in the project this fiscal year, by Lalit
Bahadur Budha (ae 15/07/2021)
Govt
should conduct due diligence audit of NAC before making
it a public limited company: Ex-PM Bhattarai (rep
11/07/2021)
53
international flights to take place in a week (kh
10/07/2021)
Covid-19
pushes back completion of Pokhara international
airport : The airport in the tourist city may take
another year or longer to be ready, officials say,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 10/07/2021)
NVC
indicts top guns of CAAN, Nepal Airlines (ht
09/07/2021)
Govt
lifts restriction on number of daily domestic flights
(kh 09/07/2021)
‘NAC
continues to remain under govt’s ownership’ (kh
08/07/2021)
Nepal
cautiously reopens international flights : The Cabinet
has also permitted regular domestic flights by following
health safety protocols, by Sangam Prasain (kp
08/7/2021)
NAC
resumes regular flight at Suketar airport from today
(kh 05/07/2021)
Scheduled
July flights from Kathmandu to Narita, Japan, canceled
(kh 04/07/2021)
Domestic
flights resume services from today; 67 flights a day
(kh 01/07/2021), Domestic
airlines resume services from today : Operations will be
under flight rationing, but demand for air seats has
grown despite Covid-19 worries because of the monsoon,
carriers say, by Sangam Prasain (kp 01/07/2021
Nepal
to conduct 21 int’l flights to nine different countries
in July (with list) (rep 30/06/2021)
New
standards for arrival passengers (ht 29/06/2021), Int’l
flights are set to resume. Here is what you need to do
to travel to Nepal (rep 29/06/2021)
NAC
signs pact to transport Postal Services’ packages
(kh 29/06/2021)
Turkey
restricts direct travel from six countries, including
Nepal (kh 29/06/2021)
Airline
bookings reopen as domestic flights set to resume from
July 1 (rep 27/06/2021)
Operation
of domestic and international flights at TIA normal
(rep 26/06/2021)
Domestic
flights set to resume services from July 1 (kh
24/06/2021)
International
flights to resume services from today : Domestic flights
to resume from July 1 (kh 24/06/2021)
Nepal
resuming and adding more flights to labour destination
countries : The decision will bring relief to thousands
of Nepali migrant workers stuck at home and abroad, as
well as help in the repatriation of bodies of Nepali
workers, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 22/06/2021), Domestic
and int’l flights to be resumed with conditions (kh
12/06/2021), Government
allows limited domestic flights to resume after nearly
two months : The Cabinet has decided to open up a number
of international sectors for the convenience of Nepali
migrant workers, by Sangam Prasain (kp 23/06/2021)
Dubai-Kathmandu
flight to re-start from June 23 (kh 20/06/2021)
Domestic
flights to resume services from June end (kh
18/06/2021)
Air
service disrupted since 5 days (kh 18/06/2021)
[related to Humla]
Govt
to resume int’l flights to 7 countries including Japan
(kh 17/06/2021)
Monsoon
holds up finishing touches at Bhairahawa international
airport : Gautam Buddha International Airport has been
rescheduled to open in the beginning of 2022, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 13/06/2021)
NOC
reduces price of international aviation fuel (kh
07/06/2021), Nepal
Oil slashes jet fuel price by 20 percent, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 08/06/2021)
Nepal
Airlines' air safety woes continue (ht 07/06/2021)
Qatar
Airways to resume flights to Sharjah, United Arab of
Emirates with a Daily Flight (kh 07/06/2021)
Return
of Nepalis from Saudi Arabia viable via Qatar, Turkey
transit routes (kh 05/06/2021)
TIA
welcomes 12 thousand passengers in May (kh
02/06/2021)
Turkey
imposes 14-day quarantine for arrivals from Nepal, 7
other countries (kh 02/06/2021)
Limited
passenger flights to Turkey to begin Thursday and Qatar
next week : Flights allowed to China as well but the
country is yet to lift its travel ban, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 01/06/2021)
Taplejung
folks disapprove proposal for renaming Suketar Airport
(kh 30/05/2021)
Govt
to operate flights to China, Qatar and Turkey once a
week from June 1 (kh 28/05/2021), Four
countries to operate regular flights from Nepal (kh
28/05/2021)
Nepalis
can fly abroad on chartered rescue flights : Government
is also considering allowing a limited number of
scheduled flights from June, by Chandan Kumar mandal
(kp 21/05/2021)
Aviation
body wins $20 million in damages from ousted contractor
: The Singapore International Arbitration Centre found
Constructora Sanjose liable for gross negligence. Fees
paid to arbitrators and layers amounted to Rs600 million,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 20/05/2021)
Immigration
services for foreigners leaving Nepal to continue from
TIA (kh 20/05/2021)
NAC
permitted seven flights to transport Indian nationals to
Saudi Arabia (kh 19/05/2021)
NATTA
demands opening of regular international flights
(rep 19/05/2021)
Nepal
allows ‘special flights’ to evacuate foreigners : The
government also permits the evacuation of a number of
Indian nationals using Kathmandu as transit to escape
the flight ban in India, by Sangam Prasain (kp
14/05/2021)
Nepal
extends ban on international flights until May 31 :
Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said it has notified
airlines to facilitate refunding of air tickets or
extension of travel dates as required by passengers
(kp 11/05/2021)
Flight
services resume in Humla (kh 07/05/2021)
Chartered
and rescue flights to take place during prohibitory
period (kh 04/05/2021)
All
Int'l flights except two per week from Delhi suspended
from May 6: Nepal Civil Aviation Authority (ht
04/05/2021)
CCMC
recommends halting domestic and int’l flights (kh
01/05/2021)
Air
passengers decline in domestic sector (ht
01/05/2021)
NA
finds chopper wreckage and unidenfied bodies near
Dhaulagiri base camp (kh 30/04/2021)
CAAN
manages prepaid taxis for air passengers (kh
29/04/2021)
Govt
makes 10-day quarantine mandatory for all arrivals
(ht 28/04/2021)
Domestic
flights allowed during prohibitory order (ht
28/04/2021)
Govt
puts ban on foreigners flying to third countries making
Nepal as transit point (kh 27/04/2021)
‘Little
evidence’ of in-flight Covid-19 transmission : Officials
say carriers saw an all-time monthly high in passenger
numbers in March 2021 and private airlines are looking
to cash in on the boom, by Sangam Prasain (kp
19/04/2021)
Buddha
Air announces to begin inter-province flights from May 1
(ht 19/04/2021)
Airport
project complains about EIA review order : The
supplementary environmental impact assessment report
will take months, further delaying work at Pokhara
International Airport, officials say, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 16/04/2021)
Falgunanda
Sukilumba Airport ready for operation, by Bhim
Chapagain (rep 15/04/2021)
CNI
urges EU to remove Nepal from its air safety list
(ht 09/04/2021)
Smog
disrupts domestic and international air services
(rep 07/04/2021), Heavy
air pollution affects flights (ht 08/04/2021)
Nepal
Airlines to lease out grounded Chinese planes : The six
aircraft were pulled out of service nearly a year ago
due to mounting losses, by Sangam Prasain (kp
05/04/2021)
NTA
to allow internet service on international flights
(ht 02/0472021)
TIA
suspends regular flight operation due to poor visibility
(kh 26/03/2021), Domestic
and Int’l flight services hit due to poor visibility
(kh 27/03/2021), Air
passengers stranded at TIA (kh 27/03/2021), Flights
resume at TIA (kh 28/03/2021)
Pokhara
airport project gets nod to flatten hill near runway :
Nepal’s third international airport could be ready for
operation by the beginning of 2022, officials say,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 23/03/2021)
More
flights between Nepalgunj and Pokhara (ht
23/03/2021)
Simrik
Air reverts its name to Guna Airlines (ht
23/03/2021)
NAC
in final stage of selling its Boeing 757-200 aircraft to
American company, by Minraj Bhandari (rep
21/03/2021)
Airline
operators raise airfare again (ht 20/03/2021)
Surkhet
airport expansion project moves ahead after design
change : The plan had stalled after local residents
launched a protest against land acquisition, by
Chandani Kathayat (kp 18/03/2021)
Buddha
Air to fly on Janakpur-Ayodhya route (rep
04/03/2021)
TIA
upgradation doesn’t fly with tour operators, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 02/03/2021)
Pilots
grounded for not reporting aircraft malfunction (ht
01/03/2021)
Gautam
Buddha airport likely to be readied in three months
(rep 21/02/2021)
Airlines
operators hike airfare (ht 20/02/2021)
Technicians
to start fitting equipment at Bhairahawa airport next
week : Stalled installation of communication, navigation
and surveillance, air traffic management and
meteorological equipment will now resume, officials say,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 17/02/2021)
International
passengers' movement at TIA gradually increasing (ht
17/02/2021)
More
turbulence for Nepal’s aviation sector as its audit
unlikely even in 2022 : Crucial bills to split the Civil
Aviation Authority of Nepal, a key to the reform of the
sector, are in limbo. The audit was originally scheduled
for 2019 but continued being deferred, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 16/02/2021)
Mahendranagar
airport to resume operations (ht 16/02/2021)
Himalaya
Airlines resumes UAE flights (kh 15/02/2021), Himalaya
Airlines to operate three flights a week to Dubai
(rep 16/02/2021)
Pilot's
death flies in the face of Nepal Aviation safety claims
: His tests pointed to impending heart attack, by
Rajan Pokharel (ht 09/02/2021)
Nepal's
Civil Aviation Authority presses airline companies for
due clearance (ht 09/02/2021)
Nepal’s
civil aviation authority seeks ordinance route to pass
two crucial bills : Without the two laws, Nepal will
remain on the European Union blacklist, officials say,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 08/02/2021) [Mr
Oli has to be asked why this was not done long ago
through legislation passed by parliament, as is
customary in a democracy. Vested interests or
incompetence?]
Buddha
Air to conduct over 100 flights a day (kh
08/02/2021)
Government
backs plan to build Nijgadh airport : The $3.45 billion
airport project in Bara, planned to be funded with
Nepal’s own resources, has been stuck in the planning
stage for decades, by Sangam Prasain (kp 03/02/2021)
Biman
Bangladesh to resume flights to Kathmandu from February
18 (rep 31/01/2021)
Himalaya
Airlines and Yeti Airlines join hands for network
integration (rep 28/01/2021)
Domestic
airlines struggle to remain in the air by
discounting fares : Carriers are receiving around 7,000
passengers daily, down from 8,735 before the pandemic,
officials say, by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/01/2021)
Tribhuvan
International Airport sees lowest passenger traffic
since 2003 : 1.10 million international flyers passed
through Kathmandu in 2020, down 73 percent from the
previous year, by Sangam Prasain (kp 19/01/2021)
Himalaya
Airlines carries out test flight to Lhasa (rep
19/01/2021)
NAC
conducting maiden flight to Macau (kh 19/01/2021)
Biratnagar
airport to get Rs15-billion facelift : The runway will
be lengthened to 2,500 metres, enabling it to handle
jets like the Airbus A320 and the Boeing 737, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 16/01/2021)
Domestic
flights grounded due to thick fogs across country
(kh 15/01/2021)
Tourism
Ministry begins search for a partner to run Bhairahawa
airport : The facility is envisaged to become the
gateway to the international pilgrimage destination of
Lumbini, by Sangam Prasain (kp 13/01/2021)
NAC
acts against staff for letting COVID patient fly (ht
06/01/2021)
CAAN
issues ultimatum to airlines : Tells them to follow
health safety measures or face flight suspension (ht
05/01/2021)
Dense
fogs hit flight services at three Tarai-based airports
(kh 05/01/2021)
Ilam’s
Airport To Complete In Three Months, by Kokila
Dhakal (rn 04/01/2021)
Turbulence
remains but clearer skies ahead : Nepal’s aviation
industry lost more than Rs 23 billion because of
pandemic, says CAAN (ht 01/01/2021)
Surkhet
airport expansion faces land acquisition hurdle : Plans
are to lengthen the runway to 1,555 metres to
accommodate bigger planes but people say they are tired
of vacating land repeatedly for the airport , by
Kalendra Sejuwal (kp 30/12/2020)
Chinese
workers arrive for remaining work of PIA (ht
29/12/2020)
With
Gulf countries banning commercial flights, labour
migration sector stares at uncertaintyThe emergence of a
new strain of coronavirus has forced many countries to
once again close their borders, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 27/12/2020)
MoCTCA
achieves decent progress in domestic airport works
(ht 23/12/2020)
NAC
incurs monthly loss of Rs 10 million from grounded
Chinese aircrafts (rep 23/12/2020)
EU
decides to continue ban on Nepali airlines (rep
22/12/2020)
Nepal
bars entry of passengers from UK after new coronavirus
strain (kh 22/12/2020)
How
a Buddha Air plane flew the wrong way and landed 255
kilometres awayGround staff changed the flight number
but did not brief the pilots who, in turn, failed to
check the passenger manifest and flew, officials say,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 20/12/2020)
Kathmandu-Delhi
flights resume without need for quarantine : Passengers
need negative virus test done less than 72 hours before
departure, by Sangam Prasain >(kp 18/12/2020)
NAC
gets permission for ground handling at Gautam Buddha,
Pokhara airports (rep 17/12/2020)
Nepal
Airlines seeks quarantine exemption for Nepalis :
Flights between Nepal, India are expected to begin
December 17, pending approvals from the airport
authorities of both countries, under air bubble scheme,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 11/12/2020) [???]
Domestic
And International Flights Affected Owing To Thick Fog In
Kathmandu (rn 11/12/2020)
Europeans
not impressed by Nepal’s efforts to improve aviation
safety yet : Breaking up the civil aviation authority is
a prerequisite to getting the country removed from
the European Union’s Air blacklist, which runs into the
eighth straight year, by Sangam Prasain (kp
10/12/2020)
NAC's
Kathmandu-Delhi bubble flight likely to start Dec 16
(ht 08/12/2020)
COVID-19
impacts Nepal’s air travel : Passenger numbers down 65pc
in domestic, 72pc in global sector (ht 08/12/2020)
EU
bats for adoption of new aviation rules (ht
07/12/2020)
Tourism
Minister asks contractor to complete Gautam Buddha
Airport in 25 days (rep 06/12/2020)
Buddha
Air plans to fly to remote areas could be a game changer
in domestic aviation, experts sayDespite the high risks,
short take-off and landing flights to remote mountain
airfields across the country are an untapped market with
more people flying as incomes rise, by Sangam
Prasain (kp kp 05/12/2020)
Hong
Kong bans NAC flights for the fourth time (ht
05/12/2020)
Fed
up of losses, Nepal Airlines comes up with four options
to get rid of six Chinese aircraft : Grounded due to
technical issues and lack of manpower and spares, they
have made losses of over Rs2 billion, the state-owned
carrier said, by Sangam Prasain (kp 01/12/2020)
Domestic
airlines resume Mt Everest sightseeing flights after
eight months (kp 30/11/2020), Mountain
flights resume with various offers (ht 30/11/2020)
‘Chandragadi
airport to be upgraded as per new DPR’ (ht
29/11/2020)
Bird
darts at Kailash Air chopper, force landing saves lives
(kh 29/11/2020)
10
MW solar plant to be installed at Gautam Buddha Airport
(rep 27/11/2020), Plan
to run Bhairahawa international airport entirely on
solar power gathers momentum : The solar plant is
estimated to cost nearly $10 million, or $1 million per
megawatt, and will take around six months to complete,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 28/11/2020)
Govt
decides to resume flights to India and Bangladesh
(ht 27/11/2020)
EU’s
ban on Nepali aviation sector to be lifted soon:
Minister Bhattarai (kh 27/11/2020)
Investment
modality to be prepared for Nijgadh Airport (kh
27/11/2020)
Tourism
Ministry revives its plan to join India’s air
bubble arrangement : There have been no commercial
flights between the two neighbouring countries since
March, by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/11/2020)
CCMC
decides to resume flights to all countries (kh
24/11/23020)
Pilot
killed, passenger injured in paragliding tragedy in
Pokhara, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 23/11/2020)
Nepal
Airlines halts flights to Phaplu; passengers, transport
of letters affected (ht 20/11/2020)
Purchase
of Chinese aircraft: Throwing money down the drain :
Chinese officials pressurizing NAC to operate aircraft
irrespective of financial loss, by Gajendra Basnet
(kh 20/11/2020)
Nepal
Airlines to accept reports issued by government labs
only : Move follows false negative passengers causing
the carrier to be banned at foreign airports (kp
19/11/2020)
The
story of an airport and what connectivity can achieve :
Dhangadhi airport, upgraded at the initiative of the
people, has not only boosted in economic growth but also
helped connect the plains and the mountains in the
region, by Arjun Shahi (kp 15/11/2020)
NAC
to accept PCR report only from govt labs (kh
14/11/2020)
Hong
Kong bans Nepal Airlines flights for the
third time : The carrier had been barred from entering
Hong Kong after 12 passengers tested positive for
Covid-19 (kp 12/11/2020)
Domestic
flights show encouraging signs, international ones lag
behind (kh 10/11/2020)
Bhairahawa
airport headed for list of longest running construction
projects : Thai contractor reluctant to begin work
fearing safety of workers as virus caseload in Nepal is
on the rise, officials say, by Sangam Prasain (kp
08/11/2020)
Passenger
flow increases at Simkot airport (rep 05/11/2020)
Civil
Aviation Authority raises questions about the
credibility of virus testing labs : Nepal Airlines has
been banned twice after passengers carrying negative
reports tested positive at destination airport, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 04/11/2020), Turbulence
ahead : Nepal Airlines appearing on Covid-19 high-risk
lists will ruin the carrier’s reputation (kp) [It is hardly imaginable that the
reputation of Nepal Airlines could be further damaged!]
Nepal’s
baffling ban on India flights : Irrational and bizarre
restrictions on foreigners and Delhi flights hurt
travellers (nt 30/10/2020)
Civil
aviation body proposes extra levy to fund provincial air
connectivity scheme : The Human Rights Commission and
parliamentary committees have, on different occasions,
directed the government to provide easy and
affordable flight services to people in remote areas to
fulfil its social obligation, by Sangam Prasain (
19/10/2020)
Dumping
site poses risk to under-construction Pokhara Int’l
Airport (kh 18/10/2020)
Simrik
allowed to operate rescue flights for COVID-19 patients
(ht 14/10/2020)
Regular
flights to hilly districts of Sudurpaschim from today
(kh 13/10/2020)
Three
airports in Sudur Pashchim to resume operation (rep
12/10/2020)
With
a new managing director, Nepal Airlines looks set to fly
into turbulence : The appointment, when there is already
an executive chairman, brings a sense of déjà vu when
dual power centres brought the flag carrier to a
standstill in the past, by Sangam Prasain (kp
10/10/2020)
Nepal,
India discuss opening new air routes (ht 10/10/2020)
Nepalis
showing no interest in Dashain flight ticket bookings,
by Sunita Karki (ae 09/10/2020)
Asian
Development Bank to give $150 million for airport
improvement works : $60 million will be spent on
building an international terminal building at Gautam
Buddha International Airport, by Sangam Prasain (kp
08/10/2020)
Hong
Kong suspends Nepal Airlines flights for two weeks: Five
passengers from Nepal tested positive for COVID-19 in
Hong Kong on October 3 (ht 07/10/2020), Who
is to blame? Regardless of who is at fault, damage has
been done, and the airline is having to bear the brunt
of it (ht 08/10/2020)
Multi-billion-dollar
Nijgadh Airport project hangs in the balance : Amid
reports that the contracted Swiss company is
‘unofficially out’, officials say next Investment Board
meeting chaired by Oli will decide how the project
should move ahead, by Sangam Prasain (kp 06/0/2020)
Biratnagar
airport to be upgraded to international standard (ht
06/10/2020)
Civil
aviation authority paints grim picture of aviation
sector : Says it might take four years for the industry
to revive from the coronavirus crisis (ht
05/10/2020)
Domestic
airlines face missing Dashain travel bonanza over
lockdown fears : Domestic carriers have been attempting
to entice wary travellers with discounts but bookings
have remained sluggish, by Sangam Prasain (kp
03/10/2020)
Yeti
Airlines announces Simara flights from October 7 (ht
03/10/2020)
EU
to develop technical assistance project for CAAN to
support aviation safety oversight in Nepal; Ban on
Nepali airlines in the EU skies remains in place
(rep 03/10/2020)
More
passengers coming in than going out of Kathmandu (ht
02/10/2020)
71
domestic flights to be operated each day in October
(rep 01/10/2020)
Domestic
pilots draw more salary than foreign counterparts: NAC
(kh 01/10/2020)
Aviation
mafia eyeing NAC’s ground handling income (rep
29/09/2020)
Domestic
flights see 90 percent occupancy (kh 29/09/2020)
Turkish
Airlines to resume three weekly flight in October
(kh 27/09/2020)
Himalaya
Airlines receives self ground-handling licence (ht
26/09/2020), Tourism
minister bars self-ground handling facility to Himalaya
Airlines (kh 27/09/2020)
A
tale of two transports : Airline operators cheer, public
vehicle entrepreneurs glum as services resume, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 26/09/2020)
Zurich
Airport International opts out of Nijgad : Still,
government pushes a ghost airport so it can clear-cut
valuable hardwood forest, by Kashish Das Shrestha
(nt 25/09/2020)
Covid-19
pushes Gautam Buddha Airport project further behind
schedule : A revised deadline was set for December but
it’s likely to take at least five to six months more as
the contractor is not ready to send technicians amid
virus fears, officials say, by Sangam Prasain (kp
23/09/2020)
Nepalis
waiting to come back home elated to hear about flights
resumption, by Yogendra Yogi (kh 23/09/2020)
Nearly
collapsed domestic airlines set to take to the skies
again after six months : The festival season may provide
respite for carriers, but with reduced incomes of people
and no signs of the pandemic abetting soon, operators
are worried about their survival, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 21/09/2020)
Pokhara
Airport receives first passenger flight after a hiatus
of six months, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 21/09/2020)
Negative
PCR report compulsory to fly to Lukla (ht
21/09/2020)
NAC
to fly to 10 domestic destinations ( rep 21/09/2020)
Airlines
allowed to operate flights with full occupancy (ht
19/09/2020)
Airlines
operators take issues with government over its
move to allow them to fly half empty, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 17/09/2020)
No
more folly at Nijgadh : The consequences of considering
the environment as an enemy of development will be at
our own peril (kp 17/09/2020)
Decision
to prepare ‘updated’ master plan for Nijgadh airport
meets with criticism : A detailed feasibility study a
South Korean firm prepared in 2011 is good enough
and there is no need to prepare a new plan at this time,
officials say, by Sangam Prasain (kp 16/09/2020)
Domestic
flights from tomorrow in Nepal : Not just to hilly,
mountainous regions, but to all destinations (ht
16/09/2020)
Bookings
for domestic flights to start from Thursday :
Authorities undecided on destinations (kh
15/09/2020)
Domestic
flights, long-haul buses to restart next weekCabinet
discusses allowing in foreign tourists but no decision
was made, according to a minister, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 15/09/2020)
NAC’s
negligence puts lives at risk (ht 15/09/2020)
Impressive
Progress Made In Construction Work Of Pokhara Regional
International Airport Despite COVID-19 Lockdown, by
Tara Chapagain (rn 11/09/2020)
Gautam
Buddha Airport completes 92 percent physical
construction (kh 11/09/2020)
Domestic
flights unlikely from Sept 15 : Suspension likely to be
extended for another 15 days as virus spreads (ht
11/09/2020)
Investment
Board told to confirm final investment decision on
Nijgadh airport : Winning bidder Zurich Airport was
named concessionaire in September last year to develop
the $3.45 billion airport, by Sangam Prasain (kp
10/09/2020)
Nepal
Airlines plans to buy 5 aircraft for domestic flights
(kh 10/09/2020) [Which domestic flights?]
