Pokhara
Int’l Airport: Investigation exposes corruption
and construction flaws : China displeased with
CIAA's investigation; Embassy exerting political
pressure, by Ishwar Dev Khanal (kh
19/04/2024)
Police
at Kathmandu airport still rely on outdated
technology : They still use one-dimension x-ray
machines, which have been phased out in most of
the world, says airport security chief SSP
Krishna Hari Sharma (kp 16/04/2024)
Simrik
Air celebrates 23 years of service to the nation
(ae 15/04/2024)
Severe
weather disrupts flights at TIA: Diversions and
delays reported (kh 11/04/2024)
‘Invisible’
hand stopping civil aviation bills: Lawmaker.
Private sector says government should
immediately pass the bills that have been
languishing for years; time to get rid of the
dead horse—Nepal Airlines, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 11/04/2024)
Lawmakers
demand full operation of Pokhara Int’l Airport
(kh 02/04/2024)
No
landings from northern end of Kathmandu airport
from today : For three months, all flights need
to land from Koteshwar side. Takeoffs remain
two-way, by Sangam Prasain (01/04/2024)
Manthali-Lukla
flights resume after weather clears (kh
31/03/2024)
PM
‘ignored’ directive on civil aviation bills,
parliamentary committee says : Passing the two
long-pending bills requires splitting Nepal’s
aviation body, a vital step to remove Nepal from
EU air safety list, by Sangam Prasain (kp
30/03/2024)
NAC
Dubai Flight Returns to Kathmandu Due to
Hydraulics Issue (rep 28/03/2024)
FNCCI
suggests to parliamentary committee to remove 13
percent VAT on air tickets (rep 28/03/2024)
Low
visibility affects flights at TIA (rep
28/03/2024)
Shree
Airlines adds two more aircraft to its fleet
(kh 26/03/2024)
PRIA
closed since 8 AM due to eagles on runway,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 24/03/2024), PRIA,
earlier closed due to eagles, resumes operations
(kh 24/03/2024)
NAC
seeks assistance from Air India to make ground
handling services effective (rep 23/03/2024)
Buddha
Air collects Rs 3.83 billion in revenue in 6
months, market share reaches 67 percent (rep
19/03/2024)
Weekly
three flights to be started from Resunga airport
(kh 18/03/2024)
NAC
refuses to transport ill passenger from Malaysia
(rep 13/03/2024)
NAC
faces scrutiny for leadership vacuum in key
safety departments (rep 13/03/2024)
Yeti
Airlines to provide free air tickets for cancer
patients (rep 11/03/2024)
Air
Dynasty chopper makes force landing in Kathmandu
(kh 08/03/2024)
NAC
in a fix over aircraft procurement (ae
06/03/2024)
Customs
dispute grounds six aircraft and four
helicopters (rep 06/03/2024)
Tourist
traffic rises in Lukla, over 100 flights to land
Tuesday! (rep 05/03/2024)
Nepal
revives air carriers’ liability and insurance
legislation plan : As per the planned law,
domestic airlines have to pay a minimum $100,000
for an injury or death, up from $20,000, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 03/03/2024)
Jomsom-Pokhara
flight service resumes after a three-month
hiatus (kh 02/03/2024)
Operation
of Biratnagar-Lukla mountain flight soon: CM
Karki (rep 29/02/2024)
Question
on rationale of Nijgadh International Airport
(rep 28/02/2024)
CAAN:
It is inappropriate to build an airport in
Dharan (rep 27/02/2024)
Opening
a new gateway for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra
through Nepalgunj-GunshaNagari flight, by
Hari Prasad Shrestha (rep 27/02/2024)
Successful
test flight at Suntharali Airport in Kalikot,
by Lalit Bista (rep 25/02/2024), Suntharali
Airport in Kalikot commences operations after 38
years (rep 26/02/2024)
NAC’s
aircraft purchase process lands in controversy;
allegation of commissions of Rs 180 million,
by Dili Paudel (rep 26/02/2024)
CAAN
to implement new air standards after 9 months
following SC order (rep 24/02/2024)
CAAN
to implement electronic bird deterrent system in
airports across Nepal (rep 24/02/2024)
Nepal
Telecom to provide free Wi-Fi at all airports
across Nepal (rep 24/02/2024)
Preliminary
report on Simrik Air’s Sankhuwasabha accident
cites flight operation error (rep
20/02/2024)
Nepal
Airlines to conduct a test flight on
Simkot-Surkhet route (rep 17/02/2024)
TIA
could face possible 5-day closure for runway
upgrade (kh 16/02/2024)
Shree
Airlines successfully executes emergency landing
at TIA (kh 15/02/2024)
Nepalgunj-Janakpur
air service set to commence this week (rep
14/02/2024)
Minister
Kirati stresses on operating new international
airports on PPP model (rep 11/02/2024)
Minister
Kirati pledges swift progress for Sagarmatha
Airport construction (kh 09/02/2024)
Nepal,
Switzerland sign bilateral air service accord :
The agreement allows Swiss carriers to operate
28 weekly flights on a reciprocal basis (kp
07/02/2024), Nepal
and Switzerland sign air service agreement
(rep 11/02/2024)
Karnali
government for intra-province air service
(kh 07/02/2024)
Dispute
over 'takeoff and landing spot': CAAN warns
suspension of paragliding flights if the dispute
is not resolved within three days, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 06/02/2024)
NAC
invites international tenders for leasing two
aircraft (rep 06/02/2024), NAC
struggles to sell Chinese aircraft worth
billions of rupees even at scrap value (rep
07/02/2024), NAC
leasing aircraft instead of optimizing
performance of existing fleet (ae
09/02/2024)
NAC
offering concessional Kathmandu-Delhi flights to
cancer victims (kh 05/02/2024)
Snowfall
disrupts air services in Humla (rep
04/02/2024)
Hot
air balloons in Nepal set soar to new heights:
Triple altitude increase enhances mountain and
scenic views (rep 03/02/2024)
Govt.
forms committee to study for operating int’l
airports in PPP model (kh 01/02/2024)
Direct
flights from Nepalgunj to Kailash Manasarovar
commence today (kh 29/01/2024), Nepali
airline begins aerial pilgrimage tour of Kailash
Manasarovar at 27,000ft : The flight, however,
is limited to Nepal’s airspace as Nepali
airlines have no permission from China to fly
into Tibet, by Sangam Prasain (kp
01/02/2024), Kailash
Darshan from aircraft seat, by Krishna
Adhikari (ae 02/02/2024)
Int’l
air passenger traffic surpasses pre-Covid record
: A historic high of 4.54 million international
air travellers passed through the country’s main
gateway in last year, by Sangam Prasain (kp
27/01/2024)
SC
grants Himalaya Airlines permission for
self-ground handling (rep 27/01/2024)
Nepal
Airlines seeks $1 billion financing from global
lenders : Finance Minister Mahat says he has no
idea about the development. ‘I don’t know what’s
going on, by Sangam Prasain (kp 24/01/2024),
NAC
seeks Rs 135 billion loan at subsidized interest
: NAC prepares to pay Rs 55 billion government
debt and buy some new aircraft, by Dilip
Poudel (rep 24/01/2024)
Enhancing
airport security in Nepal, by Abhaya R Joshi
(ae 24/01/2024)
Check-in
hassles at TIA: only 2 counters operational
despite landing of five aircraft (With
Photos) (rep 22/01/2024) [Perhaps the tourists shall be dissatisfied
as soon as they arrive!]
Simikot
Airport set to extend runway (rn 21/01/2024)
Yeti
Airlines buys two ATR-72s from Bangladesh's Nova
Air (rep 20/01/2024)
APF
base established at the TIA customs office
(rep 20/01/2024)
CAAN
proposes operating, building int’l airports
under PPP model (rep 19/01/2024)
CAAN
to enforce stricter compliance with overnight
aircraft parking rules at TIA (rep
19/01/2024)
Domestic
air travel shaken by slowdown, taxes and crashes
; Nepal’s domestic airline companies flew 4.15
million passengers in 2023, losing 315,826
flyers in a year, by Sangam Prasain (kp
18/01/2024)
Lukla
air travel soars as tourist numbers rise
(rep 18/01/2024)
Minister
Kirati submits annual work list, announces plans
to expand NAC fleet (rep 17/01/2024)
Nepal’s
abandoned airports : Several of them have been
built in breach of the Civil Aviation Policy
2006. While the Civil Aviation Authority lists
18 of 52 domestic airports as out of operation,
23 remain defunct, by Basant Pratap Singh
and Bidhya Rai (kp 16/01/2024)
APF
deployed at TIA customs, private security guards
removed (rep 16/01/2024)
Technical
glitch grounds NAC’s wide-body plane, leaving
passengers to Doha stranded (kh 16/01/2024),
NAC
wide-body resumes flights after technical
maintenance (kh 18/01/2024)
One
year since Yeti Airlines plane crash: Tourism in
Pokhara struggles to rebound (rep
15/01/2024)
The
Knockout Punch : Pokhara Crash Investigation
Report : Finding the causes of accidents, big
and small, and the resulting safety
recommendations, was thought to help prevent
such events from re-occurring, by Hemant
Arjyal (sp 12/01/2024)
Druk
Air in preparation for Paro-Pokhara-Delhi
chartered flights from March (rep
11/01/2024)
Flight
from Kathmandu to Dhangadhi diverted to Surkhet
due to poor visibility (kh 10/01/2024)
Himalaya
Airlines becomes the first certified
safety-audit operator (rep 09/01/2024)
Manang
Air plans to revive its services with Rs 1
billion fresh investment (rep 08/01/2024)
Bird
collides with Druk Air aircraft at TIA (rep
08/01/2024)
Additional
X-ray machines installed at TIA customs (rep
08/01/2024)
TIA’s
customs screening area expanded (kh
06/01/2024)
Air
passengers at mercy of winter delays : Airlines
are not to blame when poor visibility due to
pollution closes Nepal’s airports (nt
05/01/2024)
Pokhara
In’t Airport witnesses just seven international
flights in a year, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
02/01/2024)
Airlines
forced to cancel flights to four main Terai
airports including Bhairahawa due to heavy fog
(rep 30/12/2023)
Leader
Yadav demands action against planners of Pokhara
International Airport (kh 29/12/2023)
House
committee directs prime minister to table civil
aviation bills in Parliament at earliest : On
August 2, 2021, the upper house unanimously
passed two aviation bills, which had been
languishing for a year and a half, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 29/12/2023)
Himalaya
Airlines starts Kathmandu-Lhasa-Kathmandu
flight, plane takes off with 136 passengers
(rep 28/12/2023)
Human
error as cause of Yeti Airlines plane crash in
Pokhara: Report (kh 28/12/2023), Pilot
‘pulled wrong lever’ on flight NYT-691: Probe
report. The final report on the January 15 Yeti
Airlines plane crash in Pokhara that killed all
72 on board points to flaws, including
regulatory failures, by Sangam Prasain (kp
29/12/2023)
NAC
and Thai Airways reach agreement on TIA ground
handling (rep 25/12/2023)
Twenty-four
years after Indian Airlines plane hijacking:
What lessons did Nepal learn? Questions still
remain about the source of weapons smuggled
aboard the aircraft, the existence of
pre-information within Indian intelligence and
the lapses in Nepal's airport security, by
Narayan Adhikari (nlt 24/12/2023)
Nepal
signs air service agreements with 41 countries,
but only 18 companies operate regular flights
(rep 24/12/2023)
Himalaya
Airlines to operate direct Kathmandu-Phuket
chartered flight on January 21 (rep
22/12/2023)
When
a passenger opened the emergency door of
Buddha Air aircraft….. (rep 21/12/2023)
Tara
Air incident: emergency door’s glass panel
detaches mid-flight due to cargo mishap (rep
19/12/2023)
Tourism
entrepreneurs urge immediate operation of
international flights from PRIA and GBIA
(rep 17/12/2023)
Thai
Airways plans expansion in Nepal, seeks approval
for two daily flights after three-year hiatus
(rep 13/12/2023)
Women
pilots unite, breaking barriers and soaring
skyward (ae 12/12/2023)
Glass
panel detaches from emergency exit door on Tara
aircraft bound for Lukla (rep 10/12/2023)
Misuse
of budget in disputed Nijgadh Airport, by
Upendra Yadav (rep 10/12/2023)
NAC
employees protest against open competition for
ground handling at TIA (rep 06/12/2023)
Entrepreneurs
demand consistent international flights at
Gautam Buddha Intl Airport (kh 05/12/2023)
Improve
Air Safety To Remove EU Ban, by Ballav Dahal
(rn 04/12/2023)
NAC
employees protest demanding removal of Executive
Chairman (rep 04/12/2023)
Privatization
drive of Gautam Buddha Int’l Airport and Pokhara
Airport gains momentum (kh 04/12/2023)
Tourism
entrepreneurs of Lumbini demand regular
operation of NAC flights from GBIA (rep
03/12/2023)
NAC
announces 50 percent subsidies in domestic
flights to persons with disabilities (rep
03/12/2023)
Himalaya
Airlines launches direct Kathmandu-Shanghai
flight (kh 02/11/2023)
Shree
Airlines starts Kathmandu-Surkhet regular flight
(rep 02/11/2023)
CAAN
ends NAC's monopoly on ground handling service
at TIA (rep 01/12/2023)
Ban
on Nepali airlines continues (kh
30/11/2023), European
Commission extends its decade-long ban on Nepali
airlines : Experts say Prime Minister Dahal
should be held responsible this time as he has
prevented two crucial civil aviation bills from
becoming law, by Sangam Prasain (kp
01/12/2023), Take
concrete measures to remove Nepali airlines from
EU's blacklist (rep 01/12/2023)
PM
Dahal’s Dubai visit sparks chaos: 31 passengers
miss flight after abrupt time shift (rep
30/11/2023) [Royal
behaviour on the part of elected
representatives?], Passengers
protest Nepal Airlines’ hasty departure :
Thirty-one passengers say they were not informed
of the change in departure time which led to
them missing their flight (kp 01/12/2023), Passengers