Airlines
oppose plan to scrap two-tier fare structure : Current
policy makes foreigners pay higher fares than locals for
the same flight and Nepali carriers are not
willing to change it and lose the extra revenue,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 08/09/2020)
Airlines
ignoring orders not to board passengers without
PCR test report : Carriers violating the rule have to
pay the hotel quarantine charges of all passengers,
according to a cabinet decision, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 04/09/2020)
Government
directs Air Arabia to refund passengers (ht
03/09/2020)
Foreign
int’l airlines required to charge same airfare as Nepali
int’l airlines (rep 03/09/2020) [????]
Regular
International Flights Resume After Five-Month-Long
Suspension (rn 01/09/2020)
Govt
To Ink Air Transport Deals With 3 Countries (rn
31/08/2020), MoCTCA
to sign ASA with three more countries (ht
31/08/2020)
Operation
of long-haul vehicles, domestic flights to remain
suspended till September 16 (ht 31/08/2020)
New
civil aviation act strict on aircraft import (ht
29/08/2020)
Govt
to remove dollar fare imposed on domestic flights
(kh 29/08/2020)
Nepal
govt-certified PCR tests necessary: Civil Aviation
Ministry (ht 28/08/2020)
NAC
assets worth Rs 54.17 billion, debt Rs 45 billion,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 26/08/2020)
Domestic,
int’l flights to operate from September 1 (kh
26/08/2020), Govt
mulls resuming domestic flights, low-risk places to be
prioritized (kh 27/08/2020)
Schedule
for international flights released (ht 26/08/2020)
Domestic
flights to resume in hills, mountains (ht
26/08/2020)
Resumption
of domestic flights uncertain (ht 24/08/2020)
Schedule
For Regular Int'l Flight To Be Ready By Tuesday (rn
23/08/2020), Govt
decides to limit int’l airlines to operate one flight a
day as it prepares to repatriate stranded Nepalis abroad
(rep 23/08/2020)
Nepal
Airlines gives official send-off to the pilots of
its Chinese aircraft: The Tourism Ministry says it will
take a further decision on the grounded planes after the
Finance Ministry’s inputs.(kp 20/08/2020)
An
airport in Kavre: Flight of fancy or need of the hour? A
preliminary survey estimates the airport, with a
tabletop runway of 1,200 metres, will cost Rs 16
billion. Aviation experts say an airport near
Kathmandu was needed a decade ago, not now, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 18/08/2020)
Stakeholders
slam govt for not resuming regular flights, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 16/08/2020)
TIA
land in the grip of controversial businessmen poses
security concern: The group neither worked as per the
contract nor paid the rent, by Gajendra Basnet (kh
14/08/2020)
Flights,
long-haul transport to remain suspended till August 31
(ht 11/08/2020), Flights,
long-distance bus services suspended until August 31
(rep 11/08/2020)
Civil
aviation authority cuts budget sharply amid uncertainty
over international flights and travel: The authority’s
budget has come down to Rs41 billion but has targets to
complete two international airports and the extension of
parallel taxiway at Kathmandu airport by the end of
fiscal year (kp 08/08/2020)
New
aviation standards readied, Nepalis returning home
should follow these rules (kh 07/08/2020)
Nijgadh
Airport culpable for environment natural biodiversity
(kh 07/08/200)
Aviation
ministry preparing protocols to resume international
flights (ht 06/08/2020), Govt
to review decision to resume aviation service,
long-distance public vehicles as COVID-19 cases see
sudden spike (rep 06/08/2020)
August
17 resumption of domestic flights in doubt: ‘It will be
foolish to resume flights if COVID cases keep rising and
public do not want to travel’ (ht 05/08/2020)
Airlines
seek permission to resume flights (ht 04/08/2020)
Nepal
Airlines Corporation grounds all its Chinese aircraft
(kp 01/08/2020)
Supreme
Court rejects plea to halt compensation hearing (ht
30/07/2020)
How
continued EU ban on Nepali carriers denied Nepal
Airlines opportunity to earn during pandemic: Nepal was
close to getting rid of the ban but problems in the
ruling party resulted in sudden prorogation of
Parliament, putting bills to split up the Civil Aviation
Authority of Nepal in limbo, by Sangam Prasain (kp
27/07/2020)
Ease
restrictions on domestic flights: Airline operators
(ht 26/07/2020)
Safe
takeoff: The government must introduce stricter safety
protocols even as it plans to resume scheduled domestic
and international flight operations next month (kp
22/07/2020)
International
and domestic flights to resume starting August 17:
Airlines and tourism entrepreneurs welcome the decision
to lift flight restrictions that have been in place for
over four months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 21/07/2020)
Tourism
Ministry drops plan to name Munich Airport as operator
of Bhairahawa airport: Gautam Buddha International
Airport may be ready for operation by the end of this
year, say officials, by Sangam Prasain (kp
16/07/2020)
Nepal
Airlines decides to ground Chinese aircraft for good to
cut losses: Six China-made Y12e and MA60 were once said
to mark the beginning of a new era, but over the last
six years, they have become an albatross around the
national carrier’s neck, by Sangam Prasain (kp
14/07/2020), NAC’s
Chinese planes too costly; incur loss of Rs 5 billion,
by Gajendra Basnet (kh 19/07/2020)
Nepal
Airlines announces suspending flights after crew members
catch virus: The national flag carrier operates four to
five repatriation charter flights daily (kp
10/07/2020)
Progress
of Gautam Buddha Int'l Airport project affected as
equipment, technicians stuck abroad, by Mohammad
Habib (rep 10/07/2020)
Government
mulling option of opening up international passenger
flights: Nearly 150 chartered flights have been operated
in over a month, bringing around 22,000 Nepalis from
different countries (kp 10/07/2020) [???
See fate of NAC!]
7
NAC crew members, including three pilots, test positive
for COVID-19 (rep 06/07/2020), 14
NAC crew members including 3 pilots infected with
coronavirus (kh 06/07/2020), Six
more NAC staffers test positive for virus (ht
09/07/2020)
Gautam
Buddha Airport Construction Deadline Extended Till
December 2020 (rn 05/07/2020)
Pokhara
Regional International Airport Makes 60 Percent Work
Progress (rn 04/07/2020)
Government
yet to pay Nepal Airlines Rs 20.4 million in charter
costs: The carrier could really use the money as its
revenues have been slashed by the pandemic, officials
say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/06/2020)
Don’t
appoint Munich to operate Gautam Buddha Airport,
committee tells government: It says a government to
government deal might once again court controversy as
such agreements haven’t been received well in the past,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 19/06/2020)
Construction
of new international airport in Pokhara on track despite
lockdown: Key equipment like lighting systems,
communication and navigation aids, baggage handling and
other goods, however, have been stranded in Kolkata and
Kerung, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 14/06/2020)
Nepal
continues suspension of domestic and international
flights until July 5 (rep 14/06/21020)
Domestic
airline operators submit SOP to Civil Aviation Authority
for approval (ht 11/06/2020)
Airline
operators reduce fuel surcharge, airfare drops (ht
08/06/2020)
Construction
of new airports only if they meet one of three key
criteria (rep 08/06/2020)
Surgical,
N-95 masks mandatory in airports (ht 06/06/2020)
Kathmandu
airport gets facelift during lockdown: Nepal’s sole
aerial gateway is spruced up and adopts precautions as
it prepares to receive passengers, by Raju Banskota
(nt 05/06/2020)
TIA
Completes Improvement Work Taking Advantage Of Lockdown
(rn 01/06/2020), Runway
end safety areas at Tribhuvan International Airport
improved: The runway was extended by 300 metres at the
southern end, making its total length 3,350 metres,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 02/06/2020)
Domestic
airline companies face losses to the tune of Rs 2.51bn,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 14/05/2020)
Over
Four Thousand Trees To Be Chopped For Nijgadh
International Airport Approach Road (rn 11/05/2020),
Proposal
to cut down trees for NIA to be tabled before Cabinet
(ht 11/05/2020)
Regulatory
body readying safety measures at airports (ht
11/05/2020)
Nepal
airlines may merge to survive: Collapse of aviation
could force domestic airlines to join up to consolidate,
by Raju Banskota (nt 08/05/2020)
NAC
wide-body planes flying to Sydney and Beijing today
(kh 06/05/2020)
Nepal
Airlines seeks Rs 4 billion to buy new planes to boost
domestic services: The state-owned carrier wants to
focus on the home front while waiting for international
air travel to rebound, by Sangam Prasain (kp
05/05/2020)
Nepal
mulls suspending int’l flights until mid-August (kh
02/05/2020)
Pandemic
impact on aviation may kill Nijgad: How the proposed
airport’s environmental impact assessment green-washed
the real cost of Nepal's mega project, by Sonia
Awale (nt 01/05/2020)
Buddha
Air prepares new safety rules (ht 28/04/2020)
Construction
of new departure hall at TIA completed (ht
26/04/2020)
Int’l,
domestic flight operation to be halted till May 15
(ht 25/04/2020)
Nepal
Airlines cuts domestic pilots salary by 33% (kh
25/04/2020)
Flight
Suspension Further Incapacitates Ailing National Flag
Carrier, by CK Khanal (rn 24/04/2020)
CAAN
preparing new guideline for domestic flight operation
(ht 23/04/2020)
TIA
construction likely to finish within a month, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 22/04/2020)
CAAN
extends licence renewal deadline to May 26 (ht
22/04/2020)
Nepal
Airlines pleads for bailout as virus losses eat into
cash reserves: The debt-ridden carrier has to fork out
around Rs 1.13 billion in interest and instalment
payments every quarter (kp 18/04/2020)
Sushil
Ghimire appointed Nepal Airlines executive chairman:
Ghimire will serve as the acting head of the corporation
‘with full executive powers’, until further notice
(kp 16/04/2020)
Construction
workers slog away at Bhairahawa airport despite
lockdown: But completion is still some way off due to
lack of essential equipment, said officials, by
Madhav Dhungana (kp 16/04/2020)
Airworthiness
certificate of Nepal Airlines' 757 expires while waiting
out the lockdown: CSDS Aircraft Sales and Leasing had
confirmed its purchase of the jet by making an advance
deposit in January, by Sangam Prasain (kp 15/0/2020)
Billions
in losses and hundreds of thousands of jobs on the line
as airline industry faces pandemic: Airlines will need
immediate and direct financial support from the
government if companies are to avoid insolvency and mass
layoffs, IATA has advised, by Sangam Prasain (kp
13/04/2020)
Lack
of construction materials hampers work at GBIA project
(rep 13/04/2020)
When
pilots stay home, their flying skills get rusty and it
can be tough getting back in the air: There are also
regulations that pilots need to abide by, including
flight hours and three takeoffs and landings in the last
90 days, which is impossible during the lockdown, by
Abhaya Raj Joshi (kp 12/04/2020)
Helicopter
pilots to have their pay cut by 65 percent: Airlines
flying fixed-wing aircraft are expected to slash
salaries too as their cash reserves are running low,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 09/04/2020)
Repatriation
flights continue (ht 09/04/2020)
Flight
suspension extended till April 30, by Roshan S.
Nepal (ht 08/04/2020)
Airline
operators mull over slashing pilots’ salaries (ht
08/04/2020)
NAC
directed to halt payment of Bon Travel (ht
07/04/2020)
Nepal
Airlines Aircraft Slips Off The Runway In Nepalgunj
(rn 28/03/2020)
Domestic
flights cancelled due to lockdown: Passengers requested
to contact airline companies for refund (ht
25/03/2020)
TIA
tells staffers to remain alert for emergency flights
(rep 25/03/2020)
Domestic
airline companies reduce fare (ht 23/03/2020), Domestic
airlines to provide up to 36% discounts on airfare
(rep 23/03/2020)
64
Nepalis quarantined for violating immigration rules,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 22/03/2020)
Shree
Airlines to fly passengers at minimum fare (rep
22/03/2020)
NAC
asks staff to stay on unpaid leave (ht 21/03/2020)
Himalaya
Airlines announces suspension of all flights (ht
21/03/2020)
India
to halt international flights from March 22: NAC to
cease its flight operations to New Delhi from Sunday
(ht 22/03/2020)
Government
bans entry of all passengers, including Nepalis, from
midnight March 20: All passengers, including Nepalis,
flying in from Europe, the UK, West Asia, and the Gulf
will not be allowed into the country until April 15,
by Sangam Prasain and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
19/03/2020))
TIA
hit by declines in international flight frequency
(rep 18/03/2020)
Korean
Air, Thai Airways reduce flights (ht 18/03/2020)
Upper
House endorses draft bills that will allow splitting the
aviation body: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal
Bill and Air Service Authority of Nepal Bill will now be
sent to the Lower House for deliberation and final
passage, by Sangam Prasain (kp 17/03/2020), Aviation
bill to separate regulatory and service providing bodies
(ht 17/03/2020)
Domestic
airlines cut fare by 50% (rep 15/03/2020)
International
flights drop significantly at TIA (ht 14/03/2020)
Cabinet
turns down ‘incomplete’ proposal: Government re-working
on discount package for foreign airlines operating via
GBIA (ht 13/03/2020)
Domestic
airlines pin hopes on cheaper fuel to help them offset
costs: Carriers are currently under pressure due to
flight cancellations, suspensions and declining airfare,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 12/03/2020)
US-Bangla
air crash compensation: KDC decision to adjudicate case
upheld, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 12/03/2020)
Domestic
airfares hit rock bottom amidst coronavirus travel
advisory: Customers might be benefiting from low prices
but airlines are looking at hard times—even considering
layoffs, by Sangam Prasain (kp 11/03/2020)
TIA
reports around 50% fall in international passengers
(rep 11/03/2020)
NAC
and Himalaya Airlines suspend flights to Doha (ht
11/03/2020)
Locals
take initiative to reopen Meghauli Airport, b y
Surya Prakash Kandel (rep 11/03/2020)
71
Chinese workers quarantined at Pokhara Airport
construction site: They had returned to Nepal carrying
the Chinese authorities’ certificates that they were
free from Covid-19, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
11/03/2020)
Zurich
International asks for extension following court order
to stop felling trees at Nijgadh: The Swiss company,
which was supposed to submit a business proposal by
March 1, will be developing Nijgadh International
Airport on a public-private partnership model, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 05/03/2020)
Aviation
authority urges government to implement stringent travel
restrictions: Nepali nationals have been advised to
refrain from non-essential travel to China, South Korea,
Iran, Japan and Italy, by Sangam Prasain (kp
04/03/2020)
Himalaya
Airlines adds A319 aircraft to fleet (rep
04/03/2020)
NAC
off to Narita flying in the face of apex court order,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 03/03/2020)
Flights
from COVID-19 hit nations may be halted: Civil Aviation
Authority given two days to decide as virus spreads
globally (ht 02/03/2020), Govt
told to halt flights to high-risk countries, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 03/03/2020)
Governmental
red tape holds up plan to operate Bhairahawa solely on
solar power: A disagreement over land lease rate between
the Nepal Electricity Authority and the Civil Aviation
Authority means that Bhairahawa might not get its solar
plant, by Sangam Prasain (kp 28/02/2020)
Nepal
Airlines shares should be sold to the private sector
too, experts say: The state-owned carrier has decided to
sell 25 percent of the shares to other government
corporations, by Sangam Prasain (kp 27/02/2020)
Loosen
the paid-up capital requirement for aspiring airlines,
policy panel says: Two international airports are coming
up, and new carriers will be needed to fill the
available slots, as per the team, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 26/02/2020)
Test
flight conducted at Khanidanda airport (ht
26/02/2020)
Debt-ridden
Nepal Airlines to sell a 25 percent stake to other
state-owned enterprises: There are hopes that an
injection of capital will help the ailing corporation
but many are sceptical whether the plan will work
without changes to management, by Sangam Prasain (kp
25/02/2020), Nepal
Airlines is flying blind: Mismanagement and corruption
have brought down the national flag carrier (kp
26/02/2020)
Hopeful
pilots may have to pass psychometric tests: Policy
drafters want to include the requirement after several
air crash reports blamed pilot behaviour, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 22/02/2020)
Poor
weather affects flights at TIA (ht 22/02/2020)
NAC’s
last flight to Osaka on Feb 27 (ht 22/02/2020)
Bhairahawa
international airport to be ready only by mid-year:
Delayed delivery of key equipment will push back the
completion deadline, officials say, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 20/02/2020)
‘Safety
top priority of new aviation act’ (ht 20/02/2020), Aviation
Policy, 2076, limits foreign investment in flying
schools and maintenance institutions (rep
20/02/2020)
Army
rehearsal shuts down airport for two hours, affecting
scores of flights: A Nepal Army drill, in preparation
for the upcoming Army Day, closed Kathmandu airspace for
two hours, leading to three dozen domestic flight
cancellations, by Sangam Prasain (kp 19/02/2020) [????]
Chartered
helicopter services banned inside Annapurna Base Camp
region: The fourth council meeting of the Annapurna
Rural Municipality decided to prohibit choppers in the
region last fiscal year, citing adverse impact on the
region’s ecology and tourism, by Deepak Pariyar (kp
18/02/2020)
Unauthorised
drones posing threat to wildlife, local businesses
(ht 15/02/2020)
NAC
announces vacancy for 47 pilots, co-pilots (ht
15/02/2020)
A
win-win for Nijgadh?: Keeping the Landmark Worldwide
Company’s report under wraps does not help Nijgadh.
Releasing it might do more good than harm, by Hemant
Arjyal (rep 15/02/2020)
Vistara
inaugurates daily flight service to Kathmandu (ht
13/02/2020)
NAC
chair positive on bringing strategic partner (ht
13/02/2020)
Anti-graft
body has no concrete plans to pursue investigation into
Airbus revelations: Although numerous other countries
have initiated their own investigations into Airbus’
admission of paying bribes, Nepali authorities are
uncertain about how to proceed, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 11/02/2020) [Leading
personalities must be spared in any case!]