who missed their flight as schedule was preponed
for PM Dahal's UAE visit still stranded (rep
01/12/2023)
Businesses
in Bhairahawa suffer as new international
airport lies empty : On Tuesday, businessmen
requested former prime minister Deuba to make
efforts to operate the new airport, by Sanju
Paudel (kp 29/11/2023), Is
the India-China rivalry impeding GBIA's
full-fledged operation?, by Sajira Shrestha
(rep 29/11/2023)
Shree
Airlines flight returns to Kathmandu midway to
Dhangadhi due to engine issue (kh
24/11/2023)
Lawmaker
Bajgain sounds alarm on Pokhara International
Airport’s financial crisis and loan repayment
challenges (kh 24/11/2023)
Fettered
Airport, by Modnath Dhakal (rn 23/11/2023)
CAAN
to reoperate duty-free shops at TIA (rep
21/11/2023)
Pokhara
airport handling 4,000 passengers daily (rep
21/11/2023)
Why
Nepal keeps adding— and abandoning—airports :
Politicians promise new airfields as a sign of
prosperity, by Sangam Prasain (kp
18/11/2023), Abandoned
airports : In their obsession with electoral
politics, politicians have been pushing for
unviable infrastructure projects (kp
20/11/2023)
Heli
Everest adds 2 helicopters to its fleet despite
economic downturn (rep 18/11/2023)
CAAN
designates four new locations as paragliding
zones in Nepal (rep 13/11/2023)
Domestic
and int’’l flights increase at TIA amid Tihar
festival (rep 12/11/2023)
Govt
initiates preparation for construction of
Nijgadh airport (rep 09/11/2023) [So far, Nepal only has two
more or less unused major airports...]
CAAN
forms three-member study committee to build
airport in Dharan (rep 09/11/2023), There
is ‘something fishy’ about Dharan airport
project : Tourism minister orders Civil Aviation
Authority to study the project that has been on
the drawing board since 2003, by Sangam
Prasain (kpü 10/11/2023)
Nepal
replugs China grid plan to power up northern
villages : During Prime Minister Dahal’s China
visit, the neighbour had expressed willingness
to consider Nepal’s request, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 08/11/2023)
Guna
Airlines’ license on the verge of cancellation
(kh 03/11/2023)
Fight
erupts between two pilots of Tara Air at
Ramechhap airport (rep 03/11/2023), Ramechhap
airport chief suspended for allowing quarreling
pilot to fly (rep 03/11/2023), Pilots
involved in Ramechhap Airport fight face license
suspension (rep 03/11/2023)
Over
300,000 passengers utilized flight services in
Dashain (rep 30/10/2023)
Thai
Airways International resumes Kathmandu-Bangkok
flights (rep 30/10/2023)
Passengers
stranded at Lukla Airport as regular flights
temporarily halted for ‘VVIP moment’ (rep
30/10/2023)
TIA
comes into full-fledged operation in 73-year
history, by CB Adhikari (rn 21/10/2023)
CAAN
forms a committee to regulate prices of goods
sold by airport shops (rep 20/10/2023)
Passengers
heading home for festivals stranded at Nepalgunj
airport for want of tickets (kh 20/10/2023)
All
NAC aircraft conducting int’l flights come into
operation (rep 18/10/2023)
NAC
pays Rs 554 million to EPF and CIT in partial
payment for dues (rep 18/10/2023)
TIA
sets new record of highest number of landings
and takeoffs (rep 17/10/2023)
Airline
0perators slash Dashain airfares after selling
90% tickets : Cut costs up to 2,500 rupees
in select destinations (kh 17/10/2023)
Grounding,
thy name is NAC, by Sunita Karki (ae
17/10/2023)
Dashain
travel costs soar as government levies VAT on
airfares (kh 16/10/2023), Kathmandu-Dhangadhi
airfare exceeds that of Kathmandu-Delhi (rep
16/10/2023)
Pokhara
Int’l Airport: Nepal Faces Debt Burden and
Expensive Airport: NYT Report, by Ishwar Dev
Khanal (kh 16/10/2023)
Unsafe
skies : With the latest crash, there have been
five helicopter mishaps so far this year (ht
16/10/2023)
'NAC
plans to purchase up to 10 aircrafts in current
fiscal' (rn 15/10/2023), Debt-ridden
NAC will ‘purchase 10 additional aircraft’ to
boost tourism (rep 16/10/2023)
Nepal
Airlines Corporation In Need Of Reforms, by
Anupam Bhattarai (rn 14/10/2023)
Manang
Air helicopter involved in minor accident while
landing (kh 14/10/2023), CAAN
suspends AOC of Manang Air helicopter over
flight safety concerns (rep 14/10/2023), Pilot
injured in Manang Air chopper crash to be
airlifted to India for treatment : A helicopter
flying to Lobuche from Lukla crashed while
landing on Saturday morning (kp 15/10/2023),
Pilot
injured in Manang Air chopper crash dies : The
Captain was undergoing treatment at a
Mumbai-based hospital (kp 25/10/2023)
Activating
the new aerial gateways : How Pokhara and
Bhairawa airports can be made to succeed as
international portals, by Kanak Mani DFixit
(nt 13/10/2023)
Finance
Minister Mahat urges EU to remove Nepal from
security concern list (kh 13/10/2023)
Buddha
Air inducts 17th ATR aircraft (rep
11/10/2023), Buddha
Air celebrates 27th anniversary, welcomes 17th
ATR aircraft (kh 11/10/2023)
Nepal
Airlines selling off planes at ‘junkyard price’
: The five grounded Chinese-made aircraft have
been more trouble than they are worth, officials
say, by Sangam Prasain (kp 09/10/2023)
Restore
National Flag Carrier's Past Glory, by
Ballav Dahal (rn 09/10/2023)
TIA
Customs Office urges passengers to avoid items
like power banks, irons, emergency lights to
avoid hassles (rep 07/10/2023)
Proposal
to purchase three aircraft for NAC reaches
cabinet, by Tapendra Karki (rep 06/10/2023)
NAC
advised to restructure asset and loan portfolio
for financial recovery (rep 06/10/2023)
NAC
to expand its flights to Sydney, Colombo and
Seoul (rep 06/10/2023)
Air
services resume at Tenzing Hillary Airport in
Lukla (rep 03/10/2023)
Planes
of Yeti and Shree Air enroute to Pokhara forced
to return to Kathmandu (kh 02/10/2023), Technical issues
plague Pokhara International Airport:
Chinese-funded project faces setbacks (kh
02/10/2023)
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)
NAC
sends
$79m as part payment for Airbus jets (kp
17/06/2017), NAC
orders
2 Airbus planes via Hi Fly (kp 22/06/2017)
NAC
receives
only one bid for its Boeing 757: The aircraft
has been sitting outside the NAC hangar at
Tribhuvan International Airport since April 2016
following the corporation’s policy to phase out
its Boeing fleet (kp 15/06/2017), Boeing
auction
bid arrives late (kp 17/06/2017)
Carrier
clears
Iran’s dues (kp 13/06/2017)
Lukla
airport
lacks meteorological equipment, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 13/06/2017)
NAC
seals
Rs12 billion loan deal with EPF (kp
12/06/2017), NAC
secures
Rs12b loan from CIT (kp 13/06/2017), Nepal
Airlines
Corp concludes loan agreement with EPF, CIT
(ht 13/06/2017)
Behind
plane
crashes: Cultural aspect, by Suraj Bhandari
(ht 12/06/2017)
ICAO
postpones
audit of aviation standards (kp 12/06/2017)
Chopper
crash-lands,
passengers safe (kp 11/06/2017)
Exim
Bank
makes Pokhara airport’s loan effective (ht
11/06/2017)
NAC
receives
2 bids for wet lease tender (kp 10/06/2017)
NAC
to
hike pilot pay to stem turnover rate: If the
proposal is approved, a senior pilot will earn
up to Rs450,000 per month in salary and
allowances, said ministry officials (kp
09/06/2017)
Fickle
weather,
negligence behind crash of Flight 409, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 08/06/2017)
Carriers
see
unexpected windfall (ht 07/06/2017)
Lufthansa
likely
to become NAC partner: A green light from the
Cabinet would allow the Tourism Ministry to
begin negotiations with Lufthansa Consulting
(kp 06/06/2017)
Protest
closes
Simikot Airport (kp 04/06/2017)
Gautam
Buddha
Airport likely to be ready in 2019 (kp
03/06/2017)
Nepal
Airline’s
loan negotiation in limbo (ht 02/06/2017)
Fatal
air
crash in Lukla airport major setback on eve of
ICAO audit, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 01/06/2017)
Tenders
to
build Nijgadh airport to be called by next
fiscal year (kp 30/05/2017)
Nepal
Army
plane crash: Major Ale critical, Steward Khadka
stable (kp 30/05/2017), Pilot
dead
as NA’s cargo aircraft crashes at Bajura airport,
by Prakash Singh (ht 30/05/2017), Pilot
dead
in Army cargo plane crash, by Sangam Prasain
and Arjun Shah (kp 31/05/2017)
The
clout
list? European Union continues to ban Nepal from
its airspace even though most of our jets and
turbo-props are of European make, by Hemant
Arjyal (rep 30/05/2017)
Goma
Air
crashes in Lukla, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
27/05/2017), Summit
Air crashes at Lukla Airport, by Radha
Dhungana (rep 27/05/2017), Goma
Air
plane crashes in Lukla (kp 27/05/2017), Pilot
killed
in Goma Air cargo plane crash in Lukla: Bad
weather prevents airlift of injured co-pilot,
flight attendant, by Sangam Prasain (kp
28/05/2017), Lukla
air
crash toll reaches 2 as co-pilot dies for want
of treatment, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
28/05/2017), It
was
a scene of total chaos, by Govind Rana (ht
28/05/2017), Bodies of pilot, co-pilot handed
over to kin: Technical team flies to Lukla for
investigation (ht 29/05/2017)
NAC’s
Boeing
auction attracts zero bidders (kp
27/05/2017)
Nijgadh
int’l
airport: Panel tasked to suggest appropriate
modality; The latest proposal to build the
planned second international airport comes from
a London company. WGP Global, in conjunction
with its project partner Uniel Holdings, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 26/05/2017)
Jet
set,
go: Bed Upreti’s Aviation Museum gets off the
ground, by Kunda Dixit (nt 26/05/2017)
Taniya
settlers
seek resettlement (kp 21/05/2017)
France
to
help CAAN boost safety oversight (kp
17/05/2017)
Airport
project
in limbo as payment row drags on (kp
13/05/2017)
Nepal
Airlines
breaches protocol while flying President to
Bangkok (ht 13/05/2017)
Variables
at
play: Air temperature, air density and wind
direction have direct bearing on the length of
the runway, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
13/05/2017)
NAC
plans
to send first instalment for aircraft purchase
by next week (ht 12/05/2017)
Is
the
restricted area pass at TIA misused?, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 09/05/2017)
Nijgadh
int’l
airport: DFS ‘cost reimbursement’ likely to
burden state coffers (kp 07/05/2017)
Wings
to
fly: Drones might be taking over the skies
around the world, but stringent Nepali laws have
stifled the use of the technology in the country,
by Aakriti Dhital (kp 06/05/2017)
Stalled
Pokhara
International Airport Project back on track,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 06/05/2017), Pokhara
Airport
in four years: Chinese envoy (ht 09/05/2017)
New
cargo
handling fees at TIA only from July 16 (kp
05/05/2017)
NAC
asks
AAR Corp to extend payment deadline (kp
04/05/2017)
Plans
to
wet lease A320 jet (kp 04/05/2017)
NAC
board
likely to okay Rs24b loan deal today (kp
02/05/2017)
TIA
to
be expanded at cost of $500 million (kp
01/05/2017)
Shree
Airlines
gets 2nd Bombardier jet (kp 01/05/2017)
Himalaya
starts
Dubai flights (kp 29/04/2017)
Wingtip
to
wingtip: Another domestic-only airport is a
non-starter given the complexities of managing
two airports in close proximity, by Hemant
Arjyal (rep 29/04/2017)
TIA
shop owners refuse to vacate space, move court:
Airport management losing millions in revenue,
by Rudra Pangeni (rep 26/04/2017)
FAA
to
test radar at Bhatte Danda (kp 25/04/2017)
Gorkha
and
Dynamic to return to skies, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 24/04/2017)
ICAO
to
check progress in enhancing aviation safety:
Nepal has performed poorly in effectively
implementing air safety oversight systems,
appearing way down among 46 Asian countries,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/04/2017)
Govt
to
act as guarantor for NAC jet purchase loan: If
the Rs25 billion loan deal is sealed, the
corporation’s total loan would go up to Rs39
billion. The annual interest rate of the total
loan would be around Rs3.5 billion, nearly
one-third of the NAC’s total annual income (kp
21/04/2017)
Lufthansa
applies
to become NAC’s strategic partner, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 20/04/2017)
Traffic
saturation
jams TIA, by Sangam Prasain (kp 19/04/2017),
Flying
frustrations:
Plans to ease Kathmandu’s air traffic congestion
need urgent implementation (kp 20/04/2017),
Goma
Air
flight diverted due to TIA congestion, by
Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 20/04/2017)
Airline
bookings
slump as peak season wanes (kp 17/04/2017)
TIA
restricts
flights (kp 17/04/2017)
Will
NAC
be able to secure govt guarantee for loan?