Fire
breaks out at TIA (ht 11/02/2020)
NAC
to launch Narita flights on March 2 (ht 11/02/2020)
More
Nepalis travelling by air due to cheaper tickets: There
were 3.18 million domestic passengers last year compared
to 1.37 million a decade ago, by Sangam Prasain (kp
09/02/2020)
Shree
Airlines launches Kathmandu-Pokhara commercial flights
(ht 08/02/2020)
How
many trees needed to make way for Nijgadh? Ministry
orders fresh count to settle issue: The Environment and
Social Impact Assessment report only provided an
estimate, new survey will provide exact number,
officials say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
07/02/2020)
Biratnagar-Pokhara
direct flight to facilitate third country tourists
(ht 06/02/2020)
Rs
89 billion invested in airport projects in past 2.5
years (rep 06/02/2020)
Airbus
admits to paying at least 340,000 euros in bribes to
Nepali officials: A settlement reached by Airbus with
financial authorities in France, UK and US alludes to a
total financial commitment of $1.8 million and says the
payment is ‘likely to qualify as bribery of a foreign
public official’, by Sangam Prasain (kp 04/02/2020),
Nepali
officials have no plan on how to proceed with Airbus
bribery revelations: Countries around the world launch
formal investigations into the planemaker’s local
connections, Nepal doesn’t have a game plan, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 05/02/2020)
No
screening for passengers arriving TIA on a Beijing
flight Monday, by Ashim Neupane (rep 04/02/2020), Deadly
lapse at TIA (rep 05/02/2020)
Chinese
carriers cut flights to Kathmandu as passengers cancel
tickets en masse: Arrivals from China have all but dried
up due to the 'rapidly spreading' coronavirus outbreak,
airline officials said, by Sangam Prasain (kp
03/02/2020)
Buddha
Air begins Kathmandu-Rajbiraj direct flights (ht
02/02/2020)
Passenger
flow at Kathmandu airport down for the first time in
four years: But the national flag carrier, Nepal
Airlines, witnessed the strongest growth in passenger
carriage, boosting its international market share to
17.77 percent, by Sangam Prasain (kp 01/02/2020)
Nepal
Airlines pays Rs 1.14bn to CIT, EPF (ht 01/02/2020)
Tourism
Ministry gets okay to table bills to break up civil
aviation body: The International Civil Aviation
Organisation had raised the need to split the authority
to avoid a conflict of interest, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 31/01/2020)
Solar
power plan at Bhairahawa airport hits a snag over land
rental rates: Utilising airport space to install solar
panels will allow electricity to be generated at the
point of consumption, by Sangam Prasain (kp
30/01/2020)
Himalaya
to suspend China flights from February 7 (ht
30/01/2020) [This would only be
reasonable if flights were stopped immediately!]
Govt
to expedite expansion and upgradation of Bharatpur
Airport (rep 28/01/2020)
Himalaya
Airlines starts direct flight to Chongqing (rep
24/01/2020)
Nepal
Airlines permanent pilots warn of resigning en masse:
The pilots have demanded that they be treated in a fair
manner regarding remunerations on par with expat or
contract-based pilots, by Sangam Prasain (kp
24/01/2020), Nepal
Airlines pilots say notice was served to demand pay
hike, not to resign: In a Thursday notice, served to the
executive chairman of the airline, a group of
undersigned pilots had complained of huge differences in
remuneration between them and expat pilots, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 25/01/2020), NAC
pilots resign en masse citing unfair treatment (ht
25/01/2020)
Locals
protest land acquisition drive for regional int’l
airport (ht 24/01/2020)
US
firm makes down payment, confirming purchase of Boeing
757: The company deposited $281,000 into the carrier’s
account on Thursday, which is a 5 percent payment of the
total aircraft cost, by Sangam Prasain (kp
24/01/2020)
Buddha
Air, Shree Airlines to add new destinations (ht
23/01/2020)
TIA
transformation far from complete: Minister had said
‘boutique airport’ would be ready by Jan 1 (ht
21/01/2020)
NAC
to fly to Narita from March 2 (ht 21/01/2020)
Kharel
resigns as NAC executive chairman, by Arpane Ale
Magar (ht 20/01/2020)
Buddha
Air flights to Rajbiraj (ht 20/01/2020)
Airport
CCTV footage leak raises more queries than provides
answers: Police say they’re unaware of how a singer’s
security check video went into the public domain, but
retired officials call it a deliberate leak and wrong
practice, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 19/01/2020)
NAC
flying plane with dysfunctional emergency code on
cockpit door, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 19/01/2020)
Government
moves ahead with Nijgadh airport project: Investment
Board of Nepal says other processes should not be
stopped despite interim orders from the apex court not
to cut trees, by Sangam Prasain (kp 18/01/2020) [??]
IBN
asks Zürich Airport to submit NIA proposal (ht
18/01/2020)
Winter
rain affects flights, by Sujan Dhungana (ht
18/01/2020)
Airlines
operators’ members offloaded from civil aviation board:
The new board should induct members possessing special
qualification on the aviation sector and should have at
least one female member, by Sangam Prasain (kp
17/01/2020)
Autumn
travel rush pulls Nepal Airlines back from the brink:
The bonanza allowed the teetering national flag carrier
to repay creditors breathing down its neck, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 16/01/2020)
VN
2020 Secretariat appoints Nepal Airlines as official
carrier partner (ht 16/01/2020)
AirAsia
refutes any payment obligations (ht 16/01/2020)
GBIA
infrastructure to be ready by March, by Arpana Ale
Magar (ht 15/01/2020)
Vistara
set to start Kathmandu flights in Feb (ht
15/01/2020), Vistara
to fly to Kathmandu from February (rep 18/01/2020)
Pokhara
Airport serving 2,000 passengers a day, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 14/01/2020)
Nepal
Airlines' Doha service avoids Iranian airspace: The
carrier has been using Iranian airspace since 2017 after
several Arab nations barred aircraft from flying to Doha
through their airspace (kp 09/01/2020)
Govt
prepares to review domestic airfares soon (ht
06/01/2020)
Number
of passengers increases at Nepalgunj Airport (ht
05/01/2020)
Nijgadh
International Airport case: CJ defends decision to issue
stay order (ht 04/01/2019)
TIA
flights affected (rep 04/01/2020)
Chinese
state firm wins bid for Kathmandu airport project: The
project includes building 15 new international parking
bays and taxiway on the northern side of the runway,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 03/01/2019)
Rush
the process of splitting the aviation authority: Private
airlines: The plan to break up the civil aviation body
into regulator and service provider has dragged on for
nine years, by Sangam Prasain (kp 01/01/2020), Minister
demands logical reasons for not splitting CAAN (ht
01/01/2020)
TIA
health desk without staff ahead of Visit Nepal 2020:
Health experts warn of possible transmission of deadly
diseases, by Arjun Poudel (kp 31/12/2019)
Clearing
trees at Nijgadh: Govt-community bonhomie needed, by
Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 31/12/2019)
Aviation
act to benefit passengers: Will be eligible for
compensation for flight delays, cancellations (ht
30/12/2019)
Govt
likely to replace NAC chair: Seeks five-point
clarification from Kharel citing unsatisfactory work
progress (ht 30/12/2019)
TIA
runway rehabilitation completed 128 days ahead of
schedule (rep 29/12/2019)
Gautam
Buddha Int'l Airport deferred, deadline extended for 4th
time, by Mohammad Habib (rep 28/12/2019)
Pokhara:
Nepal’s new aviation gateway; After decades of delays,
Pokhara’s new airport will allow international
passengers to bypass Kathmandu, by Kunda Dixi (nt
27/12/2019)
CAAN
workers threaten to halt aviation services (ht
26/12/2019)
Nepal
Airlines offered $5.71 million for its vintage Boeing
757: The national flag carrier has been under pressure
to sell the jet as its airworthiness will expire in
February, by Sangam Prasain (kp 24/12/2019)
Nepal
needs another international airport. So why is Nijgadh
being held up? Local residents want the project to take
off, hoping economic returns. But there are also
nationwide protests against the plan, mainly over the
number of trees that have to be felled to create space
for the airport, by Laxmi Sah (kp 19/12/2019), More
than a fistful: Different people want Nijgadh airport
for different reasons given that it has a price tag of
about 6.56 billion dollars. Some want it more due to
pathetic state of TIA, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
21/12/2019), NIA
could boost GDP by five to eight percentage points:
Stakeholders, by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 22/12/2019), SC
continues interim order halting felling of trees in
Nijgadh (ht 23/12/2019), 15
points for and against Nijgad Airport (nt
27/12/2019)
Government
tightens rules for deploying in-flight security officer
(ht 19/12/2019)
Kathmandu
airport to be open for 21 hours daily from January 1:
Workers have finished renovating the taxiway allowing
the airport to resume regular hours, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 17/12/2019), TIA
taxiway construction completed (ht 17/12/2019)
Udayapur
revives airport plan, by Maheshwar Chamling Rai (rep
17/12/2019)
Snowfall
forces air service shut across Karnali region, by
Dhan Bahadur Budha (rep 16/12/2019)
Draft
Civil Aviation Bill submitted to the Cabinet: A
decade-old initiative to break up the civil aviation
body is alive once again, by Sangam Prasain (kp
14/12/2019)
Land
acquisition decision for Pokhara int’l airport draws
flak, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 14/12/2019)
European
Commission maintains ban on Nepali airlines: The
carriers remain on the updated EU Air Safety List for
failing safety requirements and are barred from EU skies.,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 12/12/2019)
Himalaya
Airlines resumes Kuala Lumpur flights (ht
12/12/2019)
Airline
operators seek permit to fly to Lukla from Kathmandu
this season (ht 10/12/2019)
High
cost of jet fuel in Kathmandu airport is keeping foreign
airlines away: Airlines pay $1 per litre to fuel up at
Tribhuvan International Airport, compared to $0.55 per
litre in Delhi, a new government report says, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 09/12/2019) [High
ground handling charges, twice as high as at other
international airports, are another reason for foreign
airlines not to fly to TIA. Quite obviously, the
government does not want to increase the number of
incoming tourists!]
Uniformity
in airfare for locals, foreigners possible (ht
09/12/2019)
Supreme
Court asks government to halt plans for Nijgadh airport:
The judge has invited both the petitioners and
defendants to discuss the matter, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 07/12/2019), SC
bars felling of trees in Nijgadh: There are 500 to 600
years old trees. They should be preserved (ht
07/12/2019), SC
stays Nijgadh airport construction work (rep
07/12/2019), MoCTCA
to brief apex court about Nijgadh int’l airport (ht
08/12/2019), ‘No
alternative to Nijgadh Airport’ (rep 08/12/2019), A
case for Nijgadh airport (rep 09/12/2019), Nijgadh
International Airport: Rumor and reality; Many people
have misconception that deforestation will begin right
after the Ministry approves the proposal for airport
construction. It does not work that way, by Biranchi
Poudyal (rep 12/12/2019)
Wild
boars entering runway pose threat to planes, by
Arjun Oli (rep 07/12/2019)
Plans
to put Chinese planes back in the air jinxed by lack of
spares: Nepal Airlines had previously been forced to
ground them for lack of pilots, by Sangam Prasain (kp
07/12/2019)
Flights
from Bhadrapur and Biratnagar to link Bangladesh:
Saidpur in Bangladesh is a 20-minute hop by plane from
the two border cities, by Parbat Portel (kp
06/12/2019
Nepal
Airlines eyes Tokyo after Osaka debacle: The state-owned
carrier plans to operate three weekly flights to the
Japanese capital from January, by Sangam Prasain (kp
04/12/2019)
80pc
progress in TIA rehabilitation so far (ht
04/12/2019)
China
says will not conduct safety audit of NAC (ht
04/12/2019), NAC
gets go-ahead to operate China flights (ht
05/12/2019)
Kathmandu
Airport is reviewing its master plan as final expansion
cost expected to touch $1 billion: Airport authorities
say its cost-effective to build a new domestic terminal
at the eastern side of the runway, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 02/12/2019)
TIA
Immigration and VNY 2020: Making services swifter,
by Rohit Bhattarai (kp 02/12/2019)
Work
to spruce up domestic airports gathers pace this fiscal
(ht 02/12/2019)
Bajhang
airport blacktopping behind schedule, by Jagat
Khadka (rep 02/12/2019)
NIA
construction unlikely to begin soon (ht 30/11/2019).
Don’t
delay NIA: Nijgadh is the most suitable place for a
full-fledged international airport, and there is no
point in delaying it any further (ht 02/12/2019)
NAC’s
Boeing finally receives three bid proposals (ht
30/11/2019)
Flawed
assessment: Environment Impact Assessment report of
Nijgadh airport does not consider how mass tree felling
will impact ecology, by Chanda Thapa Rana (rep
30/11/2019)
Bhairahawa
airport is nearing completion, but no foreign airline
has applied to serve it: Officials say test flights can
be conducted by April after the navigation and
surveillance equipment is installed, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 29/11/2019)
Buddha
Air to operate Biratnagar-Pokhara flights, by Binod
Subedi (rep 27/11/2019)
High
operating costs and few passengers force Buddha Air to
cancel Kolkata flights: The airlines’ cancellation does
not bode well for the domestic aviation or tourism
industry, analysts and entrepreneurs say, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 26/11/2019) [Nepal's
pricing policy does everything to prevent the
development of aviation and tourism!], After
losing Rs 100m in 7 months, Buddha Air stops Kolkata
flights, by Muna Sunuwar (ht 01/12/2019)
Manthali
airport being upgraded to accommodate more flights,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 25/11/2019)
Airline
companies send back migrant workers from airport without
any ‘valid reasons’: As incidents of workers being
deprived of flying by airline companies become frequent,
the foreign employment department writes to Ministry of
Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 24/11/2019)
Any
Nepali can aspire to be civil aviation chief, says draft
bill: Previously, potential candidates had to be deputy
director general of the aviation authority or
joint-secretary in the Tourism Ministry, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 23/11/2019)
Full
throttle overhead: While nothing much can be done as
regards airport location some improvements on basic
infrastructures could help TIA improve its image, by
Hemant Arjyal (rep 23/11/2019)
Govt
planning to demarcate boundaries for Nijgadh Int’l
Airport (rep 23/11/2019)
Air
travel is safer than ever before: There has been an
incredible advancement in technology in the global
aviation system, but humans still play a vital role,
by Tri Ratna Manandhar (kp 21/11/2019)
Government
prodding needed to finish Bhairahawa airport on time,
officials say: Gautam Buddha International Airport in
Bhairahawa was initially slated to be ready by December
2017, by Sangam Prasain (kp 21/11/2019)
CAAN
evaluating proposals for renovation of int’l terminal
building (rep 21/11/2019)
Himalaya
Airlines starts direct flight to Guiyang (rep
21/11/2019)
Stakeholders
ask government to ensure Manthali-Lukla flights, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 20/11/2019)
International
aviation regulator to conduct full safety audit in Nepal
in May: Nepal’s score for effective implementation of
accident investigation is still 18.68 percent, which is
far below the global average of 57.43 percent, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 18/11/2019)
Dhangadi
airport to be partially closed for a month (ht
18/11/2019)
Pokhara's
new international airport to be equipped with wide area
multilateration: The system provides performance that is
comparable to secondary surveillance radar in terms of
accuracy and reliability, by Sangam Prasain (kp
16/11/2019)
No,
not a drop more: Airlines flying in to Kathmandu make
sure that they have enough fuel for long hold ups,
either due to cracks on the runway or a disabled
aircraft or that parking space is full, by Hemant
Arjyal (rep 16/11/2019)
For
Everest enthusiasts, an unpleasant experience awaits at
Manthali airport: The Ramechhap airport, which now
conducts around 85 flights daily, is severely
underequipped to handle the hundreds of tourists who
arrive and leave every day, by Tika Prasad Bhatta
(kp 14/11/2019)
Nepal
Airlines cuts price in half to offload vintage Boeing
757: This special Combi model is capable of seating
passengers while also carrying two pallets of cargo,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 14/11/2019)
Families
of air crash victims say they are being pressured to
withdraw their case: 22 Nepalis were killed when
US-Bangla flight BS 211 from Dhaka crashed while landing
at Kathmandu airport, by Sangam Prasain (kp
13/11/2019)
Air
traffic congestion to hit VNY 2020, by Arpana Ale
Magar (ht 13/11/2019), Run
TIA effectively: TIA needs to manage its limited space
effectively until GBIA comes into full operation within
a couple of months (ht 14/11/2019)
Bhadrapur
airport to be closed for 10 days (ht 12/11/2019)
Nepal
Airlines urges government to seek Chinese help for
safety audit: China is poised to become one of the
largest tourist markets for Nepal, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 11/11/2019)
Parking
congestion responsible for mishap at Tribhuvan airport
on Friday (ht 10/11/2019)
Int'l
flights to operate from Pokhara by April 2021, by
Dhan Basnet (rep 10/11/2019)
Nepal
Airlines' Chinese planes are flying less and racking up
more in operation costs: Starting next year, Nepal
Airlines will have to pay more than Rs250 million every
year in loan repayments for the six Chinese aircraft
acquired in 2014, by Sangam Prasain (kp 09/11/2019)
Munich
Airport close to being named operator of Bhairahawa
airport: Officials said the Germans had been asked to
submit a detailed plan including the operation modality,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 09/11/2019)
Security
at TIA foolproof, claims govt, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 07/11/2019), Matter
of concern: When the customs at the TIA and along the
borders are considered to be lucrative postings, you
know something is amiss (ht 07/11/2019), US
State Department report pokes holes in security at
country’s only international airport: The report could
be a catalyst for the Nepali security apparatus to dig
deeper and deal with any potential threats, analysts say,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 08/11/2019)
Chinese
airlines have 48 weekly flights to Nepal but Nepal
Airlines hasn’t even acquired a permit for Guangzhou:
All airlines are required to undergo a safety audit when
flying to a new region, but a Chinese audit has been
delayed three times, with no guarantee it will happen
anytime soon, by Sangam Prasain (kp 07/11/2019), The
government should help Nepal Airlines get a permit to
fly to China: The ruling party always boasts of its
friendship with China but has been unable to help the
failing national flag carrier (ht)
Gautam
Buddha airport to miss project completion deadline again
(ht 07/11/2019)
NAC
studying seven new destinations, by Muna Sunuwar
(rep 07/11/2019)
Nepal
Airlines unveils cost optimisation plan (ht
07/11/2019)
Construction
of airport in Upper Mustang proposed (rep
06/11/2019)
NAC
ramps up preparations for non-stop flights to Guangzhou,
Tokyo, by Muna Sunuwar (rep 06/11/2019)
Manang
awaits promised flight service: Humde Airport has not
had regular flight service in years, by Aash Gurung
(kp 05/11/2019)
Last
minute flight cancelations distress travelers, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 05/11/2019)
Bhairahawa
airport enters second phase of construction: Technicians
to start work to install communications, navigation and
surveillance equipment from next week; The airport was
initially slated to be ready by December 2017, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 03/11/2019)
Expansion
of Manthali airport starts (ht 03/11/2019)
Passengers
protest at airport after Oli’s return from Baku delayed
their flight by nearly an hour: Pilots were asked to
stop engines of Shree Airlines flight because of
disturbance caused at VIP lounge where Oli was being
welcomed, officials say (kp 28/10/2019) [This unbelievable political
arrogance continues unabated! Visit Nepal Year should be
renamed into Travel Godlike Policians Year! After the
democratisation only the names of the gods have changed!
Nepal is probably the only country in which
internationally insignificant politicians regularly
frustrate domestic and foreign travellers!]
First
Kathmandu-Beijing flight set to take off tomorrow:
Himalaya Airlines plans to operate three weekly services
on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 26/10/2019)
Nepal
Airlines’ last Boeing awaits a buyer, but there are none
forthcoming: After two separate auction notices failed
to find a buyer, Nepal Airlines Corporation has now
decided to go into direct negotiations, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 24/10/2019)
Panel
formed to formulate new Civil Aviation Act (ht
23/10/2019)
Before
Visit Nepal, the country needs to improve airport
management: It was a nightmare day for airport
authorities and passengers the day Xi Jinping left Nepal,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 22/10/2019)
Government,
Germany’s Munich Airport to hold final round of talks:
The agenda includes the operation management of Gautam
Buddha International Airport, by Sangam Prasain (kp
21/10/2019)
Rastriya
Janata Party lawmaker vandalises counter at Janakpur
airport: The lawmaker said that he was furious at the
condition of the airport, and the irresponsibility and
indifference of Budhha Air’s officials to passengers’
queries, by Santosh Singh (kp 15/10/2019), Airline
operators warn of suspending all Janakpur flights
(rep 15/10/2019)
Tribhuvan
International Airport reschedules flights in view of
Xi’s arrival and departure: TIA has revised the schedule
of 33 and 54 international flights for Saturday and
Sunday (kp 12/10/2019)
Airlines
adding flights to ease festive commute (ht
05/10/2019)
TAAN
seeks Ramechhap airport upgradation (ht 05/10/2019)
Chhetri
transferred to CAAN from TIA (ht 05/10/2019)
Nepal
Airlines sees strong October, November demand for Japan
flights: Nepalis rushing home for the holidays are
filling the flights out of Osaka, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 03/10/2019)
Pokhara
Airport profits Rs 50m in FY2018/19, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 01/10/2019)
Nepal,
Australia to sign air service agreement: Australia will
permit seven weekly flights to key cities like Sydney,
Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, by Sangam Prasain (kp
30/09/2019), Nepal,
Australia sign air service agreement to operate direct
flights: The accord allows seven weekly flights between
Kathmandu and Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Perth,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 02/10/2019)
Himalaya
Airlines announces new partnership with Tibet Civil
Aviation: The carrier plans to operate direct services
between Kathmandu and Beijing from October 27, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 30/09/2019), Himalaya
Airlines to transfer Chinese ownership, introduces new
logo (ht 30/09/2019)
Nepal,
UAE ink revised air services agreement (ht
30/09/2019)
Bhairahawa
airport's plan to go solar is feasible, say officials:
All systems—from air traffic control to runway
lights—will run on power from the sun, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 28/09/2019)
Members
of investigation bodies say they have not been paid: The
experts who probed the Makalu Air, Altitude Air, Air
Dynasty and Summit Air crashes are yet to get their
money, by Sangam Prasain (kp24/09/2019)
Zürich
Airport shortlisted to develop Nijgadh Airport, by
Sujan Dhungana (ht 24/09/2019)
Rs5
billion international terminal to be built at Bhairahawa
airport: Officials say the construction of the project
is likely to start by 2020, by Sangam Prasain (kp
13/09/2019)
Four
airlines poised to launch Kathmandu-Delhi flights,fares
likely to drop: The additional services may ignite
fierce competition and benefit consumers, say travel
traders, by Sangam Prasain (kp 21/09/2019)
High
cost lays aviation low in Nepal: Kathmandu has the
highest fuel and handling costs of any airport in the
world, and the poorest facilities, by Sharad Ojha
(nt 20/09/2019)
Privatise
NAC: The govt should give up the idea of doing business
in airlines as the private sector has become capable of
competing with others (ht 20/09/2019)
International
flight operations disturbed (ht 20/09/2019)
CAAN
unveils Rs 46.96 bn budget for 2019-2o; Civil aviation
regulatory body plans to distribute bonus worth Rs 1.26
billion to staffers (ht 20/09/2019)
Reform
committee suggests handing Nepal Airlines management
over to a foreign partner: Numerous committees have
recommended the same thing in the past, but nothing has
been implemented, by Sangam Prasain (kp 19/09/2019),
Panel
recommends NAC privatisation: Says national flag carrier
should divest 49 pc of its shares (ht 19/09/2019), Panel
recommends NAC add two narrow body planes, by Muna
Sunuwar (ep 19/09/2019)
Incessant
rainfall affects domestic flights at TIA (ht
19/09/2019)
Tourism
ministry gearing up to sign air services agreement with
Australia (ht 18/09/2019)
Bad
weather leaves 300 stranded in Lukla, by Arpana Ale
Magar (ht 17/09/2019), Bad
weather forces choppers to land in paddy fields, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 18/09/2019)
Buddha
Air’s flight was delayed because minister’s aide
misinformed airport about their location, sources say:
Two officials familiar with the conversation between
Nepalgunj airport and the airline’s office in Kathmandu
said the additional delay was caused by protesting
passengers, by Samuel Chhetri and Sangam Prasain (kp
16/09/2019), Minister
Bhattarai kicks up another row, by Arpana Ale Magar
(ht 16/09/2019)
The
rise and fall of Nepal Airlines: Once the country’s
largest employer and the largest earner of foreign
currency, Nepal Airlines was brought down by the two
evils that plague most other public bodies in
Nepal—mismanagement and corruption, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 14/09/2019)
Summit
Air crash caused by uneven thrust between the two
engines, says preliminary report: The LET L-410 slammed
into a fence before colliding with two parked
helicopters, killing the copilot Sujit Dhungana and two
policemen on the ground, by Sangam Prasain (kp
14/09/2019)
Nepal
Airlines violated own criteria while awarding contract
for printing its in-flight magazine, report says:
Corporation spokesperson expresses ignorance about the
matter, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/09/2019)
‘Upgradation
of Biratnagar Airport soon’ (ht 09/09/2019)
CAAC
team to visit in mid-September (ht 08/09/2019)
Fresh
financing arrangement to be made for airport improvement
project: The upgradation of Tribhuvan International
Airport has been moving in fits and starts since 2012,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 07/09/2019)
PM’s
arrival at TIA delays flights one hour, by Sujeeta
Pradhan (rep 07/09/2019) [This
royal bad habit must be ended at once!]
Acting
deaf n dumb: New tourism minister has come up with list
of tasks he wishes to get done before Visit Nepal Year
2020. But he has left out many aspects, by Hemant
Arjyal (rep 07/09/2019)
Bhairahawa
airport to conduct test flights by March-end: Workers
are putting the finishing touches to the interiors and
installing and testing various equipment, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 06/09/2019)
Amid
environmentalists’ concern, tourism minister repeats he
will build Nijgadh airport: Debate should focus on
location rather than on whether Nepal needs another
international airport, environmentalists say, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 06/09/2019)
Nijgadh
Airport: Rs 600 million distributed to project-affected
so far; Compensation distribution, perimeter fencing
works nearing completion, by Upendra Yadav (rep
05/09/2019)
Nepal
Airlines Corporation fails to auction its Boeing 757
again (kp 03/09/2019)
NAC
plans to operate only two flights a week to Japan
(ht 02/09/2019), NAC
cuts Osaka flights to two a week for a month, by
Nikeeta Gautam (rep 04/09/2019)
Kathmandu
Airport to be closed for seven hours daily for repairs
from Sunday: From January, the airport plans to open
24/7 for the first time since its operation in 1949,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 31/08/2019), TIA
to close for 7 hours daily from Sept 1: Runways of
airports have to be repaired every 10 years (ht
01/09/2019)
Tourism
Ministry is preparing new bill with conflicting
provisions on plane crash compensation: Government move
to fix a uniform liability amount equal to international
airlines is unfair, domestic airlines say, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 30/08/2019)
Vehicles
of just 6 VVIPs to be allowed on TIA domestic apron
(rep 30/08/2019)
Uniformity
in airfare infeasible: Operators, by Arpana Ale
Magar (ht 29/08/2019)
Domestic
travelers required to reach TIA an hr before flight
(rep 29/08/2019)
Delayed
budget approval may hold up projects, say officials: The
Civil Aviation Authority has prepared a Rs45 billion
plan for fiscal 2019-20, by Sangam Prasain (kp
28/08/2019)
Europe's
continued ban on Nepali airlines is unfair, civil
aviation officials say: ICAO had given Nepal a score of
66 percent for effective implementation of safety
standards—way above the global benchmark of 60 percent,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 26/08/2019), CAAN
requests Europe to ease ban on Nepali airlines (rep
26/08/2019)
GBIA
achieves 80 per cent work progress (ht 24/08/2019)
Suspension
on Simrik Airlines’ flights continues (ht
24/08/2019)
India
proposes to conduct study for navigational satellite
programme: GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation is
expected to improve air traffic management on the Indian
subcontinent, by Sangam Prasain (kp 24/08/2019)
High
ATF price hits foreign airlines: ‘Operating from Nepal
becoming increasingly infeasible', by Sujan Dhungana
(ht 23/08/2019) [Obviously,
Nepal is not interested in promoting tourism!], NAC
refuels abroad (ht 23/08/2019)
Seven
companies express interest to build NIA (ht
23/08/2019)
The
pain of going around: Nepal aviation has been subjected
to EASA’s blacklisting since December 2013 because many
European lives were lost in domestic sectors in STOLs
and helicopter crashes, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
22/08/2019)
Myanmar
agrees to implement Himalaya-2 air route (ht
22/08/2019), Nepal
and Myanmar to hold talks to develop Himalaya 2
airspace: The air route is shorter, safer, more
economical and efficient for flights between
Europe-Middle East and East Asia, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 23/08/2019)
Nepal
Airlines resumes its Osaka flights after a decade but it
may fly almost empty: Officials admit that the poor
bookings reflect the carrier’s reputation for
inefficiency, by Sangam Prasain (kp 21/08/2019)
Open
skies for all: As the govt has taken measures to improve
the aviation sector, EU should also rethink its ban on
Nepali airlines from flying in its skies (ht
21/08/2019)
CAAN
temporarily suspends all flights of Simrik Airlines
(ht 21/09/209)
Himalaya
Airlines cleared to operate flights to Beijing: The
private Nepali carrier plans to operate three weekly
services to Beijing Daxing International Airport from
September, by Sangam Prasain (kp 20/08/2019)
Eight
companies from seven countries are vying for the bid to
build Nijgadh International Airport: The project, which
is expected to cost $3.45 billion in total, is eyed by
both China and India, by Sangam Prasain (kp
18/08/2019)
Bhairahawa
is getting a multi-billion-rupee airport. But will
tourists spend time in the city? Although the city is
the gateway to one of the country’s most prized
landmarks, it hardly has enough attractions to hold
tourists for more than a day, by Arya Mainali (kp
18/08/2019)
CAAN
to host 56th DGCA Conference (ht 17/08/2019), ‘Sky
should be accessible to all nations’ (ht
20/08/2019), Civil
aviation's mega meet concludes, next edition in Dhaka
(rep 24/08/2019)
SSP
implementation rate above 72%: CAAN (rep 17/08/209)
EU
needs to clarify ban on Nepali airlines: Bhattarai
(ht 16/08/2019)
Shree
Airlines to fly to India, Bangladesh (ht 15/08/2019)
Kathmandu
Airport to roll out heavy discount offers for midnight
flights: The move is aimed at helping the congested
airport deal with rapidly rising passenger numbers next
year when Visit Nepal 2020 will begin, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 14/08/2019)
‘Govt
will build NIA if it fails to lure foreign investors’
(ht 14/08/2019)
TIA
to set up taxi tracking system (ht 14/08/2019)
Team
leaves for Malaysia to study solar technologies at
Bhairahawa airport: The Gautam Buddha International
Airport, which is due to be completed by early next
year, plans to go fully solar, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
13/08/2019)
NEA
to build dedicated feeder line to GBIA (ht
13/08/2019)
TIA
urged to focus on post-midnight flights (ht
13/08/2019)
Nepal
Airlines wants to sell its last Boeing 757, but receives
only two takers: When the aircraft flies off into the
sunset, it will mark the end of the Boeing era in Nepal
that began nearly five decades ago, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 12/08/2019)
Shree
Airlines permitted to operate flights to Varanasi
(ht 12/08/2019)
Bhairahawa
airport may be completed by December or March but no one
knows when operations will begin: With so much work
still remaining, not many are convinced that the airport
will be complete anytime soon, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 09/08/2019)
Tourism
minister vows to build Nijgadh airport at any cost: All
issues will be resolved, promised Yogesh Bhattarai, but
environmental activists are unconvinced, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 08/08/2019)
Civil
Aviation Authority submits $130m counterclaim against
Spanish contractor: Constructora Sanjose had filed a $28
million claim at Singapore International Arbitration
Centre for contract termination, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 07/08/2019)
Govt
to form task force to study status of NAC: It will plan
the course for betterment of the airlines (ht
0608/2019)
Operate
TIA round the clock, NATTA asks tourism minister
(rep 06/08/2019)
Construction
of NIA will start soon: Minister Bhattarai (ht
05/08/2019)
NAC
to operate more domestic flights to contribute to VNY
2020 (ht 05/08/2019), NAC
operates trial flights to various parts of the country
(rep 05/08/2019)
Turbulent
times for NAC: NAC’s business plan was premised on a
flawed assumption of easy access to the proposed new
destinations like Korea, Japan and China apart from
Europe, by Mukul Mishra (rep 04/08/2019)
NAC
calls bids from consultants to conduct DDA (rep
04/08/2019)
NAC
to conduct chartered flights to Narita (ht
02/08/2019)
Nepal
Airlines has new planes, but no new plans, by Sharad
Ojha (nt 02/08/2019)
Families
of US-Bangla Airlines crash victims file $19 million
lawsuit: Flight BS-211 from Dhaka crashed on landing at
Tribhuvan International Airport, killing 51 passengers,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 01/08/2019)
Rs
10b collected in aviation development fund in 5 years
(rep 31/07/2019)
NAC
introduces promotional airfare for Osaka flights (ht
30/07/2019)
In
new pact, Nepal and China agree to increase weekly
flights to 98: The agreement is significant boost for
Nepal, which, five years ago, began with only 14 weekly
flights to Chinese cities, by Sangam Prasain (kp
27/07/2019)
Cabinet
approves, in-principle, to draft civil aviation bills:
Proposed legislation will split Civil Aviation Authority
into regulator and service provider, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 26/07/2019)
Incessant
rainfall affects local flights (ht 25/07/2019), Bad
weather affects domestic flights (rep 25/07/2019)
NAC
reopens booking for Osaka flights (rep 25/07/2019)
MoCTCA
team departs to China for revision of ASA (ht
24/07/2019)
Trekking
operators warm to Manthali-Lukla flights, by Nikeeta
Gautam (rep 24/07/2019)
Himalaya
Airlines to begin flights to Dhaka from today (ht
22/07/2019)
43pc
of PRIA construction work completed so far (ht
16/07/2019)
Preventing
another setback, Kathmandu airport will offer short
window for Nepal Airlines flight to JapanAirport
officials are making an exception by opening the airport
for 30 minutes during the construction phase of
the taxiway in September, by Sangam Prasain (kp
15/07/2019)
Domestic
airports resume operations (ht 15/07/2019)
GBIA
deadline extended till December (ht 15/07/2019)
Nepal
Airlines says it may incur a loss of Rs1.5 billion this
fiscal year: National flag carrier points to higher fuel
prices and competition from budget airlines for the
debacle, by Sangam Prasain (kp 13/07/2019)
Sound
of silence: Communications in aviation are not as
dependent on HF transmission as before, as other modes
of communications have overtaken HF, by Hemant
Arjyal (rep 13/07/2019)
Yeti
Airlines aircraft skids off runway (ht 12/07/2019),
Runway
operations at TIA halted till 7:00 pm (ht
12/07/2019), Tribhuvan
International Airport temporarily closed after Yeti
Airlines aircraft suffers 'runway excursion' (kp
12/07/2019), Kathmandu
airport shut for eight hours after Yeti aircraft
overshoots runway during landing: Yeti Airlines aircraft
that skidded off the runway on landing could not
be removed due to heavy rains, forcing all flights to be
cancelled or diverted until 7pm, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 13/07/2019), Tribhuvan
International Airport opens again after being closed
down for eight hours, by Sangam Prasain (kp
13/07/2019), Yeti
plane runway excursion shuts TIA for 8 hours, by
Muna Sunuwar (rep 13/07/2019)
Himalaya
Airlines starting Dhaka flights from July 22 (rep
12/07/2019)
Cabinet
okays revision of air service agreement with China,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 12/07/2019)
Rs
50-cr remote parking bay inoperative, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 09/07/2019) [????]
Nepal
Airlines lacks pilots and plans to keep its Chinese-made
planes airborneAs the four aircraft languish in the
hangar, cash-strapped Nepal Airlines Corporation’s
losses soar, by Sangam Prasain (kp 07/07/2019)
Prime
minister blasts management of Nepal Airlines for litany
of failures: The only thing it has done is accumulated
loans worth Rs36 billion, Oli says, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 02/07/2019), NAC
on a prayer: The NAC cannot be relying on the government
for largesse to pay up its debt while the management
does little to improve its efficiency (ht
03/07/2019)
NIA
likely to get permission to cut down trees (ht
29/06/219)
NAC
receives aircraft maintenance approval from regulator
(ht 29/06/2019)
In
instrument we trust: The most critical step in making
aviation safer, as what it is today, was primarily due
to setting up of “standard pressure” that governed
cruising in the airways, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
29/06/2019)
Kathmandu
airport to remain open for 21 hours daily from Monday:
The airport will again remain closed for 8 hours daily
from September for taxiway repairs, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 28/06/2019)
Violations
of operating procedures led to Air Dynasty crash,
report says: The crash, which killed a sitting minister,
clearly violated all standards for flying in
inclement weather and at high altitudes, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 27/06/2019)
Dalit
women representatives and decision making: They are
entering positions of power in their own right, not
thanks to the quota system, and need to be respected,
by Sarita Pariyar (kp 27/06/2019)
NAC
calls tender for auction of Boeing aircraft (ht
27/06/2019)
Khatiwada
reveals turnaround plan for debt-ridden Nepal Airlines:
Capital restructuring and inducting a strategic partner
are the major moves to revamp the state-owned carrier,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 26/06/2019)
Humde
airport yet to resume regular flights (ht
24/06/2019)
Three
new laws suggested to run civil aviation authority,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/06/2019)
TIA
to resume 21-hour operation from July (ht
20/06/2019)
Nepal
to seek access to all Chinese airports in new aviation
agreement: Delegations from the two countries scheduled
to meet in Beijing to thrash out the details, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 19/06/2019)
TAAN
urges govt to halt Kathmandu-Lukla flights (ht
19/06/2019)
Preparations
for flights to China completed by NAC (ht
17/06/2019)
CAAN
to continue Ramechhap-Lukla flights (ht 17/06/2019)
PM
Oli hopeful of Nepali planes returning to European skies
(rep 17/06/2019)
16
airports out of operation (ht 16/06/2019)
Gulf
of distrust: There is good prospect for trans-Himalayan
airways, not just “South of Himalayas,” that could help
bring in better connectivity benefits in future, by
Hemant Arjyal (rep 15/06/2019)
Gautam
Buddha Airport slated to be second fully solar-powered
airport in the world: The project aims to produce 10 MW
of solar power and is estimated to cost nearly $10
million, or $1 million per MW, by Sangam Prasain (kp
14/06/2019)
NAC
preparing to put Y12e aircraft back in
service (ht 14/06/2019)
Nepal
Airlines to say bye bye to its last Boeing 757, auction
notice on Friday: When the aircraft flies off into the
sunset, it will mark the end of the Boeing era in Nepal
that began nearly 50 years ago, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 13/06/2019)
Finland
proposes signing air service agreement with Nepal: A
flight between Kathmandu and Helsinki is estimated to
take around 9 hours, by Sangam Prasain (kp
12/06/2019), Finnair
proposes Kathmandu-Helsinki flights (ht 19/06/2019)
Paragliding
has taken off in Pokhara, but the risks are numerous: In
the past year alone, there have been 20 serious
accidents involving paragliders, and no one seems to
know who is responsible, by Sachitra Gurung (kp
10/06/2019)
‘Wide-body
aircraft acquired without preparations’
(ht 08/06/2019)
Nepal
Airlines postpones flight service to Osaka, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 06/06/2019), Nepal
Airlines postpones Osaka service due to ‘very poor’
bookings: The national flag carrier is restarting a
service that debuted a quarter century ago, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 07/06/2019), Unreliable
service: Postponing flights to Osaka might make business
sense to the airline, but in doing so NAC’s credibility
is at stake (ht 07/06/2019)
Pokhara
Regional International Airport: Stakeholders see need
for better access road, by Santosh Pokharel
(rep 05/06/2019)
Kathmandu’s
airport gets two new parking bays (kp 05/06/2019)
Threat
to halt air services from Thursday (ht 04/06/2019)
Construction
of two new remote parking bays at TIA completed (ht
03/06/2019)
Cabinet
issues ‘conflicting decision’ over Bhairahawa airport
operation: It has asked the tourism ministry to appoint
the foreign firms through a government to government
deal, while also asking officials to hold an open
competition, by Sangam Prasain (kp 02/06/2019)
Cabinet
okays GBIA operation in G2G modality (ht 31/05/2019)
Govt
yet to fulfil commitments made earlier for aviation
sector (ht 28/05/2019)
Buddha
Air to launch budget flights to Kolkata today (kp
27/05/2019)
TIA
to be upgraded to boutique airport by Oct (ht
26/05/2019)
Snail-paced
repair work at Dhangadhi Airport disappoints
Sudurpaschim people, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep
26/05/2019)
Airlines
keen to add flights to New Delhi (ht 24/05/2019)
Construction
of runway at Bhairahawa airport completed, by Madhav
Dhungana (kp 23/05/2019), With
runway blacktopped, Lumbini moves closer to opening a
new int'l airport, by Mohammad Habib (rep
23/05/2019)
DPR
of Sindhuli domestic airport completed (ht
23/05/2019)
TIA
fleecing international passengers for 8 years?, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 20/05/2019)
PAC
directs CAAN to recover Rs 1.95bn dues (ht
20/05/2019)
Himalaya
Airlines to lease one aircraft to Vietnamese airline
(ht 18/05/2019)
All
for pride: Overflying ferry flights, destined to Nepal,
were compelled to land under one pretext or another or
held up in countries outside India for days before
permits were issued, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
18/05/2019)
Drone
use in restricted areas goes unchecked, by Deepak
Pariyar (kp 17/05/2019)
NAC’s
profit surges after grounding of Jet Airways (ht
16/05/2019)
Nepal,
Cambodia agree to expedite process to start direct
flights (rep 16/05/2019)
Gautam
Buddha airport contractor stops work after not getting
paid, by sSangam Prasain (kp 13/05/2019), Construction
work at GBIA halted: Contractor says has not received
budget to carry out further works (ht 13/05/2019), Finance
Ministry okays another Rs 700 million for Bhairahawa
airport project (kp 14/05/2019), Construction
work of GBIA resumes (ht 14/05/2019), Shortage
of engineering material, delay in payments hit the
project in last leg, by Mohammad Habib (rep
14/05/2019)
Aviation
diplomacy: This can play a crucial role in promoting
Nepal’s tourism that is vital to the economy, by
Yubraj Bhandari (kp 13/05/2019)
Grounded
Chinese planes to take to the skies again by July,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 12/05/2019)
NAC
urged to increase flights to India (ht 11/05/2019)
NAC
flying to Osaka from July 4 (rep 09/05/2019), Nepal
Airlines offers cheapest flight to Osaka: Rs45,000
one-way, by Sangam Prasain (kp 10/05/2019)
Dhangadhi
airport shut for a month for upgrading, by Dil
Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 06/05/2019)
Choppers
grounded (ht 04/05/2019)
What
if?