(ht 16/04/2017)
Haze
forces domestic flight delays, cancellations:
Fliers on the receiving end as airlines ‘ignore’
their troubles, by Rudra Pangeni (rep
15/04/2017)
Shree
Airlines
receives its first Bombardier CRJ-200 jet
(kp 14/04/2017)
Finger
at
sloppy aerodrome engineering for TIA mess,
by Rajan Pokharel (ht 14/04/2017)
Stalled
airport
projects call for unified solution (kp
13/04/2017)
NAC
Boeing
757 for sale, minimum offer $1.71 million
(kp 11/04/2017)
Camel’s
nose
under the tent: Nepal Airlines may become more
efficient once Himalaya Airlines encroaches
further on its domain, by Hemant Arjyal (kp
09/04/2017)
Gautam
Buddha
Airport: Korean firm warns Chinese contractor,
by Madhav Dhungana (kp 09/04/2017)
NAC
seals
$209.6m deal for two Airbus planes; Aircraft
will be delivered by Q2 of 2018, instead of Q1
deadline stipulated earlier, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 08/04/2017), NAC
inks largest ever deal to buy two jets, by
Rudra Pangeni (rep 08/04/2017), NAC
aircraft
deal raises eyebrows (ht 09/04/2017), Questionable
deal:
This questionable deal should be investigated,
the truth found out, and correction made
accordingly (ht 11/04/2017)
Himalaya
Airlines
starts daily flights to Dubai: The airline has
offered an introductory round-trip airfare
starting from Rs24,827 for
Kathmandu-Dubai-Kathmandu (kp 07/04/2017)
NAC’s
‘gross
negligence’ grounds plane in Bangkok (kp
05/04/2017)
Leopard
briefly
shuts down TIA (kp 04/04/2017)
NAC,
AAR
Corp to sign Airbus deal on Friday (kp
03/04/2017)
Much-postponed
air
route meeting delayed again (kp 01/04/2017)
Himalaya
Airlines
gets third A320 (kp 01/04/2017)
Shree
gets
go-ahead to diversify into jets, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 30/03/2017)
Compensation
rate
for land for Nijgadh airport fixed (kp
29/03/2017)
Gautam
Buddha
Airport Project: Upgradation work likely to
resume next week (kp 28/03/2017), Works
resume
at Gautam Buddha airport, by Madhav Dhungana
(kp 02/04/2017)
Undoing
the
fatwa: If the public is willing and the
entrepreneurs ready, the concerned agencies
should not obstruct single-engine airlines,
by Hemant Arjyal (rep 28/03/2017)
Domestic
airlines
see record flyers in 2016: Buddha Air achieves a
milestone of flying over a million travellers,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/03/2017)
TIA
close
to awarding $28m contract to upgrade runway,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/03/2017), Tourism
travails:
Meeting tourism goals requires a complete
overhaul of the Kathmandu airport (kp
24/03/2017)
Doubt
looms
over Gautam Buddha Airport, by Madhav
Dhungana (kp 22/03/2017), Work
on Gautam Buddha Int’l Airport to resume next
week: Chinese contractor, local suppliers reach
four-point agreement, by Rudra Pangeni (rep
22/03/2017)
Gautam
Buddha
airport project construction likely to resume
soon: Chinese firm’s VC arrives in Nepal as
contract termination threat looms n Monday’s
meet resolves payment dispute, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 21/03/2017)
Unpaid
airport
project workers walk off job, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 18/03/2017)
3.51m
travellers
pass through Kathmandu airport, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 17/03/2017)
Aviation
fuel
spillage tars CAAN, NAC image further, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 17/03/2017)
NAC
concludes
contract talks; final deal in March (kp
16/03/2017), Cabinet
asked
to act as guarantor (kp 20/03/2017)
Documents
on
air safety submitted to EC (kp 16/03/2017)
Pokhara
Regional
Int'l Airport: Design to be sent to Chinese bank
for loan (kp 15/03/2017)
NAC
receives IATA certification for ground handling
service (rep 15/03/2017)
Potential
partners
for NAC invited to submit proposals, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 13/03/2017)
Saurya
adds
another CRJ-200 to its fleet (kp 13/03/2017)
Capital
to
get its first aviation museum by July (kp
12/03/2017)
Tibet
Airlines
seeks permission to fly to KTM (kp
11/03/2017)
Bad
weather
hits flights (ht 11/03/2017)
Antonov-2
and
Nepal: Left to rust; An-2 could have come handy
to link towns across the Tarai as one could not
travel by land without detour through India.