Why is it necessary for the full squadron of ministers
and battalions of top ranking officers to be present at
the airport for every goings and comings of VIPs?,
by Hemant Arjyal (rep 04/05/2019)
‘Recent
incidents reveal state of aviation safety in Nepal’,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 01/05/2019)
CAAN
revokes suspension order of Capt Lama (ht
30/04/2019)
Yeti
Airlines adds fourth ATR72-500 aircraft to its fleet
(ht 29/04/2019)
Nepal
Airlines receives fare clearance for Osaka flights,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 26/04/2019)
Nepal
Airlines
struggles to stay afloat—and it is going deeper into
debt: The national flag carrier says its current cash
flow, including a sinking fund, stands only at Rs
200 million, by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/04/2019)
Call
to resume flights (ht 25/04/2019)
Air
connectivity discussion with China in July (ht
25/04/2019)
NAC
to add new flights to Delhi from May 1: Indigo Air,
SpiceJet keen to add flights on DEL-KTM route (ht
24/04/2019)
Gautam
Buddha airport project faces material supply problems,
by Madhav Dhungana (kp 24/04/2019)
Tara
Air plane suffers runway excursion: One eyewitness says
a major crash was averted, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp
23/04/2019)
As
Jet
Airways comes to a halt, airfares for New Delhi take
off: Officials say ticket prices for Kathmandu-New Delhi
sector won’t see any drop unless other airlines dive to
fill in the demand, by Sangam Prasain (kp
22/04/2019)
Nijgadh
Airport sees potential investors queuing up after
Investment Summit, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 22/04/2019)
Country
yet to improve aviation safety (ht 22/04/2019)
Nepal
Airlines grounds Chinese-made planes for lack of
instructor pilot: The state-owned carrier is losing
millions of rupees, by Sangam Prasain (kp
21/04/2019)
Department
of Immigration to install new system to check on
frequent flyers, by Nayak Paudel (kp 21/04/2019) [??]
Jet
Airways closure affects air travel to and from Nepal,
by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 20/04/2019)
Locals
lament Jumla Airport mess: Flights halted once again due
to repairs, by DB Budha (rep 19/04/2019)
Construction
of runway completed at Pokhara international airport,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 18/04/2019)
TIA
passengers still trudge with luggage (ht 18/04/2019)
Buddha
Air clarifies Minister Baskota was late for flight
(ht 17/04/2019) [According to which law do planes have to wait if a
politician arrieves too late at the airport!!]
Nepalgunj
CAO seeks Rs 350m for upgradation (ht 17/04/2019)
NAC
bungling
hassles passengers at Delhi airport: Nepal Airlines
Corporation did not bother to provide either
accommodation or food to passengers (ht 15/04/2019)
At
least three killed in Summit Air plane crash at Lukla
airport, by Sangam Prasain (kp 14/04/2019), Three
killed, three injured in Lukla crash, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 14/04/2019), Three
killed in Summit Air plane accident in Lukla, Nepal
Police confirms (with video) (rep 14/04/2019), Flight
that crashed and killed 3 in Lukla was under an
inexperienced co-pilot’s command, officials say:
Authorities at the regulatory body said the pilot may
have allowed the co-pilot to take off because there were
no passengers on board, by Sangam Prasain (kp
15/04/2019), Pilot-in-command
failed to correct junior’s error, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 16/04/2019)
Lack
of passengers force resumed domestic airports to close
again (ht 14/04/2019)
Jet
Airways abandons Kathmandu flights till May 5 (ht
13/04/2019)
At
Nepal’s
only international airport, it’s not just runway that
needs fixing: Visitors who arrive at the Tribhuvan
International Airport in Kathmandu complain of
hassles at immigration, hour-long waits for baggage and
rude staff, by Thomas Heaton (kp 12/04/2019)
Why
did
Kathmandu airport allow FlyDubai to take off but ground
Nepal Airlines? Officials don’t have a clear answer: New
regulations during the runway renovation bar flights
from taking off after 10pm, but officials say it is not
a blanket restriction, by Sangam Prasain (kp
11/04/2019)
TIA’s
only café in sterile zone shut after owner held with
undeclared foreign currencies, by Nayak Paudel (kp
11/04/2019)
Taplejung
chopper crash: Investigation affected as probe team
fails to locate equipment (ht 10/04/2019)
GBIA
unlikely to start operation in 2019, by Arpana Ale
Magar (ht 08/04/2019)
Poor
weather affects scheduled TIA flights (ht
07/04/2019)
CAAN
invites fresh bids for Tribhuvan Airport expansion works,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 07/04/2019)
Key
metrics of Nepali aviation take a nosedive: Blame falls
on Civil Aviation Authority Nepal’s mismanagement,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 07/04/2019)
Nepal
Airlines’
scheduled flight to Dubai refused permission to
take-off: Air traffic control refuses to grant four
extra minutes for take-off citing NOTAM on runway
extension work (ht 04/04/2019), CAAN
blames NAC for Dubai flight fiasco, by Umesh Poudel
(ht 06/04/2019)
Capacity
of Gautam Buddha Int'l Airport being expanded, by
Mohammad Habib (rep 04/04/2019)
NAC
to auction second Boeing 757 aircraft (ht
03/04/2019)
Irregular
flights trouble Humla passengers (rep 02/04/2019)
Air
service
to Lukla to be operated from Manthali: The runway at
Tribhuvan International Airport will remain open for
only 14 hours daily while repairs are done to the
pavement, by Sangam Prasain (kp 02/04/2019)
TIA
to remain shut for 10 hours daily for repairs from today,
by Khilak Budhathoki (rep 01/04/2019)
Another
larger terminal to be built at Bhairahawa airport,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 012/04/2019)
New
legislation to split civil aviation body slows to crawl,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 30/03/2019)
Kathmandu
airport
runway restoration to begin Monday: This is the ‘most
critical project’ that has been planned at the airport,
authorities said, by Sangam Prasain (kp 27/03/2019)
Disaster
waiting to happen? TIA terminal building emergency exits
locked!, by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 26/03/2019)
AirAsia
asks TIA to waive late fees worth Rs 130 million (ht
26/03/2019)
Nepal
Airlines to discuss Kathmandu-Narita flights with
Japanese delegation, by Sangam Prasain (kp
25/03/2019)
Dynasty
chopper crash: Probe marred by glaring negligence
(ht 20/03/2019)
Kathmandu-bound
jet avoids mid-air collision by seconds in Mumbai
airspace (rep 18/03/2019)
Finance
Ministry tops list of non-paying tenants at airport
(kp 18/03/2019)
19
airports out of operation, by Khilik Budhathoki (rep
17/03/2019)
SilkAir
changes
its aircraft to Kathmandu following Singapore’s decision
to halt all 737 Max 8 planes: Buddha Air, which has been
exploring Max 8 for its operations out of Pokhara, says
it hopes Boeing will have solved the problem by the time
it is ready for jet operations, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 14/03/2019)
Aviation
regulator announces a slew of safety measures post Air
Dynasty crash, by Sangam Prasain (kp 10/03/2019)
Team
to look into cause of PM’s flight landing delay, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 08/03/2019) [This
issue is not understandable: One day earlier, our flight
was held in the air for about 45 minutes!!]
Thai
firm wins $4.83m contract to install communications
system, by Sangam Prasain (kp 08/03/2019)
Pokhara
International Airport project completes apron works,
by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 07/03/2019)
Pokhara
Civil Aviation Authority bans solo paragliding following
third crash in a week, by Deepak Pariyar (kp
06/03/2019), Successful
test flights conducted in Sindhupalchok, by Anish
Tiwari (kp 06/03/2019)
Civil
Aviation Authority files Rs13 billion counter claim
against Spanish contractor, by Sangam Prasain (kp
03/03/2019)
Chopper
crash to cause more difficulties to get delisted fom EU
safety list (ht 02/03/2019)
The
New
(Sky) Silk Road To Istanbul: Turkish Airlines prepares
to operate its Kathmandu link through the new hub, which
will be the world’s largest airport (nt 01/03/2019)
Air
Dynasty
crash raises aquestion — again — why so many choppers go
down in Nepal: Aviation experts lay stress on strict
compliance with standard operating procedures, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 01/03/2019), Better
safe than sorry: Weather conditions make Nepal’s
airspace more challenging for pilots (kp
01/03/2019), Tragic
crash:
What all this points to is the amount of precautionary
measures airlines must take to provide a safe journey to
their passengers (ht 01/03/2019), Crash
points again to lapses in air safety (rep
01/03/2019), Locals
blame cloud, strong winds for chopper crash, by
Khagendra Adhikari (rep 01/03/2019)
Twelve-year
toll in Taplejung air crashes 31, including ministers
(ht 01/03/2019)
Int'l
flights affected as Pakistan closes its airspace:
Flights to various Gulf destinations and Turkey use Lima
302 route (rep 01/03/2019)
Thumkidanda
airport in limbo after minister’s death (ht
28/02/2019)
Chopper
carrying Tourism Minister Rabindra Adhikari crashed in
Taplejung; all seven on board killed (kp
27/02/2019), Seven
including Tourism Minister Adhikari killed in Air
Dynasty helicopter crash (ht 27/02/2019), Seven
people,
including tourism minister, killed in a helicopter
crash: The chopper crashed into a cliff after entering a
thick blanket of cloud, eyewitnesses say, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 28/02/2019), The
last journey (nt 01/03/2019)
TIA
runway to be closed for 10 hours every day (rep
26/02/2019), Civil
Aviation Authority of Nepal to finance airport
improvement project, by Sangam Prasain (kp
27/02/2019)
Airport
parking
lot was opened in haste to show progress, officials say:
Authorities say a new tunnel will bring passengers
relief before summer, but not everyone is hopeful,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/02/2019)
Tribhuvan
International Airport posts 12 percent passenger growth
in 2018, by Sangam Prasain (kp 24/02/2019)
10,000-kilolitre
fuel tanks to be built at Bhairahawa (kp 23/02/2019)
NAC
hiring 50 pilots, aiming to operate its fleet to full
capacity (rep 23/02/2019)
Airport
tax money not being spent as intended: Tourism Ministry,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 21/02/2019)
Nepal
Airlines to fly to new destinations (ht 21/02/2019)
TIA
authorities allow passengers to take trolleys up to
parking bay, by Umesh Poudel (ht 20/02/2019)
DPR
for airport in Dhankuta prepared (ht 19/02/2019)
Govt
designates restricted zones for drone flight (ht
18/02/2019)
TIA
may ground Himalaya Airlines over non-payment of dues,
by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 18/02/2019)
European
ambassadors briefed on plans to split civil aviation
body, by Sangam Prasain (kp 17/02/2019)
Pokhara-Jomsom
flights resume after a week, by Sushil Babu Thakali
(rep 15/02/2019)
NAC:
From heyday to mayday, by Prabhat Chhetri (ht
11/02/2019)
Nepal
Airlines to fly non-stop to Osaka from March-end, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 10/02/2019), March
launch of nonstop Osaka service ‘unlikely but possible’,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 11/02/2019)
Benefit
of
doubt: It is surprising that US-Bangla investigation
report does not say anything specific about the
situation that led to its disorientation, primary reason
for crash, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 09/02/2019)
Tourism
Ministry, Aviation Authority cross swords over
operational modalities, by Sangam Prasain (kp
07/02/2019) [on Gautam Buddha International Airport]
Domestic
air passenger numbers double to 7,800 daily, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 05/02/2019)
NAC
receives AOC for Japan flights; awaits Japanese nod,
by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 03/02/2019)
Passenger
flow through TIA increasing each year (rep
02/02/2019)
Gautam
Buddha airport project extends deadline for ground
services, by Sangam Prasain (kp 01/02/2019)
Six
airports
in southern plains can handle night flights: Bhadrapur
Airport is the newest entrant; Prime Minister to
inaugurate the area navigation system today, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 31/01/2019) [Nothing
else to do for the PM?]
Chopper
firms deny involvement in rescue scam, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 29/01/2019)
Pilots’
medical history in focus after fatal US-Bangla crash,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 28/01/2019), Loss
of situational awareness of crew primary factor for
crash (ht 28/01/2019)
Poor
visibility affects flights at TIA for 3 hours (ht
28/01/2019)
Committee
recommends immediate start of Nijgadh airport works
(rep 27/01/2019)
NAC
announces special promotional fare for Bangkok (rep
27/01/2019)
Making
hay,
our way: Probably nothing much will come out of
investigations on wide-body scam. Events bear a
“symbolic” and yet uncanny similarity to how Jamal
Kashoggi was murdered, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
26/01/2019)
Anti-graft
body opens detailed investigation on Airbus A330 deal
(kp 25/01/2019
Local
units okayed to issue helicopter rescue permits, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 25/01/2019)
Kathmandu
Airport
is Nepal in a microcosm: The only aerial gateway of the
country leaves a first and last impression of Nepal for
visitors, and it is not pleasant, by Anil Chitrakar
(nt 25/01/2019)
Regular
flights at Khanidanda airport halted (ht 25/01/2019)
Construction
of airport in Nagidanda not feasible: Report (ht
24/01/2019)
Wide-body
scam affects NAC’s image in international markets:
Entrepreneurs (rep 24/01/2019)
Panel
formed
to probe into jet purchase deal is directionless: 19
days have passed since the probe body was formed, and it
still lacks terms of reference, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 23/01/2019) [It has
obviously been formed gang to prevent facts regarding a
participation of leading politicians by doing nothing!]
Luggage
collection at TIA a weighty woe, by Sujan Dhungana
(ht 23/01/2019)
Nepal
Airlines to auction last B757 after overhaul, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 23/01/2019)
Nepal,
India air route talks keep going round in circles,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/01/2019)
Thai
firm likely to get contract for Bhairahawa airport
second phase, by Sangam Prasain (kp 20/01/2019)
Buddha
Air prepares international trial with Kolkata flight,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 17/01/2019), Buddha
Air to start Kolkata flights from April 15 (rep
17/012/2019)
Helicopter
country: Safety a major concern, by Narayan B.S.
Dongol (ht 17/01/2019)
Nijgadh
is best site for int’l airport: House panel (rep
17/01/2019), Tree
cutting permit only after confirming investment: Panel,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 24/01/2019)
Qatar
approaches
Nepal to build international airport in Nijgadh:
Modality for the government-to-government undertaking
has yet to be finalised, by Sangam Prasain (kp
14/01/2019)
Domestic
airfares plunge as carriers face glut of seats, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 14/01/2019), Fuel
surcharge down 9.6 percent (kp 14/01/2019)
Passengers’
woes begin right at TIA’s doorstep, by Sujan
Dhungana (ht 14/01/2019), Passengers’
woes:
Things can be improved upon greatly at the TIA by
listening to the woes and concerns of the passengers as
they surface (ht 15/01/2019)
Positive
spin
gone awry: No bureaucrat or official will have the guts
to try to execute this level of fraud without political
blessings from the very top, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
12/01/2019)
NAC
preparing to fly to Osaka from Feb, by Arpana Ale
Magar (rep 12/01/2019)
Airfare
lowered as NOC reduces aviation fuel price by Rs 10
(rep 12/01/2019), Airfares
for domestic routes to cost less (ht 13/01/2019)
Accounts
committee
ignores crucial facts in aircraft purchase probe:
Jitendra Dev was not the tourism minister when the first
instalment was released to Airbus plane vendor, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 11/01/2019)
Domestic
flights to be cheaper from Sunday (kp 11/01/2019)
Outbound
flights from TIA delayed: Disturbance was witnessed in
area control and approach control frequencies (ht
09/01/2019)
Draft
bill
moots creating two aviation authorities: CAAN officials
have raised questions over the modality, particularly
the expanded role of the government, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 07/01/2019)
TIA
to be modified as ‘boutique’ airport (ht 07/01/2019)
Army
to
buy 4 choppers worth Rs 6b for VVIPs: Currently, Nepal
Army has two fixed-wing planes and 12 helicopters. The
army plans the number of aircraft to 31 by 2082 (rep
05/01/2019)
Keeping
Nepal Airlines airworthy: Nepal’s flag carrier faces
multi-pronged attacks just as it prepares to spread its
wings, by Sharad Ojha (nt 04/01/2019)
More
than luck in Lukla: Airport congestion and delays will
get worse before they get better, by Rikki Walters
(nt 04/01/2019)
Munich
Airport tipped to be appointed consultant, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 02/01/2019)
Radar
outage results in traffic chaos at TIA, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 02/01/2019)
Around
Rs 4b embezzled while buying planes: House sub-panel,
by Anil Giri (kp 01/01/2019), Lawmakers
call for joint investigation committee, by Anil Giri
(kp 02/01/2019), PAC
panel faults Minister Adhikari, others in wide-body scam
(rep 02/01/2019), Sub-panel
recommends
action against tourism minister: The PAC sub-committee
was formed to look into possible anomalies in NAC’s
wide-body aircraft purchase deal, by Umesh Poudel
(ht 02/01/2019), Oli
government
faces moral quandary: While pressure mounts on the Oli
government to open a fair and comprehensive probe
into the case, some leaders from the ruling Nepal
Communist Party say the government will not take
any decision in haste, by Anil Giri (kp 03/01/2019),
Wide-body
jet deal cost carrier Rs 4.35b in losses: KC report,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 03/01/2019), Sky-high
corruption: Government must take serious note of the
wide-body financial irregularity (kp 03/01/2019), Cabinet
forms
panel to probe disputed aircraft purchase: Three-member
commission set up after a parliamentary subcommittee
charges sitting minister and top bureaucrats with
embezzling billions, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
04/01/2019), Former
ministers Shahi, Dev refute their involvement in NAC
irregularities (ht 04/01/2019), Panel
fails
to endorse subcommittee report for want of revision:
Report on aircraft procurement to be endorsed after
correcting three major issues, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
05/01/2019)
Draft
Civil Aviation Bill in final stage of completion, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 01/01/2019)
Up,
up, and away: Reflection is vital on the occasion of the
20th anniversary of the Civil Aviation Authority of
Nepal, by Tri Ratna Manandhar (kp 31/12/2019)
To
build
or not to build: If at all Nepal wants to become an air
transit hub of Asia, Gautam Buddha International Airport
will help us become one, by Keshav Bhattarai (rep
30/12/2018)
Decades-long
legacy of TIA gradually being destroyed: Custodians of
TIA have systematically decimated its original
aesthetics, by Rajan Pokhrel (rep 30/12/2018)
Rumjatar
folks prefer to travel by land (ht 30/12/2018)
Contractor
delivers substandard work at Nijgadh airport, by
Upendra Yadav (rep 29/12/2018)
Daring
of
non-flying hour: Half of Kathmandu was on terrace
watching the B727 that was struck overhead with
technical issue for hours around midnight in 1978,
by Hemant Arjyal (rep 29/12/2018)
Auditor
general
says minister lied to House panel: Tanka Mani Sharma
says Rabindra Adhikari did not consult his office before
making payment for the jets, by Anil Giri (kp
27/12/2018)
Avoiding
turbulence: Debates on Nijgadh airport should move beyond
binaries, by Atindra Dahal (kp 26/12/2018)
Montreal
Convention: Flying on the right path, by Prabhat Chhetri
(ht 26/12/2018)
Pokhara
International Airport: Runway, taxiway expected to be ready by
mid-April 2019, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 25/12/2018)
Domestic
airlines
poised to add regional aircraft: Major carriers have placed
orders for regional aircraft due to a rapid rise in the number
of travellers; The rise in the number of planes, coupled
with increased international flights, has put immense
pressure on the country’s strained aviation infrastructure,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 24/12/2018)
TIA
runway extension project gets go-ahead, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 23/12/2018)
Fresh
report
may cost state coffers Rs700m: The House panel has directed
Tourism Ministry to prepare a new DPR and approve it within
this fiscal year, by Sangam Prasain (kp 20/12/2018)
Nijgadh
International Airport: Parliamentary panel allays fears of
ecological impacts (rep 20/12/2018)
‘Premature’
tender
for airport expansion project cancelled: A source at the
financer Asian Development Bank said that the project
called for tenders even before the funding had been
approved, by Sangam Prasain (kp 19/12/2018)
Nepal’s
aviation sector: Opportunities and challenges, by Mukesh
Dangol (ht 19/12/2018)
CAAN
must
reform: CAAN needs to make drastic reforms from within to
address Nepal’s air safety concerns on a par with
international standard (ht 19/12/2018)
CAAN’s
priorities make mockery of air safety, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 18/12/2018)
Top
leaders’ silence in plane deal conspicuous: Leaders refuse to
lead House sub-panels formed to probe dodgy deal, by Anil
Giri (kp 16/12/2018)
Getting
rubbed silently, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 15/12/2018)
Montreal
Convention comes into effect in Nepal today (rep