by Hemant Arjyal (rep 11/03/2017)
Documents
on
air safety actions to be sent to EC (kp
10/03/2017)
Airport
project
completion date put off to 2019 (kp
09/03/2017)
NAC
board’s
nod to 757 sale (kp 08/03/2017)
Buddha
Air
to increase flight frequency (kp
07/03/2017), Buddha
starts operation of new aircraft (rep
07/03/2017)
‘Get
strategic
partner for NAC in 3 months’ (kp 06/03/2017)
Lack
of
instructor pilots hinders operations (kp
06/03/2017)
NAC
urged
to keep ground handling service separate, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 03/03/2017)
Rajbiraj
airport
to be ready before mid-July (ht 03/03/2017)
Never
fly
into clouds: Those wonderful Pilatus Porter
pilots and their flying machines, by Lisa
Choegyal (nt 03/03/2017)
Money
grows
on trees for Nijgadh airport project: A swathe
of jungle will be flattened to build
the airport, yielding more than 600,000 trees,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 02/03/2017)
Bhairahawa
int’l
airport builder runs out of cash: Civil Aviation
Authority of Nepal likely to terminate contract
with Chinese firm, by Rupak Sharma and
Sangam Prasain (kp 27/02/2017)
NAC
in
turbulence as disputed figure enters boardroom,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/02/2017)
Himalaya
Airlines
launches Yangon flights (kp 25/02/2017)
Procedure
to
regulate drone flights enacted (ht
25/02/2017)
Civil
Aviation
Academy of Nepal still framing plan for
2012-2017!, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 24/02/2017)
Chinese
aircraft
to begin commercial flights today (kp
22/02/2017)
Indian
side
proposes March-end, early-April meeting on air
routes (kp 21/02/2017)
Incredible
Twin-Couriers:
It would be interesting to know if the Americans
ever sought permission for locating H-500 here
in Nepal, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 21/02/2017)
NAC
to
auction Boeing 757, asking price $1.7 million,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 18/02/2017)
NAC
sends
one-million-dollar commitment fee to AAR Corp
(ht 17/02/2017)
Poor
training
of aviation academy jeopardising air safety
(ht 16/02/2017)
FM
to ask EU to lift ban on Nepali airlines
(rep 13/02/2017), Mahat
to
seek removal of EU ban on Nepali airlines
(ht 13/02/2017), Nepal
requests
EC to unban Nepali airlines (kp 17/02/2017)
Air
transport
capacity enhancement project: CAAN all set to
resume works, by Sangam Prasain (kp
11/02/2017)
Himalaya
conducts
maiden flight to Kuala Lumpur (kp
11/02/2017)
Government
told
to shut emergency gate at TIA (kp
10/02/2017) [???]
NAC
takes
delivery of two Chinese aircraft (kp
09/02/2017)
Buddha
Air expands fleet (rep 09/02/2017)
TIA
Security Under Scanner, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn 08/02/2017)
Uncertainty
clouds
Nepal-India meet on air routes (kp
08/02/2017)
NAC
to
fly 4 new routes with wide-body jets by ’18
(kp 07/02/2017)
Don’t
blame
the heavy ones: The runways at Kathmandu Airport
need to be improved; it’s not the heavy planes
that are at fault, by Hemant Arjyal (kp
05/01/2017)
Panel
formed
to study modality of inducting partner at NAC
(kp 04/02/2017)
Buddha
plans
double daily flights to Janakpur (kp
03/02/2017)
Nepal
proposes
ASA with AUS (kp 02/02/2017)
NAC
receives
Y-12e plane (kp 02/02/2017)
Meet
on
preparing Nepal’s airports for disasters starts
(kp 01/02/2017)
Himalaya
adds
2nd Airbus jet to fleet (kp 01/02/2017)
NAC
signs
MoU with AAR Corp (kp 30/01/2017)
Fourth
Chinese aircraft arriving on Tuesday (rep
30/01/2017)
Lack
of
workforce planning casts shadow over future of
Nepal's aviation sector, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 29/01/2017)
Govt
ignoring
suitors for Nijgadh airport project, by
Sangam Prasai (kp 27/01/2017)
NAC
receives
second MA60 (kp 27/01/2017)
CAAN
flouts
rules in awarding lease (kp 25/01/2017)
Lawmakers
urge govt to clarify over Indian proposal of
seeking shelter for air marshals (rep
24/01/2017)
Going
far:
King Selassie was far-sighted in making
Ethiopian Airlines free from government
interference, by Hemant Arjyal (kp
22/01/2017) [lessons for Nepal]
TIA
Customs
to see management overhaul,by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 21/01/2017)
Army
to
do preparatory work on second int’l airport
project (kp 20/01/2017)
House
panel
urges government to expedite construction of
airports (ht 20/01/2017)
Himalaya
to
link Yangon, KL (kp 18/01/2017), Himalaya
to
bring new aircraft (ht 18/01/2017), Himalaya
Airlines flying to to Kuala Lumpur from Feb 10
(rep 18/01/2017)
NAC
to
take delivery of Chinese planes, finally: An NAC
team led by Poshak Gnawali, director of the
Engineering Maintenance Department, left for
China on Sunday to take delivery of a
56-seater MA60 and a 17-seater Y12e (kp
17/01/2017)
Baggage
screeners
at country’s sole int’l airport lack
certification: Nepal has failed to execute
standards related to aviation quality and
security, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 17/01/2017)
NAC
decides
to award jet deal to AAR Corp of US, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 16/01/2017), NAC
selects
AAR Corp to deliver two aircraft (ht
16/01/2017)
Fishtale
chopper
crash: Probe blames pilot stress (kp
16/01/2017)
NAC
proposes
pilot pay hike: If the proposal is approved, a
senior pilot could draw up to Rs450,000 in
monthly salary and allowances. At present,
senior pilots’ pay ranges from Rs250,000
to Rs300,000 per month (kp 14/01/2017)
Simrik
Air
adds new Bell 407GXP chopper to its fleet
(ht 14/01/2017)
Nepal
Airlines
regains numero uno position, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 13/01/2017)
Rajbiraj
Airport
upgradation gains speed (kp 10/01/2017)
CAAN
takes
controversial step to pay Rs530m bonus:
Announcement comes at the time when efficiency
of aviation infrastructure and manpower has been
widely questioned, by Sangam Prasain (kp
09/01/2017)
Airlines
make
hay as travellers shun roads (kp 06/01/2017)
Second
int’l
airport: Govt to reimburse LMW for cost of
feasibility study (kp 05/01/2017)
Construction
of Dharan Airport resumes, by Rohit Rai (rep
05/01/2017)
NAC
to
lease Sajha buses as stopgap measures (kp
04/01/2017)
Buckle
down:
Govt should incentivise contractor to complete
work on Bhairahawa’s international airport on
time (kp 30/12/2016)
A
Himalayan mess: Turbulent times for Nepal-China
joint venture airline, by Om Astha Rai (nt
30/12/2016)
Runway
improvement
at TIA to begin next March (kp 30/12/2016)
Airport
upgradation
work speeding up (ht 29/12/2016)
Domestic
air passenger movement up (rep 29/12/2016)
CAAN
calls
ICAO mission to audit corrective measures (kp
28/12/2016)
NAC
board
starts formal talks on strategic partnership
(kp 27/12/2016)
NAC
decides to bring remaining Chinese aircraft: One
MA 60, one Harbin Y12-E to be brought in first
phase (rep 27/12/2016)
Nepal
Airlines to fly to Guangzhou (rep
27/12/2016)
US
firm
submits lowest bid of $104.8m per jet, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 26/12/2016)
Gautam
Buddha
international airport in Bhairahawa: NPC VC
directs contractor to ramp up construction works,
by Madhav Dhungana (kp 25/12/2016)
Nepal,
India
agree third-country codeshare deal (kp
24/12/2016)
NAC
plans
to use only Airbus aircraft in int’l fleet
(ht 24/12/2016)
Nepali
air
passengers being levied excess tax illegally:
NTB has been pocketing the sum since long
(ht 23/12/2016)
No
bidders for NA aircraft, spares auction, by
Kamal Pariyar (rep 23/12/2016)
India
agrees
to develop, upgrade four air routes: Three new
cross-border entry points to be discussed
further, by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/12/2016),
India
to open additional int'l air routes through
Nepal (rep 23/12/2016)
Int'l
airport
in Pokhara: Finance Ministry confirms $216m soft
loan for project, by Sangam Prasain and Bhim
Ghimire (kp 19/12/2016)
Lack
of
expertise taking toll on Nepal’s aviation,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 19/12/2016)
Air
tickets
to cost more from Monday (kp 16/12/2016), Domestic
airlines
hike basic fare (ht 16/12/2016)
Air
service
talks get Cabinet nod (kp 13/12/2016)
EU
decides to continue ban on Nepali airlines,
by Susheel Bhattarai (rep 13/12/2016)
Contractor
for
TIA project fired: Caan officially issues notice
of termination to Constructora Sanjose, a
Spanish firm, for nonperformance, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 12/12/2016), Court
rejects
Spanish firm’s appeal against dismissal (kp
17/12/2016), Court
clears
way for CAAN to seize security deposit of
contractor (kp 21/12/2016)
TIA
authority
working on plan for ‘airport capacity
declaration’: According to CAAN, the TIA
is conducting the first ever study
on the reasonable estimate of its capacity
(kp 11/12/2016)
CAAN
okays
24pc hike in domestic airfares: The ministry is
reportedly unwilling to ramp up fares on remote
sectors. It is unlikely that ticket prices will
be increased on flights to remote destinations,
said sources (kp 10/12/2016)
TIA
project
stalls indefinitely due to slowpoke contractor:
The project hit a snag as the soil to be used as
filler for the expansion of the runway was not
available. It has also been prevented from
extracting sand from the Pashupati area due to a
court case (kp 08/12/2016), Bad
first
impressions: TIA is embarrassing for a country
that is highly dependent on tourism (kp
09/12/2016), Lender
mulling
whether to fire TIA contractor (kp
09/12/2016)
Bhojpur
airport
to be closed for three months (ht
08/12/2016)
Former
ICAO
secy gen moots splitting CAAN, by Rajan
Pokhrel (kp 07/12/2016), Enhance
the
image: Civil aviation experts have time and
again advised the CAAN and the ministry to abide
by the ICAO stipulations as Nepal is a signatory
to the Chicago Convention (ht 08/12/2016)
Aviation
safety
and efficiency: Time for togetherness, by
Birendra Kumar Singh (ht 07/12/2016)
Flights
could
become cheaper as fuel prices cut (kp
06/12/2016), Domestic
airfare
likely to drop (ht 06/12/2016), Fares
drop
as airlines slash fuel surcharges (kp
07/12/2016), Flying
in
domestic carriers gets cheaper from today
(ht 07/12/2016)
Buddha
Air investing Rs 1 billion to buy ATR 72-500
aircraft, by Susheel Bhattarai (rep
06/12/2016)
CAAN
ready
for ICAO audit of corrective measures (kp
06/12/2016)
Divergent
views
over Civil Aviation Bill 2016, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 05/12/2016)
NAC
expands
Delhi flight frequency (kp 05/12/2016)
Nepal
terminates
contract with Spanish firm on multi-million
dollar airport project, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
04/12/3016)
Flight
delays
becoming routine affair at TIA, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 02/12/2016)
Stalled
air
service talks with India to be revived, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 30/11/2016)
Buddha,
Yeti
racing to acquire new aircraft, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 29/11/2016)
Gautam
Buddha Airport construction work moving at slow
pace, by Sher Bahadur KC (kp 29/11/2016)
TIA
chokes
on parking congestion, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
27/11/2016)
Draft
of
Civil Aviation Bill sent to Tourism Ministry,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 24/11/2016), New
civil
aviation bill to allow pvt airports (kp
25/11/2016)
Seti flashflood alert pilot dies in Ultralight
crash, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 24/11/2016),
The
maxium
pilot: Nepal's tourism industry has lost a
devoted professional, by Kunda Dixit (nt
02/12/2016)
Tibet
Airlines
likely to begin Nepal service (kp
23/11/2016)
Tourism
Ministry
plans to conduct fresh DPR of SIA (kp
21/11/2016)
GBIA
unlikely
to become operational within a year (ht
21/11/2016)
India
proposes
resuming air service talks in Dec (kp
16/11/2016)
NAC
decides to bring remaining Chinese aircraft: Two
aircraft coming in three months, by Susheel
Bhattarai (rep 16/11/2016)
Wreckage
of
missing ultralight recovered after a year
(kp 14/11/2016)
NAC
Airbus
flew to Dubai with thrust reverser locked!,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 14/11/2016) (ht 14/11/2016)
Makalu
Air
plane meets with accident at Simikot Airport
(ht 11/11/2016)
11
foreign
firms bid to supply aircraft, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 11/11/2016)
Meghauli
Airport
opens for chartered flights (ht 09/11/2016)
Y12e
slated
for test flight to Lukla (kp 08/11/2016)
Bhairahawa
airport
project freed from green shackles: After the
airport is complete, it will be able to handle
up to 6 million passengers annually (kp
05/11/2016)
Domestic
passengers
face delays after radar fault (kp
04/11/2016)
Nepal
hesitant
about Open Skies overture, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 04/11/2016)
VVIP
flight
creates delays (kp 03/11/2016)
Most
accidents
involved small planes: CAAN; A majority of the
accidents involved turbo-prop planes with a
capacity of 19 passengers or less (kp
29/10/2016)
Airlines
face
shortage of 100 senior pilots, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 28/10/2016)
CAAN’s
quirky
practices put aviation safety at risk, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 25/10/2016)
Efforts
resume
to receive Chinese aircraft on order: Tourism
Ministry has told NAC to resume process of
taking delivery of four planes—one MA60 and
three Y12e (kp 22/10/2016)
New
aviation
law to be sent to Cabinet in Nov (kp
21/10/2016)
Nepal
dragging