15/12/2018), Montreal
Convention comes into effect today, by Umesh Poudel (ht
15/12/2018), Nepal
awaits
modified Montreal Convention to domestic carriage: The MC99
came into force in Nepal on Saturday with nearly eight-fold
increase in compensation for airline passenger death involving
international flights, by Sangam Prasain (kp 16/12/2018)
Sub-panel
to probe aircraft procurement, by Anil Giri (kp
13/12/2018)
Wide-body
bought without tender call: Regulator; Estimated cost based on
price of 8 years ago (rep 11/12/2018), PAC
serious about wide-body investigation: Chairman Shah (rep
11/12/2018)
Global
bids re-invited for airport expansion project, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 10/12/2018), Runway
contract in limbo (kp 10/12/2018)
‘Bill
to
split civil aviation body to go to Parliament’: Tourism
Ministry plans to introduce the Civil Aviation bill at the
winter session of Parliament, by Sangam Prasain (kp
09/12/2018)
Here’s
everything you need to know about Nepal Airlines’ Airbus deal,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 07/12/2018)
On
airbus scam: As a government-owned company, Nepal Airlines
Corporation’s compliance with public procurement regulations
has to be above suspicion, by Mukul Mishra (rep
05/12/2018), National
flag carrier directed to conduct due diligence audit, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 06/12/2018), Minister
floats idea of bringing in strategic partner for NAC (rep
06/12/2018)
Nepal
Airlines, Kansai Airport chiefs discuss Japan flights
(kp 04/12/2018)
Tough
take-off: Without a sound business plan, Gautam Buddha
International Airport may turn into a boondoggle rather than a
boon (ht 04/12/2018)
New
airport in Nijgadh: We must weigh all options, by Jitendra
Rana (ht 04/12/2018)
Jomsom
airport runway being repaired after two decades, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 04/12/2018)
Gautam
Buddha International Airport: Sustainability worries fly in
the face of govt claims, by Umesh Poudel (ht 03/12/2018)
Runway
extension project reassigned to Nepali firm, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 02/12/2018)
Nepal
still
on EU air safety list: In December 5, 2013, the EC had imposed
a blanket ban on all airlines from Nepal from flying into the
28-nation bloc (kp 02/12/2018), European
Union ban on Nepali airlines remains even after five years,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 02/12/2018), Improve
air
safety: The government has no other option than to address
EU’s concerns so that Nepali airlines can spread their wings
far and wide (ht 03/12/2018)
Nepal,
Cambodia
sign maiden air service pact: The agreement will allow both
countries to operate 14 weekly flights and unlimited cargo
flights, by Sangam Prasain (kp 30/11/2018)
Lawmakers
demand detailed report about Airbus deal, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 29/11/2018)
Nepal
flag carriers safety audit by SKorea ‘uncertain’, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 28/11/2018)
Nepal
Airlines urged to ensure flight regularity (ht 28/11/2018)
7
firms bid for 2nd phase of Bhairahawa airport project, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 27/11/2018)
Domestic
air passenger traffic soars 16 percent, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 25/11/2018)
House
panel seeks Airbus deal papers, by Sanjeeb Phuyal (kp
24/11/2018), PAC
probe deepens, by Sangam Prasain (kp 26/11/2018), NAC
officials dodge most PAC questions, by Arpana Ale Magar
(rep 16/11/2018)
Nepal,
Cambodia
to sign new air service agreement: Cambodian officials said
they wanted to establish air links with Nepal,
particularly the upcoming Gautam Buddha International Airport
in Bhairahawa, by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/11/2018)
Over
3m travellers passed through TIA in 9 months, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 21/11/2018)
Flying
on empty: Privatisation is a must to steer NAC away from
turbulence (kp 19/11/2018)
Bhairahawa
airport may get additional parking bays, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 19/11/2018)
Work
for two parkways starts at airport (kp 17/11/2018), New
parking bays to ease congestion at Tribhuvan Int’l Airport,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 18/11/2018)
Balloon
Nepal to start commercial flights, by Krishana Prasain (kp
17/11/2018)
On
the verge of ‘bankruptcy’, Nepal Airlines seeks bailout,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 16/11/2018), NAC
seeks govt funds to cover wide-body operation losses (rep
16/11/2018), Nepal
Airlines on a wing and a prayer: Turns to govt to tide over
financial woes; Debt crosses Rs 32 billion (ht 16/11/2018)
Nepal
Airlines to resume Osaka flights, drops Tokyo plan, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 15/11/2018)
Nepal
seeks access to Chinese airports, by Sangam Prasain (kp
14/11/2018), China
positive about allowing NAC to fly to its cities (rep
14/11/2018)
Airbus
A220 jet makes maiden landing in Nepal, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 13/11/2018)
Nepal,
Cambodia to sign air services pact (ht 13/11/2018)
Ethiopian
carrier
woos Nepal Airlines with tie-up offer: Ethiopian
Airlines owns a fleet of 108 aircraft and serves 125
international and domestic destinations. It wants to
join forces with NAC as part of its bid to
establish multiple hubs beyond the African continent,
by Sangam Prasain and Anil Giri (kp 12/11/2018)
Chinese
firm
to rehabilitate TIA runway, taxiway: The sole
international airport to be shut from 10pm to 8am daily
from first week of April, by Sujan Dhungana (ht
06/11/2018)
TIA
and congestion: Ways to deal with it, by Umesh Kumar
Panthi (ht 05/11/2018)
At
PM’s behest, aviation academy faces turbulence, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 04/11/2018)
Nepal,
Thailand
to hike flight frequency 3-fold: Thailand, with a
majority of Buddhist population, is keen to connect
Gautam Buddha Int’l Airport, by Sangam Prasain (kp
01/11/2018)
Jumla
Airport closed for locals, not for minister, by DB
Budha (rep 01/11/2018)
Paving
work on runway at Bhairahawa airport starts, by
Sangam Prasain and Amrita Anmol (kp 31/10/2018), Tourism
minister assures GBIA runway will be ready in 6 months,
by Mohammad Habib (rep 31/10/2018)
The
sky is the limit: India’s refusal to grant two-way
western air routes is a barrier for Nepali airlines,
by Hari Prasad Shrestha (kp 30/10/2018)
Families
of plane crash victims to get $158,565: Nepal becomes
the 135th member to ratify the Montreal Convention at
ICAO, by Sangam Prasain (kp 30/10/2018)
Immigration
services
need to improve, says minister: Home Secretary Rai says
immigration system at TIA will be operated through
modern technology within a month (ht 27/10/2018)
Spreading
the wingsNAC’s plane purchase, by Sugat Ratna
Kansakar (ht 25/10/2018)
Himalaya
begins direct flights to Chongqing (kp 23/10/2018)
Private
airlines yet to start flights to Ramechhap (ht
16/10/2018)
Nepal-India
air
route talks: India makes U-turn; Entry points from
Nepalgunj and L626 were ‘denied for defence and traffic
issues respectively’, by Sangam Prasain (kp
15/10/2018)
Flight
to Sanfebagar resumes after 13 years, by Khamma
Khatri (rep 15/10/2018)
Airport
construction picks pace (ht 15/10/2018)
Chinese
firm wins TIA rehab project (kp 14/10/2018)
The
ultimate
backup: Concerns have been growing that airline pilots’
basic stick, rudder and energy management skills have
weakened with automation, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
13/10/2018)
AirAsia
suspends its flight to Nepal from today (ht
13/10/2018), TIA
to
seek IATA’s help to collect dues from AirAsia: The
Malaysian low-cost airline, which stopped flights to
Nepal on October 13, has yet to pay Rs 130 million,
by Sujan Dhungana (ht 31/10/2018)
Buddha
Air announces divestment programme (kp 11/10/2018)
Nijgadh
airport project will spell disaster, warn
conservationists, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
09/10/2018), Forest
Ministry says ‘no need to obstruct Nijgadh project’
(kp 12/10/2018)
Rumjatar
airport to resume flight service (kp 08/10/2018)
Air
entry routs: CAAN team to visit Delhi to resume talks
(kp 08/10/2018)
NAC
resumes Lukla flight (kp 07/10/2018)
NAC
postpones relaunch of Japan service till Nov (kp
01/10/2018)
Plan
afoot to convert Nepal Airlines Corporation into a
company (kp 30/09/2018)
House
panel to probe Airbus purchase deal, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 28/09/2018), Nepal
Airlines flouted own laws, says Auditor general (kp
29/09/2018)
US-Bangla
applies for TIA slot after crash (kp 27/09/2018)
AirAsia
X told to clear dues by Oct 5: The carrier owes Rs 170
million to TIA in service charge and fines (ht
27/09/2018)
Nepal
Airlines gearing up to resume flights to remote
locations before Dashain (ht 27/09/2018)
NAC
conducts successful Lukla test flight of Y12e aircraft
(kp 26/09/2018)
Gautam
Buddha
Airport: Bids invited for second phase of project; The
airport will be equipped with an Instrument Landing
System which allows approaches and landings even in poor
weather conditions (kp 24/09/2018)
International
flying rules relaxed for domestic carriers (kp
23/09/2018)
Economy
&
ecology of Nijgad airport: Preserving native forest has
dominated debate over Nepal’s fourth international
airport, it should be about economic viability, by
Om Astha Rai (nt 21/09/2018), Folly
at Nijgadh: The gigantic airport can be built in
non-ecological zones instead of dense Sal forests,
by Roshan Sharma (kp 23/09/2018), People
with vested interests ‘oppose airport in Nijgadh'
(kp 24/09/2018), Carbon
credit earnings under cloud: Nepal may lose Rs 231.4 bn
worth of absorbed carbon for building Nijgad airport,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht 25/09/2018)
Yeti
Airlines brings third ATR 72-500 (rep 19/09/2018)
Civil
aviation grounds aircraft as pilot fails to report bird
hit (kp 18/09/2018)
Government
revives dual power system at NAC: The Cabinet meeting on
Sunday appointed Madan Kharel as the executive chairman
(kp 18/09/2018), Madan
Kharel appointed executive chairman of NAC: Sugat Ratna
Kansakar stripped of executive powers, by Arpana Ale
Magar [rep 18/09/2018)
SKorea
to conduct safety audit of NAC, TIA: Plans afoot to
start regular flights to Incheon Int’l Airport (ht
17/09/2018)
CIAA
starts probe into Nepal Airlines’ aircraft purchase
misconduct, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 15/09/2018)
Wide-body
aircraft bleeding NAC white, by Umesh Poudel (rep
15/09/2018)
Flight
of
fancy: There is a good scope for bringing overflying
traffic using Nepali airspace while flying L626/B345 to
head north, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 15/09/2018)
Forest
for the trees: Nijgadh Airport, while necessary, should
not come at the cost of the environment (kp
14/09/2018), Environmentalists
decry
Nijgadh airport project at cost of wildlife, forest: As
per the Environment and Social Impact Assessment report,
nearly 770,000 trees would be chopped down during the
first phase, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
15/09/2018), CAAN
asks activists not to scuttle Nijgadh airport project
(rep 15/09/2018), Nijgadh
Airport to consider environment issue: Minister, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 16/09/2018), Despite
govt commitment, environment experts skeptical about
Nijgadh airport (rep 16/09/2018), 763,480
trees to be cut for Nijgadh airport (ht 16/09/2018),
Reforestation
criteria not ready yet (rep 17/09/2018), Nijgadh
airport must be built (rep 17/09/2018)
SalamAir
commences flights to Nepal (ht 12/09/2018), Salam
Air launches Kathmandu flights (kp 14/09/2018)
Second
international airport: Nod to fell 2.45 million trees to
be sought, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 11/09/2018)
Airport
closed for a month (kp 10/09/2018)
Six
killed in Mailung helicopter crash : One woman passenger
miraculously survives, by Suraj Kunwar and Nayak
Paudel (kp 09/09/2018), Six
killed, one critically injured in Nuwakot chopper crash,
by Sarita Shrestha and Bhagwati Lama (rep 09/09/2018), The
plights of northern Gorkha: Locals have no option other
than taking dangerous helicopter flights, by
Narahari Sapkota (rep 10/09/2018), Aviation
concerns (ht 10/09/2018)
Carriers
cutting corners: Aviation regulators must monitor the
financial health of airlines to ensure air safety,
by Subarna Raj Bhattarai (kp 09/09/2018)
TIA
welcomes 2.15million passengers in first half (kp
08/09/2018)
EC
unhappy over delay in creating law to split CAAN (kp
07/09/2018)
BB
Airways seeks permit to scrap its Boeing 757 (kp
05/09/2018)
Air
travel
soars on cheaper tickets, richer travellers: According
to TIA, packed domestic flights carried 1.31m travellers
in the first six months (kp 04/09/2018)
AirAsia
to suspend Nepal flights (ht 03/09/2018)
Yeti
plane skids off runway (kp 02/09/2018)
Gautam
Buddha International Airport: Airport ‘unlikely’ to be
complete by July 2019 (kp 02/09/2018)
Qatar
Airways adds flight after extension of TIA hours, ba
Arpana Ale Magar (rep 02/09/2018)
Expressions
of interest to be called for Nijgadh airport, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 30/08/2018)
TIA’s
flight schedule to be affected (ht 28/08/2018), Air
traffic movement to be affected for 4 days (kp
29/08/2018)
US-Bangla
plane
crash: Pilot was mentally stressed and reckless: New
report by Nepali investigators says the captain’s past
behaviour should have been a warning sign, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 27/08/2018)
Parliament
ratifies MC99: The Montreal Convention 1999 stipulates
higher compensation for accidents involving int’l
flights, by Sangam Prasain (kp 24/08/2018)
National
flag carrier to bring in more tourists (ht
22/08/2018)
A
game changer: New international airport will be crucial
to the tourism and economic development of Pokhara,
by Sagar Gurung (kp 21/08/2018)
Expensive
travel: Hike in fuel surcharge pushes up airfares
(kp 21/08/2018)
Runway
to be closed for 10 hours daily for repairs (kp
20/08/2018)
Work
on Gautam Buddha International Airport sluggish, by
Binod Pariyar (rep 20/08/2018), Bring
GBIA into operation within this fiscal year, tourism
minister tells CAAN (rep 20/08/2018)
Air
Asia X flight halted for non payments (kp
19/08/2018), Air
Asia X refutes TIA’s claim of deferring due payments
(kp 22/08/2018)
Army
to receive four US-granted aircraft by 2020: Nepal Army
personnel are already being trained to operate Sky
Trucks (kp 18/08/2018)
CAAN
allots Rs 151m for bonus payments (kp 17/08/2018) [??]
Helicopter
operations safety requirements blissfully ignored,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 17/08/2018)
Of
planes and pachyderms: The proposed Nijgadh Airport
infuriated development activists and environmental
activists, by Chandra Mani Aryal (kp 15/08/2018)
CAAN
passes Rs45b budget with largest chunk for infra (kp
15/08/2018)
Shree
Airlines gets nod to add three new Bombardier aircraft
(kp 13/08/2018)
Bhairahawa
airport
may be operated by private sector: According to the
Tourism Ministry officials, private capital in airports
around the world has delivered significant benefits for
passengers, airlines and the government (kp
12/08/2018)
ICAO
to help Nepal’s aviation regulator with research,
development (kp 09/08/2018)
$28m
TIA runway rehab project stirs back to life, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 06/08/2018)
Jumla
remains disconnected from province capital, by DB
Budha (rep 04/08/2018)
A
double whammy: Hopes of seeing RA’s domestic front
invigorated has sadly turned sour, by Hemant Arjyal
(rep 04/08/2018)
Gautam
Buddha Airport to have 16 parking bays (kp
03/08/2018)
FinMin
stresses timely completion of GBIA (ht 03/08/2018)
Domestic
terminal to open an hour earlier from Sept 1 (kp
02/08/2018)
Thai
Lion Air begins Nepal flights (kp 02/08/2018)
NAC
to add 13 large aircraft (ht 02/08/2018), NAC
to place order for eight aircraft by mid-May next year
(rep 03/08/2018)
NAC’s
A330 to make maiden flight today (kp 01/08/2018), NAC
enters wide-body era: First A330-200 makes maiden
flight; takes 258 passengers to Doha (rep
02/08/2018)
Nijgadh
airport must be built (rep 01/08/2018)
Peeling
TIA pitch risks accidents, by Umesh Poudel (ht
01/08/2018)
Environmental
issues dog Nijgadh airport now (rep 31/07/2018)
Hitting
turbulence:
Nepal Airlines Corporation’s aircraft will become a
white elephant if the management fails to improve its
efficiency (ht 31/07/2018)
Annapurna
gets green light for commercial operations (kp
30/07/2018)
NAC’s
wide body planes create chaos at TIA, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 30/07/2018)
MoCTCA
proposes paid-up capital hike for airlines,
reclassification of aircraft (ht 30/07/2018)
Fly
Dubai pilot Hussain found tipsy (kp 30/07/2018)
Lamidanda
Airport: Only 60% work completed, deadline expired in
January (rep 29/07/2018)
NAC’s
image dives further due to inefficient management,
by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 29/07/2018)
Challenges
galore as TIA extends operation (ht 28/07/2018)
CAAN
unveils five-year aviation safety plan (ht
27/07/2018)
Nepal
Airlines’ 2nd Airbus A300-200 arrives today (kp
26/07/2018), NAC's
second wide-body jet arriving today (rep
26/07/2018), High
in the sky: As NAC is poised to enter a new era, it
should clean up its tarnished image (kp 27/07/2018),
NAC's
second wide-body jet lands in Kathmandu: The Airbus
A330-200 is expected to start commercial operation by
September (rep 27/07/2018)
Terms
of reference for airlines revised (kp 26/07/2018)
Significant
progress made in improving Nepal's aviation safety: CAAN
(ht 25/07/2018)
NAC
to conduct ‘proving’ flight of its A330 today (kp
23/07/2018)
Gautam
Buddha int’l airport: Airport project makes visible
progress, ADB likely to rejoin (kp 22/07/2018)
Tara
Air adds new aircraft to its fleet (kp 22/07/2018)
Talking
big,
talking loud: People in the West consider anything at or
above 55 db as too noisy. We have no such standard as
concerned agencies are bent on bringing in more flights,
by Hemant Arjyal (rep 21/07/2018)
Construction
of Thamkhara airport delayed (rep 21/07/2018)
PM
Oli observes Pokhara Airport: Prime Minister Oli
pledges all possible support from his government to
bring the airport into operation by July 2021 (kp
20/07/2018)
Nepal-India
codeshare deal awaits Cabinet OK: Nepal and India signed
a revised ASA in 2010 but it does not permit
codesharing; The Nepali delegation led by Tourism Joint
SecretarySuresh Acharya had signed the pact without
getting the Cabinet’s go-ahead in December 2016
(kp 20/07/2018)
Nepal
advances
to be part of Montreal Convention: The convention
stipulates higher compensation for accidents,
flight/cargo delays and damages involving international
flights than that prescribed by the Warsaw Convention,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 16/07/2018)
Runway
cracks raise safety concern at TIA, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 12/07/2018)
NAC
to
loosen purse strings: to recruit foreign pilots: May
offer a monthly pay package of $18,000 for a foreign
captain and $12,000 for co-pilot (kp 11/07/2018), NAC
hiring 28 foreign pilots (rep 11/07/2018)
NAC
mulls strategic shift to rake in profits (ht
11/07/2018)
Buddha
Air receives permission to fly to New Delhi from
Nepalgunj (rep 08/07/2018)
Small
bug, big lesson, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 07/07/2018)
Nepal
Airlines to resume Japan service in Sept (kp
05/07/2018)
Hundreds
stuck in Simikot as bad weather affects flights (rep
03/07/2018), Bad
weather affects flights (ht 03/07/2018), Movement
of stranded Indian pilgrims resumes, by Sangam
Prasain and Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp 04/07/2018), Over
500 pilgrims await flights, by Kalendra Sejuwal (kp
05/07/2018), 370
Indian pilgrims airlifted to Nepalgunj, by Jaya
Bahadur Rokaya (kp 06/07/2018)
Debt
load, pilot shortage threaten NAC’s growth (kp
02/07/2018)
New
planes to increase NAC’s global presence (ht
02/07/2018)
Helicopter
crash-lands at Kathmandu-based Grande Int’l Hospital
(reo 01/07/2018)
Lack
of direct air connectivity stifling Sri Lanka-Nepal
tourism (rep 30/06/2018)
Domestic,
international operations of NAC to be split, by
Umesh Poudel (ht 30/06/2018)
Buddha
Air begins scheduled flights to Varanasi (rep
30/06/2018). Buddha
Air begins Ktm-Varanasi flight (kp 01/07/2018)
NAC’s
long-awaited Airbus A330 airliner arrives today, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 28/06/2018), NAC
takes delivery of its first Airbus A330 (kp
29/06/2018), NAC’s
first wide-body jet lands in Kathmandu: Second aircraft
arriving in a month and a half, by Susheel Bhattarai
(kp 29/06/2018), Flying
high: Additional aircraft in the fleet may take NAC to
soaring heights, but only if the company is managed well
(ht 29/06/2018)
Swiss
pilot’s license revoked over safety negligence, by
Susheel Bhattarai (rep 28/06/2018)
Govt
plans to bring in strategic financial partner for NAC
(ht 28/06/2018)
CAAN
invites bids to extend taxiway at TIA (kp
27/06/2018)
Air,
ground traffic halts for VVIP movement anger public,
by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 27/06/2018) [Royal
behaviour in a republican state!]
12-member
team off to Toulouse to take delivery of wide-body
aircraft, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 26/06/2018)
Bhimeshwar
Municipality takes initiatives to build airport in
Charikot, by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 26/06/2018)
Nepal
Airlines
seeks Rs 5b to buy 6 Twin Otter planes: The plane is a
19-passenger STOL utility aircraft developed by de
Havilland Canada (kp 25/06/2018)
NAC
asks CAAN to allow tainted pilot to fly, by Susheel
Bhattarai (rep 25/06/2018)
No
takers
yet for midnight slots at TIA: Qatar Airways will apply
for midnight slot once head office gives the go ahead:
Country Manager, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep
25/06/2018)
Buddha
Air applies for Nepalgunj-Delhi flight (rep
24/06/2018)
In
bits
and pieces: Nepal’s next pursuit should be Himalaya-2.
For this, China has to open up new airways and India
should be more accommodating, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
23/06/2018)
Rajbiraj
airport to resume regular flights (ht 23/06/2018), Rajbiraj
Airport begins commercial operations (kp 25/06/2018)
‘EU
will remove Nepal from aviation safety list’ (ht
23/06/2018)
Agitation
halted after CAAN sends Rs 2bn (ht 21/06/2018)
Construction
resumes at Gautam Buddha airport (ht 21/06/2018)
Clarion
calls to relocate airport fuel storage tanks (kp
20/06/2018)
Work
on Gautam Buddha Int’l Airport gaining pace, by
Rekha Bhusal (rep 19/06/2018)
Nepal
Airlines Corp seeks labour permits for three foreign
flight instructors (ht 19/06/2018), NAC
looks abroad to fill shortage of pilots, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 22/06/2018)
Nepal,
Japan likely to sign revised ASA today, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 18/06/2018), Nepal,
Japan
sign pact for 14 weekly flights: The deal allows Nepali
carriers to fly to any airport in Japan, except Haneda
Airport, by Sangam Prasain (kp 19/06/2018), Nepal,
Japan sign amended ASA: Nepali airlines granted 'fifth
freedom' in revised pact, by Umesh Poudel (ht
19/06/2018), New
air routes not enough, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep
21/06/2018)
Plane
veers off runway at Pokhara Airport, passengers safe,
by Rishi Baral (ht 17/06/2018)
Shree
Airlines to begin KTM-Rajbiraj flights from June 24
(rep 16/06/2018)
Let’s
spread our wings: The agenda for the Nepal-India
aviation meeting should include the Himalaya Route,
by Tri Ratna Manandhar (kp 14/06/2018), Breakthrough
expected in Nepal-India air route talks (kp
15/06/2018), Nepal
to get 4 new air gateways, by Sangam Prasain (kp
17/06/2018), India
permits
new air entry routes over Biratnagar, Janakpur: No
permission yet for high altitute routes over Nepalgunj,
Mahendranagar, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 17/06/2018),
The
India connection: The opening of four new air routes is
welcome news but implementation is key (kp
18/06/2018)
NAC
can’t find pilots to fly Chinese planes: The planes have
been sitting idle at a hangar in TIA for the past 5
months (kp 14/06/2018)
NAC
prepares
to buy two Airbus A320neo aircraft: The two jets are
expected to cost $120 million; NAC preparing the bidding
documents (kp 13/06/2018), NAC
board okays purchase of two narrow-body Airbus aircraft
(ht 13/06/2018)
Home
Minister directs for uninterrupted power supply to TIA
(rep 13/06/2018)
Rajbiraj
flights unlikely from June 15 (ht 13/06/2018)
Montreal
convention: Bill on higher air crash payout sent to
Cabinet (kp 12/06/2018)
ICAO
honoring Nepal for its efforts to improve aviation
safety (rep 11/06/2018)
Tara
Air plane survives tyre burst landing at Jumla Airport
(kp 10/06/2018), Tara
Air plane’s disaster averted, by DB Budha (rep
10/06/2018)
Civil
aviation report riles Pokhara folks (ht 09/06/2018)
Quiet
moment at Bhattedanda, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
09/06/2018)
Nepal-India
talks on air routes next week, by Sangam Prasain (kp
07/06/2018)
TIA’s
extended operation yet to show results, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 07/06/2018)
Airfares
hit record high as carriers hike fuel surcharge, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 06/06/2018)
NA
Airbus 320 grounded (ht 06/06/2018)
CAAN
decides
to fire no-show Chinese contractor of TIA: Shanxi
Construction Engineering Group of China had been
contracted to extend the runway by 300 metres at its
southern end (kp 05/06/2018)
‘First
flight with new plane to Dubai on Aug 1’ (ht
05/06/2018), NAC
told to fly to all destinations (ht 05/06/2018)
Tara
Air test flight successful in Ilam (ht 05/06/2018),
Tara
Air successfully conducts test flight at Sukilumba
airport, by Bhim Chapagain (rep 05/06/2018)
Buddha
Air’s plan to link KEP-DEL elates locals (kp
05/06/2018)
‘NAC
should buy six Twin Otter planes’ (kp 04/06/2018)
Domestic
airfares could increase (ht 04/06/2018), Domestic
airlines hike fuel surcharge, by Susheel Bhattarai
(rep 04/06/2018)
Gautam
Buddha international airport project: Bids for airport
navigation services likely this month (kp
03/06/2018)
Does
Nepal need a 4th international airport?, by Om Astha
Rai (nt 01/06/2018)
Buddha
Air plans ATR 72 Nepalgunj-Delhi service (kp
28/05/2018), Nepalgunj-Delhi
flight
expected to boost tourism in mid-west: Buddha Air has
set a target of bringing 70,000 Indian tourists annually
(rep 29/05/2018)
Unorganized
management of TIA causing air traffic congestion, by
Arpana Ale Magar (rep 28/05/2018)
Aviation
safety continues to be neglected, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 27/05/2018)
Landowners
receive compensation for second int'l airport
construction (rep 27/05/2018)
Test
flight successful at Sanfebagar airport (ht
26/05/2018)
EIA
report of Nijgadh Airport okayed (ht 26/05/2018)
Perennial
disorder:
Was it safe to fly the aircraft with only one generator
working? Was it not a case of an unwarranted complacency
doing so?, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 26/05/2018)
Policy
Failure: Nepal’s Civil Aviation policy is responsible
for a number of plane crashes in remote Nepal (sp
25/05/2018)
$1.21b
Nijgadh Int’l Airport project cleared for takeoff,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/05/2018)
Plans
afoot for ‘fuel hydrant system' in TIA, by Sujan
Dhungana (ht 25/05/2018)
Process
of splitting CAAN in limbo (ht 25/05/2018)
Rajbiraj
airport gets rolling after successful test flight
(ht 24/05/2018), CAAN
conducts successful test flight at Rajbiraj airport:
Locals elated to see plane at the airfield after a
decade (rep 24/05/2018), Rajbiraj
Airport
resumes operations after a decade: The airport is
expected to see regular flights after 15 days as the air
traffic control tower and terminal has yet to be
completed (kp 25/05/2018)
NAC’s
Chinese planes may remain in hangar indefinitely (kp
23/05/2018)
Two
international airports in three years (rep
22/05/2018)
TIA
to remain open 21 hours a day from today, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 21/05/2018), TourMin:
Our objective is to keep TIA open 24/7, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 22/05/2018), TIA
officially starts operating 21 hours a day (ht
22/05/2018)
Airlines
to pay for flight schedule change (ht 21/05/2018)
Dangerous
skies: Nepal should particularly strive for exceptional
air safety standards given the tough terrain (kp
18/05/2018)
Kavre's
Nagidanda identified for airport construction (ht
18/05/2018), Nagidanda
named best spot for new domestic airport (kp
20/05/2018)
Rajbiraj
Airport test flight grounded, by Abdesh Kumar Jha
(kp 17/05/2018)
Pilot
duo dead as Makalu Air’s cargo plane crashes in Humla,
by Prakash Singh (ht 16/05/2018), Two
killed
in Simikot cargo plane crash: The plane was carrying
1,170kg of cargo, which according to Caan, is the
permissible limit, by Sangam Prasain (kp 17/05/2018)
DPR
study of SIA to begin next fiscal (ht 15/05/2018)
More
air entry routes from India sought (ht 14/05/2018)
Visitors
pose challenge to airport security, by Sabita
Shrestha (rep 14/05/2018)
Spheres
for
course correction: With his Indian counterpart, Nepali
PM should take up the issue of additional checks by
Indian security officers at TIA. No such arrangement
exists anywhere in the world, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
12/05/2018)
NAC
to bid farewell to last of its Boeings, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 11/05/2018)
ATC
shortage likely to hit TIA’s plan to operate services
for 21 hours daily , by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
11/05/2018)
TourMin
to invite domestic airlines to go international (kp
10/05/2018)
DoI
seeks to instal biometric e-gates at TIA (ht
09/05/2018)
Reducing
refuelling delays: Tribhuvan Int’l Airport gets advanced
tanker (kp 07/05/2018)
40
foreign investors keen to build Nijgadh airport, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 06/05/2018)
Nepal
moves
to ratify Montreal Convention: The convention imposes a
minimum liability of nearly $113,000 Special
Drawing Rights, equivalent to $169,000, for each
passenger (kp 04/05/2018)
Reopening
of airfields, launch of new routes elate airlines
(rep 03/05/2018)
Plan
to build airfield in Kavre likely to be okayed (kp
02/05/2018), Minister
inspects potential airport sites (ht 02/05/2018)
Nepal
prods India for new air routes, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 30/04/2018), Well-connected:
Air routes must be a key agenda during Indian PM’s visit
if new international airports are to be feasible (kp
01/05/2018)
Call
to resume air service to hilly districts from Biratnagar,
by Binod Subedi (rep 29/04/2018)
Runway
extension plan goes haywire after contractor flees
(kp 28/04/2018)
It’s
logistics,
stupid: There must be some minimum list of equipments
and items that a functioning airport needs to have in
place at all time, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 28/04/2018)
TIA
to come into operation for 21 hours a day from May 21,
by Susheel Bhattarai (rep 28/04/2018)
NAC’s
new Airbus A330-200 likely to arrive on June 27 (kp
27/04/2018)
Fired
Spanish contractor seeks $101m from CAAN (kp
25/04/2018)
Buddha
Air to add another plane to fleet (kp 25/04/2018)
Malindo
Air incident raises serious concerns, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 25/04/2018)
High-level
committee formed to expedite construction of int’l
airport in Nijgadh (ht 25/04/2018), Finalise
modality:
The government must finalise the modality at the
earliest for the construction of Nijgadh International
Airport to take off (ht 26/04/2018)
Learn
the lesson: Govt must be serious about building an
international airport in Nijgadh (kp 24/04/2018)
Malindo
Air Boeing 737 aborts takeoff, swerves off runway,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 21/04/2018), Malaysian
jet skids off TIA runway, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep
21/04/2018), TIA
resumes operation after Malaysian aircraft sliding off
runway towed to repair, by Sujan Dhungana (ht
21/04/2018)
Rajbiraj
Airport to resume flights soon (ht 21/04/2018), Rajbiraj
Airport ready to welcome flights on May 3, by Abdesh
Kumar Jha (kp 22/04/2018)
NAC
Filling
Seats: Despite shortfall of aircraft, NAC has
drastically increased share in international flights
with 78 per cent occupancy (sp 20/04/2018)
Nepal
seeks Chinese help for gainful aircraft operation
(kp 18/04/2018)
TIA
to operate services for 21 hrs daily: Minister Adhikari
(ht 18/04/2018), TIA
to operate 21 hours a day from May 21 to handle more
flights, by Sangam Prasain (kp 19/04/2018)
‘ADB
will consider supporting Bhairahawa airport’,
interview with Wencai Zhang (kp 16/04/2018)
Rajbiraj
Airport runway finally constructed (ht 16/04/2018)
Thai
Lion Air to start Nepal flights next month: Thai Lion
has received permission to operate seven weekly flights
(kp 15/04/2018)
NAC
breached law in procurement of wide-body jets: OAG
(rep 15/04/2018)
Team
submits preliminary report of US Bangla crash (rep
14/04/2018), US-Bangla
Crash: Probe panel keeps factual info under wraps,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 18704/2018)
Options
required: The Nijgadh airport, planned to relieve air
traffic at Kathmandu, is years behind in
development, by Ashish Gajurel (kp 13/04/2018)
Govt
forms ‘think-tank’ of civil aviation experts (ht
11/04/2018)
US-Bangla
plane crash: No initiative taken to compensate victims’
families, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 10/04/2018)
TIA
to operate 21 hours: CAAN allocates Rs 100 million for
renovation TIA runway, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep
10/04/2018)
Facilities
‘spruced up’ at TIA: While airport officials seem
content with their work, travellers say more needs to be
done (kp 10/04/2018)
Domestic
air passenger movement up 39.47 percent in 2017, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 09/04/2018)
Triyuga
Municipality proposes river land for Sagarmatha Airport,
by Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep 08/04/2018)
NAC
operating international flights with 78 per cent
occupancy (ht 07/04/2018)
Tourism
Ministry to buy Nijgadh airport report (kp
05/04/2018)
Buddha
Air successfully conducts Surkhet-Kathmandu test flight
(ht 04/04/2018)
Fewer
fuel trucks compounding flight delays at TIA, by
Dilip Paudel (rep 04/04/2018)
NAC
signing Total Care contract with Rolls-Royce:
Rolls-Royce will look after overall maintenance of
wide-body engines (rep 04/04/2018)
NAC
board begins talks on buying Twin Otter aircraft (kp
03/04/2018)
Civil
aviation minister says TIA improvement major concern
(rep 31/03/2018)
US-Bangla
plane crash insurance: Each victim may get up to Rs20m
(kp 31/03/2018)
TIA
runway extension project unravels again: The plan is to
lengthen the runway by 300 metres at the southern end
(kp 30/03/2018)
Off-the-cuff
solution:
Why was aircraft not told firmly to make a missed
approach rather than letting it hold dangerously at very
low altitude?, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 31/03/2018)
BB
Airways will have to wait until new airport is ready
(kp 29/03/2018)
Let
the probe panel decide: Congestion and lack of
infrastructure had nothing to do with the crash of
Flight 211, by Tri Ratna Manandhar (kp 28/03/2018),
US-Bangla
crash hints at glaring safety issues, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 28/03/2018)
Don’t
walk away: The ADB should not abandon Gautam Buddha
International Airport Project (kp 27/03/2018)
‘TIA
should operate round-the-clock’ (ht 26/03/2018), TIA starts
preparations to expand hours of operation, by Arpana
Ale Magar (rep 29/03/2018)
Bhairawa
International Airport: ADB delegation tells project
contractor to expedite work (ht 25/03/2018), Sept
2019 deadline set for Bhairahawa airport (kp
26/03/2018)
NAC’s
new Airbus jet set to arrive in early June (kp
24/03/2018)
Flights
to Lukla planned thru Biratnagar, by Sujan Dhungana
(ht 24/03/2018)
Locals
encroach on airport land to construct houses (ht
24/03/2018)
Kailash
Helicopter Services begins operations from today (ht
24/03/2018)
Himalaya
Airlines turns sights northward (kp 22/03/2018)
Probe
into US-Bangla plane crash snail-paced (ht
21/03/2018)
Finalisation
of
Nijgadh airport plan ‘this month’: Type of financial and
construction modality has been changing with every
government (kp 20/03/2018)
Balewa
Airport of Baglung set to reopen Friday, by Sangam
Gharti Magar (rep 20/03/2018)
Yeti
Airlines plane suffers wheel lock (kp 19/03/2018), Close
call for Yeti Airlines aircraft (ht 19/03/2018)
Rajbiraj
Airport runway black-topping expedited (ht
19/03/2018)
The
void
in the middle: B757 was popular because of the
combination of brute takeoff power topped by versatility
and economics of operation with sleek architecture,
by Hemant Arjyal (rep 17/03/2018)
‘Autopsy
of 34 crash victims complete’ (kp 16/03/2018)
Families
may
miss out on fair compensation: Nepal government’s
tardiness has prevented the families of the crash
victims from receiving compensation up to Rs15.13
million per passenger, by Sangam Prasain (kp
16/03/2018), Pay
the
compensation: If any passenger gets injured or dies
owing to crash, victim or victim’s family can claim
compensation from the air carrier, by Raisul Sourav
(rep 17/03/2018), Delay
in signing Montreal Convention affects air crash
compensation (rep 17/03/2018)
NTWC
raises air cargo service fees (ht 16/03/2018), NTWC
revises air cargo warehouse charges (ht 22/03/2018)
Lack
of ILS localiser on northern side of TIA puts lives at
risk, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 15/03/2018)
TIA
closure underscores need of second international airport
(rep 13/03/2018)
49
dead in US-Bangla plane crash at Kathmandu airport
(kp 12/03/2018), US-Bangla
aircraft crash through the lenses (ht 12/03/2018), Bangladeshi
plane crashes in Nepal, killing at least 49 (ht
12/03/2018), Air
disaster, by Dipendra Rokka (With photo and video)
(rep 12/03/2018), At
least 49 die in plane crash: 22 including 11 Nepalis
survive the horror, by Sangam Prasain (kp
13/02/2018), Crash
survivor narrates horror from hospital bed: A group of
Nepali travel agents’ awards ceremony joy ends in
tragedy (kp 13/03/2018), ‘People
were burning, shouting and falling down. It was
horrific’, by Sabitri Dhakal (ht 12/03/2018), Confusion
in cockpit over runway, by Kanak Mani Dixit (rep
13/03/2018), 'The
plane exploded like a bomb before my eyes' (rep
13/03/2018), What
caused 211’s crash?, by Sangam Prasain (kp
14/03/2018), Aftermath
of tragedy: While probe will provide answers on plane
crash, adherence to procedure was lacking (kp
14/03/2018), Death
toll
from US-Bangla plane crash hits 51National Human Rights
Commission concerned about country’s poor aviation
safety record (ht 14/03/2018), Govt
lauds rescue efforts after crash, by Sujan Dhungana
(ht 14/03/2018), CAAN
denies ATC at fault for plane crash (rep
14/03/2018), Doctors
to conduct toxicology tests on crew members, by
Manish Gautam (kp 15/03/2018), Tragedy
at TIA, by Kanak Mani Dixit (nt 16/03/2018), More
lives could have been saved after TIA plane crash?,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 17/03/2018)
TIA
handled
over 10,000 travellers daily in 2017: A record 3.88
million passengers passed through TIA, registering a
10.74 percent growth, by Sangam Prasain (kp
12/03/2018)
CAAN
bars Awale from flying planes, by Susheel Bhattarai
(rep 12/03/2018)
CAAN
to fill budget shortfall at TIA (kp 09/03/2018)
Air
Asia
X given extra time by TIA to pay dues: Two senior
officials of Air Asia X are currently in Nepal for talks
after TIA issued an ultimatum to clear the dues by
Tuesday or cease Nepal operations (kp 07/03/2018), AirAsia X
given four more months to settle dues of TIA, by
Susheel Bhattarai (rep 11/03/2018)
Landing
rights
at any airport except Haneda, says Japan: Haneda
Airport, the busiest airport by passenger traffic in
Japan, is the fifth busiest airport in the world
(kp 05/03/2018)
NAC
prepares to fly to Osaka, Incheon, Riyadh (kp
28/02/2018)
7%
work at Pokhara international airport completed in 3
months, by Santosh Pokharel and Bishan Kshetri (rep
28/02/2018)
300m
TIA
runway extension project yet to take off: Package 1
contract was awarded to the Chinese company last
October, but it has not yet mobilized workers. The
duration of the runway extension project is 21 months
(kp 27/02/2018)
Gautam
Buddha int’l airport: Project progress ‘slow but steady’
(kp 24/02/2018)
Buddha
Air to set course for the wild sky yonder (kp
24/02/2018)
Chinese
planes sit idle as NAC looks for pilots (kp
23/02/2018)
Grounded
NAC plane likely to resume flights on Thursday (kp
22/02/2018
Too
many cooks spoil Nijgadh airport broth (kp
21/02/2018)
Sita
Air plane does safe landing with one engine out, by
Susheel Bhattarai (kp 21/02/2018)
TIA
to add 4 parking bays: ‘The construction is expected to
be completed within next six months’ (kp 20/02/2018)
Works
at Bhairahawa international airport fail to gather pace,
by Amrita Anmol (kp 18/02/2018)
BB
Airways faces tough time flying NAC-auctioned Boeing
(kp 17/02/2018)
Air
jam: Congestion at Kathmandu airport due to delayed
expansion is choking Nepal's economy, by Om Astha
Rai (nt 16/02/2018)
No
pilots:
Chinese planes to sit idle: The Y12e made by Harbin
Aircraft Industry Group are scheduled to land at
Tribhuvan International Airport at 2 pm on Tuesday
(kp 13/02/2018) [Obviously, the
managers of NAC are an incompetent lot!]
Weather
plays foul with flights: Domestic, international
carriers couldn’t fly or land (ht 13/02/2018)
Nepal-India
air routes plan fails to take off (kp 12/02/2018)
VOR-DME
to be installed at Dhangadi airport (ht 11/02/2018)
Rajbiraj
airport will resume operation in April: Minister, by
Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 11/02/2018)
NAC
aircraft
heads to S’pore for repairs: The aircraft had been
stranded at New Delhi, India for nearly one and a half
months due to one of its engines being damaged (kp
10/02/2018)
Pokhara
Int’l Airport project achieves 8 percent progress,
by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 09/02/2018)
TourMin,
CAAN lock horns over int’l flying licences (kp
07/02/2018)
CAAN
allocates Rs1b for TIA runway renovation (kp
05/02/2018), Airport:
Proposed rehabilitation of battered runway at Nepal’s
only international airport is good news (kp
06/02/2018)
Thick
fog
halts flights at Dhangadhi Airport: in 2014, airlines
cancelled 12,675 flights, most of them due to bad
weather conditions during winter, which led to losses in
the millions, by Mohan Budhyar (kp 05/02/2018)
Airlines
hike fuel surcharge (kp 03/02/2018)
Mouse
on a plane grounds NAC Bangalore flight (ht
02/02/2018)
NAC
team set to bring remaining Chinese planes (kp
31/01/2018)
NAC’s
losses piling up as Airbus remains grounded (kp
30/01/2018)
Cost
of preparing DFS of Nijgadh airport: LMW cold-shoulders
govt's call to come and negotiate payment, by Arpana
Ale Magar (rep 29/01/2018)
Buddha
Air to add four ATRs to its fleet, by Susheel
Bhattarai (rep 28/01/2018)
Yeti
embarks on journey towards climate neutrality (ht
27/01/2018), Yeti
to transform into carbon neutral airline (kp
29/01/2018)
Draft
Civil Aviation Bill to be sent to Cabinet (kp
26/01/2018)
KTM’s
airspace to absorb more aircraft from Feb 1 (kp
25/01/2018),
New radar system to be operational from Feb 1, by
Arpana Ale Magar (rep 25/01/2018), 75
pc of airspace in Nepal to come under radar surveillance
(ht 25/01/2018)
NAC-Lufthansa
strategic partnership gets ‘conditional’ nod, by
Sujan Dhungana (ht 25/01/2018), Strategic
partner in NAC: Govt clears way to hold talks with
Lufthansa (kp 29/01/2018)
CAAN
expects EC to lift ban on Nepali carriers (kp
24/01/2018)
Schedule
for black topping runway (ht 24/01/2018) [related to
Thamkharka Airport of Khotang]
Buddha
Air to welcome its 10th aircraft on Thursday, by
Susheel Bhattarai (rep 24/01/2018)
Modalities
proposed to build Nijgadh Airport (ht 23/01/2018)
Dense
fog in Tarai region affects domestic flights, by
Arpana Ale Magar (rep 23/01/2018)
Officials
leave for Brussels to lift European airspace ban (kp
18/01/2018)
Man
held for illegally flying unmanned aerial vehicle
(ht 18/01/2018)
Unleashing
aviation We need to depart from crony capitalism and put
the passenger at the centre of all aviation efforts,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 16/01/2018)
Bhatta
acquires NA’s Boeing 757-200 (ht 15/01/2018)
Gautam
Buddha International Airport: Contractor hiring more
workers to expedite construction work, by Arpana Ale
Magar (rep 15/01/2018)
Direct
air link between Surkhet and Kathmandu difficult (ht
13/01/2018)
Pokhara
airport saw largest passenger movement in 2017 outside
Kathmandu, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 13/01/2018)
Low
visibility operations plague NAC, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 12/01/2018)
With
new airport, Pokhara waits for takeoff: Much delayed
project would transform tourism and the economy of
Central Nepal, by Ziyu Lin (nt 12/01/2018)
Buddha
Air starting Kolkata flights from September, by
Susheel Bhattarai (rep 12/01/2018)
Airport
space
crunch hits Alpine’s flying plans: The parking capacity
at the country’s airports has hit the saturation point,
as most of the airlines have added bigger aircraft
despite infrastructure hurdles (kp 11/01/2018)
Rs
1 billion needed to replace engine of Airbus A320
aircraft, by Susheel Bhattarai (rep 11/01/2018)
COSCAP-South
Asia meet to discuss road to safer skies (kp
10/01/2018)
Paragliding
flight test in Diprung Rural Municipality (ht
10/01/2018)
FinMin
recommends EPCF modality for Nijgadh airport (kp
08/01/2018)
Air
Asia X pays Rs 20m to CAAN, yet to pay Rs 210m, by
Susheel Bhattarai (rep 08/01/2018)
Domestic
air passenger movement up 41 percent, by Arpana Ale
Magar (rep 07/01/2018)
CAAN's
profit soars but aviation sector’s reputation hits a low
(kp 01/01/2017)
CAAN
to explain air safety measures taken by Nepal (kp
30/12/2017), Left
hand investigating the right at aviation regulatory body
(ht 31/12/2017)
Gautam
Buddha Airport: ADB threatens to pull out of slow-moving
airport project, by Sangam Prasain (kp 28/12/2017)
Rajbiraj
airport project misses deadline (ht 28/12/2017)
NAC
to fly to Osaka, Seoul, Riyadh after new jets arrive,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 27/12/2017)
Nijgadh
int’l airport: EIA report to be sent to green ministry
(kp 26/12/2017)
Dozens
of airlines yet to pay TIA Rs 1.35b: Several carriers
paid Rs 568 million, by Susheel Bhattarai (rep
26/12/2017)
Rules
to be relaxed for domestic airlines to fly on foreign
routes, by Sangam Prasain (kp 20/12/2017)
Strained
TIA
handled 2.74m travellers in first 9 months: Aircraft
movement also grew by a robust 27.54 percent to 24,249
flights, a solid increase primarily due to Chinese and
Indian carriers increasing flight frequencies to Nepal
(kp 18/12/2017)
Report:
Goma Air crash due to ‘very low’ visibility, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 16/12/2017), Pinning
blame on dead pilots can’t improve air safety: Experts,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 19/12/2017)
NAC
to offer in-flight duty-free service (ht 13/12/2017)
Airline
fuel
surcharges to go up from Tuesday: Fuel surcharges are
normally charged to passengers to cover part of the cost
increases that are associated with jumps in the price of
aviation fuel (kp 11/12/2017), Domestic
pvt airlines hike fares effective from tomorrow (ht
11/12/2017), Government
seeks clarification from AOAN for raising airfare
(ht 12/12/2017)
TIA
runway rehabilitation project likely to proceed (kp
09/12/2017)
Election
grounds over 350 domestic flights (kp 08/12/2017)
EC
invites
CAAN to explain progress on safety issues: The
invitation has come less than a week after the EC
decided to continue its ban against Nepali
airlines (kp 07/12/2017)
NAC
awaiting approval for Guangzhou route (kp
06/12/2017)
Thai
Airways marks 50th year in Nepal (kp 05/12/2017)
Summit
Air’s Avro lands in Manang, by Aash Gurung (kp
04/127/2017)
CAAN
scrambles
to manage ballooning traffic at TIA: Airlines may be
directed to send some of the aircraft to airports
outside of Kathmandu for overnight stop (kp
03/12/2017)
EU
ban on Nepali airlines continues (kp 02/12/2017), Ban
on Nepali airlines to stay: Nepal fails to rectify
safety shortcomings to fly in EU skies, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 03/12/2017), Lost
opportunities:
The Caan officials should be blamed for their folly as
they have misreported and stayed away from informing the
EC that air safety standards had been improved (ht
04/12/2017)
NAC
asks FinMin to clear final payment (kp 01/12/2017)
TIA
asks airlines to settle their dues, by Susheel
Bhattarai (rep 01/12/2017)
Pvt
sector may be allowed to run Gautam Buddha Airport,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 30/11/2017)
Tara
Air plane overshoots runway in Simikot; 4 hurt;
Excursion follows tyre burst during takeoff, by Raj
Bahadur Shahi (kp 29/11/2017)
NAC’s
partnership proposal stuck in maze of committees, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 29/11/2017)
CAAN,
JICA o sign pact on air safety project next week (kp
28/11/2017)
CAAN
approves budget of Rs43.6 billion, finally (kp
26/11/2017)
Gautam
Buddha airport project: 2nd package of airport project
to start in Feb (kp 24/11/2017)
NAC
to fly 3 times weekly to Meghauli (kp 23/11/2017)
Daily
service to Kuwait slated to start November 29 (kp
22/11/2017)
Don’t
stifle growth: CAAN has to endorse budget to expand
parking bays at domestic airports (kp 21/11/2017)
Poor
airport infra to put brakes on fleet expansion, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 19/11/2017)
Flight
test
of new radar starts today: The next gen radar provides
improved accuracy and enhanced surveillance, and marks
the entry of the latest technology in Nepal’s air
traffic control (kp 18/11/2017), Advanced
radar
system to make Nepal’s skies safer: The sophisticated
infrastructure covers almost all of Nepal, including
parts of Indian airspace and the entire Himalaya,
allowing increased efficiency and safety in areas where
radar coverage has so far been limited, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 23/11/2017)
Ferry
tales:
The (Royal) Nepal Airlines aircraft was found 50 nm off
track when radar contact was finally established with
Shannon, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 18/11/2017)
Illegal
helicopter flights unchecked in ACAP, by Aash Gurung
(kp 10/11/2017)
Capital
gets first aviation museum, by Abhishek Chitrakar
(kp 05/11/2017)
Wataniya
Airways to enter Nepal in November (kp 01/11/2017)
Aviation
regulator
to introduce budget of Rs43.6b tomorrow: The budget was
delayed by two months due to a bitter boardroom battle
(kp 29/10/2017)
Draft
Civil Aviation Bill sent to Law Ministry (kp
26/10/2017), Aircraft
search and rescue regulation issued (ht 26/10/2017)
Nepal
to
sign air service pacts with Turkey, UAE; There were
41,000 one-way travellers between Australia and
Nepal in 2014. The preferred route between Nepal
and Australia is through Malaysia (kp 25/10/2017)
Gyrocopters
set to take tourism to new heights, by Lal
Prasad Sharma (kp 25/10/2017)
Nepali
pilot revives crashed plane as aviation museum (ht
24/10/2017)
NAC
to purchase 4 Viking Twin Otters (kp 23/10/2017)
TIA
officials worried by frequent runway damage, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 19/10/2017)
14
paragliders crash into Phewa Lake (kp 17/10/2017)
Bad
roads prove bonanza for airlines, traffic up 46pc,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 16/10/2017)
Domestic
terminal too congested and suffocating: Passengers,
by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 14/10/2017)
Turkish
marks
4 years in Nepal: Even though Nepal is very popular as a
tourist destination, a lot more people would come here
if the infrastructure was upgraded (nt 13/10/2017)
(interview), Turkish
Airlines marks four years of operations in Nepal (kp
15/10/2017)
Gautam
Buddha int’l airport project: Chinese contractor given
monthly targets (kp 12/10/2017), Govt
officials satisfied with recent work progress (rep
12/10/2017)
Buddha
to operate Airbus service from Pokhara (kp
12/10/2017)
Sita
Air plane involved in runway excursion at Lukla airport;
all safe, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 12/10/2017)
13
new parking bays to be built at TIA by 2020 (kp
11/10/2017)
Summit
adds L410 to its fleet (kp 11/10/2017)
Biratnagar
airport without X-ray machine for over two months,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 11/10/2017), Biratnagar
Airport X-ray system finds no fix (kp 13/10/2017)
Hi
Fly officials coming to discuss Airbus A330-200 details
(kp 10/10/2017)
TIA’s
traffic
hits 1.87m in first half of ’17: Despite severe
congestion, traffic continues to balloon. Airport
expects to receive a record number of flyers this year,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 08/10/2017)
Chinese
firm to undertake TIA improvement works (kp
07/10/2017)
CAAN
brings new rules for paragliding companies: Asks
companies to operate flights only between 10 am and 3:30
pm, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 07/10/2017)
Superjumbo
next!, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 07/10/2017)
Contractor
for Bhairahawa airport project keeps job (kp
06/10/2017)
Yeti
imprints SDG logo on its aircraft (kp 26/09/2017), With
Yeti Airlines, global goals fly high (ht 26/09/2017)
NAC
seeks Rs 20bn equity investment (ht 25/09/2017)
TIA
facing
shortage of aviation fuel: International airlines
operating flights to Kathmandu may be deprived of
refuelling facility at TIA (ht 25/09/2017)
NAC
slashes asking price for its Boeing to $1.4m (kp
23/09/2017)
NAC
moves to bring two Chinese aircraft (kp 22/09/2017)
Domestic
airlines to add flights for Dashain, by Arpana Ale
Magar (rep 20/09/2017)
Radar
at Bhatte Danda to come online in November (kp
19/09/2017)
Nepalgunj
airport seeing parking, air traffic congestion, by
Tekendra Basyal (rep 19/09/2017)
China-funded
airline struggles to fly to Beijing, Guangzhou (kp
18/09/2017)
Pokhara,
Sauraha to be linked by air after a decade, by Lal
Prasad Sharma and Bimal Khatiwada (kp 15/09/2017), Buddha
to fly to Bhairahawa (kp 15/09/2017)
Syangboche
airport not in operation for 10 years, by Radha
Dhungana (rep 15/09/2017)
CAAN
director gen faces sack: Govt serves him 72-hour
ultimatum, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 14/09/2017)
Runway
cracks crippling TIA: CAAN officials on Europe junket
spending airport upgradation fund, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 11/09/2017)
Bhairahawa
airport: Chinese contractor to be fired for lack of
progress (kp 11/09/2017)
Nijgadh
Int’l Airport among tourism minister’s 32 to-do tasks
for next 2 months (rep 11/09/2017)
NAC
'wasted' Rs 5m on overseas trips for staff, by
Susheel Bhattarai (rep 10/09/2017)
Flights
resume to Juphal of Dolpa (kp 09/09/2017)
Buddha
Air to resume Bharatpur-Pokhara flights, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 09/09/2017)
Nijgadh
international airport: Nepal Army assigned to perform
initial works (kp 09/09/2017)
TIA
sits on Rs5.3 billion while facilities remain in a sorry
state, by Sangam Prasain (kp 07/09/2017)
Gautam
Buddha Int'l Airport project: PAC to open formal probe
into delays, by Madhav Dhungana (kp 06/09/2017)
Lack
of parking space troubles Dhangadhi Airport, by Dil
Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 06/09/2017)
Anomalies
at NOC: Foreign airlines complain of sub-standard Air
Turbine Fuel, by Susheel Bhattarai (rep 05/09/2017)
TourMin
told
to pay Landmark for Nijgadh feasibility study: The
government has fast tracked the initial works as India
has shown keen interest in implementing the project,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 05/09/2017)
Independent
aircraft
accident probe body to be established: Currently,
investigations into aircraft accidents are carried
out as per the Civil Aviation (Investigation of
Accident) Regulation 2014, and aircraft accidents and
incidents come under the purview of the government
(kp 04/09/2017)
Altitude
Air brings second Airbus chopper (ht 03/09/2017)
Int’l
airlines
brace for annual travel rush: International airlines are
booked over 80 percent from September 13, which
increases to 90 percent from the third week of September,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 01/09/2017)
Qatar
adds one more flight to Doha-KTM route (kp
31/08/2017)
Over
90pc air tickets booked for Dashain (ht 29/08/2017)
Gautam
Buddha Airport construction: PAC ‘pressed not to probe’
delays (kp 28/08/2017)
Up
Up and (not very) far away, by Reena Chikanbanjar
(ht 27/08/2017)
CAAN,
Army to sign accord for Nijgadh airport project (kp
26/08/2017)
Buddha
Air to start daily flights between Chitwan and Pokhara,
by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 24/08/2017)
Nepal,
Australia move closer to signing air service accord,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 23/08/2017)
New
radar at Bhatte Danda to be commissioned in Sept (kp
22/08/2017)
HAN
to fly gyrocopters for tourists from next week, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 22/08/2017)
Army
to get 12 more aircraft, by Binod Ghimire (kp
19/08/2017)
Traffic
congestion at TIA stokes safety concerns, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 19/08/2017)
BOOT,
EPCF modalities recommended for Nijgadh airport project
(kp 16/08/2017)
Poor
disaster preparedness revealed at Biratnagar airport,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 16/08/2017)
Himalaya
offers direct KTM-Dammam flights (kp 16/08/2017)
41
domestiv flights cancelled (kp 14/08/2017), Flights
to Biratnagar to be affected for few more days (rep
14/08/2017), Biratnagar
airport shut down (ht 15/08/2017), Operations
likely to resume from tomorrow, by Lila Ballav
Ghimire (kp 18/08/2017), Biratnagar
Airport resumes operations after a week, by Deo
Narayan Shah (kp 20/08/2017)
Heavy
rainfall disrupts domestic flights, Biratnagar airport
submerged, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 13/08/2017)
With
Shree Airlines, Dhangadhi-KTM flight time becomes
shorter, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 13/08/2017)
Foreigners
working in airlines allowed to repatriate income (kp
12/08/2017)
Shree
to launch commercial flights today (kp 11/08/2017)
CAAN
not prioritising employee development and training,
by Rajan Polhrel (ht 10/08/2017)
PAC
directs civil servants to use NAC for official trips
abroad (ht 10/08/2017)
Tibet
Airlines starts Chengdu-KTM flights (kp 09/08/2017)
Govt
warns contractor of GBIA: NCAAC given October-end
deadline to expedite construction works, by Sujan
Dhungana (ht 09/08/2017)
Passenger
chaos at Nepalgunj airport, by Thakur Singh Tharu
(kp 08/08/2017)
Pokhara
regional international airport: Pokhara’s 4-decade-old
dream within grasp, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
03/08/2017), Construction
of international airport in Pokhara starts, finally: The
project is expected to be completed by July 2021, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 03/08/2017)
Foreign
pilot paid Rs 2.6m monthly salary, by Susheel
Bhattarai (rep 03/08/2017)
Nijgadh
airport project displaced families demand rehabilitation
(ht 31/07/2017)
NAC
receives seven bids for its B-757 aircraft (ht
29/07/2017)
Air
safety improvement update to be sent to EC (kp
28/07/2017)
New
Civil Aviation Bill aims to break up CAAN (kp
27/07/2017)
Air
accident probe still a farce in Nepal, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 27/07/2017)
Sorry,
all
sold outLocals of Humla have been crowded out of flights
by pilgrims going to Manasarovar, and have had to face
food shortages, by Prakash Budha Magar (kp
25/07/2017)
2.4m
trees need to be cut down for Nijgadh airport, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 25/07/2017)
Gautam
Buddha airport project: Chinese contractor at risk of
termination (kp 24/07/2017)
Yeti
adds ATR 72-500 aircraft to its fleet (ht
23/07/2017)
A
day in a life of an Air Traffic Controller at the
‘world’s most dangerous airport’, by Mukesh Dangol
(kp 22/07/2017)
Nepal’s
civil
aviation relieves from ICAO safety tag, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 21/07/2017), Nepal
offloads ICAO safety concern tag: Flies out of global
civil aviation watchdog’s bad books after four years,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/07/2017)
Govt
may
tighten criteria for new airline permits, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 21/07/2017)
TIA
customs
system digitalised (ht 21/07/2017)
NA
planes fly with empty seats while tickets are hard to
get, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 19/07/2017)
Lack
of
aircraft: NAC cuts flights by 45pc (kp 18/07/2017)
Govt
blacklists
ousted TIA contractor (kp 17/07/2017)
NAC
hiring cabin crew: 3,000 air hostesses and stewards
trained annually, only 10 percent get hired, by
Arpana Ale Magar (rep 16/07/2017)
Tibet
Airlines
set to fly to Kathmandu: The Civil Aviation Authority of
Nepal has approved the carrier schedule
which will fly four days a week on KTM-Chengdu-KTM route
(kp 15/07/2017)
Accident
of
birth: The landing of DC-3 at Simra in 1946 was baffling
as Nepal apparently had an operational strip even as it
owned no aircraft, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 15/07/2017)
Nepal
awaits
ICAO audit report with bated breath: CAAN officials
confident of ‘positive’ result this time round, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 14/07/2017)
Operational,
human errors blamed for Yeti aircraft crash (rep
14/07/2017)
TourMin
asks
PMO to tweak aviation policy (kp 13/07/2017)
Construction
of
Pokhara Regional Int’l Airport to begin after monsoon
(ht 12/07/2017)
Unfavourable
weather
forces Phaplu Airport’s shutdown (ht 10/07/2017)
Loophole
in
civil aviation procedures promoting impunity (ht
10/07/2017)
Yeti
Airlines
set to induct new ATR 72 into its fleet, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 09/07/2017)
Ministry
asks
for Rs20b to boost NAC’s capital (kp 08/07/2017)
Minister
warns
TIA staff against indulging in illegal activities
(ht 08/07/2017)
Nepal
Airlines
At Sixty: Despite so many difficulties, Nepal Airlines
has made a big progress in the recent years with the
number of passengers going up by 17 percent (sp
07/07/2017)
NAC’s
plan
to wet lease Airbus falls through (kp 06/07/2017)
Fresh
attempt
to sell off Boeing 757 (kp 06/07/2017)
Domestic
air
fares set to drop (kp 04/07/2017), Domestic
airlines
bring down fuel surcharge (kp 05/07/2017), Domestic
airline
operators to marginally cut fares from today (ht
05/07/2017)
ICAO
experts
arrive in Nepal to conduct air safety audit (kp
03/07/2017), Fiscal-end
foreign
junkets cost govt exchequer millions: MoCTCA wore a
deserted look when a validation mission from ICAO paid a
visit, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 05/07/2017) [????],
ICAO team
starts audit of aviation standards: CAAN hopeful that
SSC tag will be removed (rep 05/07/2017)
Ousted
Spanish
contractor seeks Rs2.91b compensation (kp
02/07/2017)
Tangiya
locals
fear displacement by Nijgadh international airport
project (ht 02/07/2017)
NAC
captures 12 percent market share (rep 02/07/2017)
NAC:
Technical
study of Airbus tender ongoing (kp 01/07/2017)
Aye
aye,
captain: Will international civil aviation regulators
check if their methods need adjustments during their
next audit of Nepali aviation?, by Hemant Arjyal
(rep 01/07/2017)
Feasibility
report of larger Dharan Airport ready, by Rohit Rai
(rep 01/07/2017)
‘Atithi
Devo
Bhawa’ cleaning campaign launched at TIA (kp
30/06/2017)
FinMin
okays
salary hike for NAC pilots, cabin crews, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 29/06/2017)
Pokhara
int’l
airport construction set to begin from Thursday (kp
26/06/2017)
Aircraft
purchase deal on CIAA radar (rep 26/06/2017)
Army
selling
its grounded helicopters: Nepal Army opens bidding
setting the minimum price, including spare parts, at Rs
1.55 billion, by Binod Ghimire (kp 25/06/2017)
Shree
Airlines
receives 3rd Bombardier (kp 24/06/2017)
New
rules
weigh heavy on courier service providers: Imported
medical equipment, other essential goods at Tribhuvan
International Airport, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
23/06/2017)
NAC
Wide-body
Order: After a month of delay, Nepal Airlines
Corporation NAC has signed a Rs 24b loan agreement with
EPF and CIF and ordered wide body aircraft (sp
23/06/2017)
Lufthansa
Consulting
proposes Rs688.67m fee to assist NAC, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 20/06/2017)
Foreigner
held
for drone use (kp 19/06/2017)
Gyrocopter
set
to fly in Pokhara skies, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
18/06/2017)
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