its feet on opening new air routes, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 20/10/2016)
Jet
Airways
to operate 5 daily flights to Nepal (kp
20/10/2016)
Nepal
Airlines
takes second place in massive turnaround, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 19/10/2016)
ICAO
to
send expert to improve airworthiness: Regulator
(kp 15/10/2016)
Domestic
airlines
carry 10pc more passengers, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 14/10/2016)
CAAN
bans
use of Note 7 on aircraft: All users of the
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 must switch it off and
place it inside their carry-on baggage before
boarding the aircraft, the aviation regulator
has said (kp 08/10/2016)
Altitude
Air
chopper to commence commercial operation soon
(ht 06/10/2016)
Festive
travel
rush: All domestic flights from KTM sold out
(kp 01/10/2016), Dearth
of
air tickets hits passengers hard (ht
04/10/2016), NAC
to
operate 12 non-scheduled flights for Dashain
travellers (ht 06/10/2016)
NAC
Airbus
makes emergency landing at TIA after smoke
detected, runway closed (ht 26/09/2016)
Mountain
Air
chopper makes force-landing in Solukhumbu
(ht 25/09/2016), Mountain
Air
chopper crashes, all on board safe (kp
26/09/2016)
NAC
board
okays plan to procure 2 wide-body jets, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 25/09/2016)
Yeti
Airlines
plane overshoots Bhairahawa runway, all ‘safe’
(ht 24/09/2016)
Yeti
to
buy ATR aircraft under fleet renewal plan,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/09/2016)
Himalaya
Airlines
to launch flights to Colombo on Oct 1, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 21/09/2016)
Air
Kasthamandap
crash caused by ‘engine failure’, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 19/09/2016)
Domestic
airlines
slash airfare (ht 19/09/2016), Fuel
surcharges
cut to match oil prices (kp 20/09/2016)
Terminal
illness:
TIA operates in chaos with overcrowding, regular
delays, mismanaged facilities and inadequate
infrastructure, by Soni Rai (ht 18/09/2016)
Airbus
tyre
burst raises safety concerns at pathetic TIA,
by Raja Pokhrel (ht 16/09/2016)
Dashain
flights:
More than 70pc sold out (kp 15/09/2016)
NAC
jet
stops safely after losing a wheel on landing
(kp 14/09/2016)
Airlines
jack
up fares to cash in on festive rush, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 13/09/2016)
FinMin
to
be guarantor on loan for fleet expansio: The
current fiscal year’s budget statement has also
promised to arrange funding to buy jets for NAC,
by Sangam Prasain (kp (12/09/2016)
It’s
a
bad first impression at TIA: From
immigration to baggage collection it’s a
nightmare, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 11/09/2016)
Safer
flights:
The government must form an independent
commission from outside the ministry to make
Nepal’s aviation sector safe, secure and
trustworthy (ht 09/09/2016)
Bringing
the
world to Nepal: Turkish Airlines marks three
years connecting Kathmandu and Istanbul, by
Sahina Shrestha (nt 09/09/2016), High
fuel
price a deterrent, excerpts from the
interview with Harun Bastürk, Vice President of
Sales for Asia and Far East Turkish Airlines (nt
09/09/2016)
ICAO
tells
states to form air accident probe unit (kp
08/09/2016), Nepal’s
aviation
on a wing and a prayer (ht 08/09/2016)
Price
of
the ticket: Dynamic pricing is followed
globally, but in Nepal the government controls
airfares, by Rajin Ranjit (kp 06/09/2016)
Buddha
Air
approved to provide MRO services (kp
06/09/2016), Opportunity
knocks:
Tax relaxation on export oriented businesses can
generate much-needed jobs for Nepalis (kp
07/09/20126)
Int’l
airlines
post strong bookings: All flights are booked
over 80 percent for the period between mid-Sept
and mid-Oct, acording to travel agents (kp
05/09/2016)
Shree
Airlines
to diversify into fixed-wing operations, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 02/09/2016), Shree
Airlines
gets okay
for fixed-wing operations, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 08/09/2016)
Shahi
pledges
to buy at least 15 aircraft (kp 02/09/2016)
Japan
approves
Rs1.51b grant to boost air safety: The scheme
will improve safety at eight airports across
Nepal—five short take-off and landing airstrips,
two regional airports and Tribhuvan
International Airport (kp 01/09/2016)
Tribhuvan
International
Airport improvement project: CAAN ‘likely’ to
terminate contract with Spain firm (kp
30/08/2016)
SAARC
energy
cooperation pact gets Parliament nod (kp
30/08/2016)
NAC
likely
to confirm plan to buy 2 widebody aircraft, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 29/08/2016)
Noise
pollution
hits TIA operations, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
29/08/2016)
Simrik
Airlines
resumes ops (kp 26/08/2016)
NAC
to
put Chinese aircraft back in air (kp
25/08/2016)
Nepal
Airlines
in stake sales talks with Middle East carrier,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 24/08/2016), Minority
stake:
While NAC needs a strategic partner, the idea to
sell a majority stake requires more debate (kp
26/08/2016)
Laser
emitters
target NAC aircraft at TIA, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 22/08/2016)
Qualification,
experience
are just trivia to CAAN, by Rajan Pokharel (ht
21/08/2016)
NAC
resumes
Dubai flights after 4-yr gap (kp 19/08/2016)
Plane
refuelling
service in Bhadrapur (kp 19/08/2016)
More
than
150 chopper flights on Everest in two months,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 19/08/2016)
Tourism
Ministry
in Simrik licence renewal dilemma (kp
18/08/2016)
International
carriers
to boost Nepal frequency, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 17/08/2016)
NAC
Airbus
A320 grounded at TIA: The jet without fire
extinguisher in its cargo compartment had flown
from IGIA to Kathmandu (ht 17/08/2017)
CAAN
all
set to ban passenger flights by single-engine
planes, by Sangam Prasain (kp 15/08/2016)
House
panel
urges action after spate of air crashes (kp
13/08/2016)
Human
error
traps: Reports on air crashes often blame the dead
pilots to cover up official shortcomings, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 12/08/2016)
Second
international
airport in Nijgadh: CAAN invites proposals to
conduct eco study (kp 12/08/2016)
Airlines
violating
visual flight rules of ICAO, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 11/08/2016)
Air
safety:
There is no alternative to improving the quality
of our country’s aviation (kp 10/08/2016), 738
accident deaths in Nepal’s 70-year aviation
history, by Sujan Dhungana (rep 10/08/2016)
Baby
among
seven killed in Fishtail Air chopper crash, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 09/08/2016), Hospital
facing
difficulty identifying bodies (ht 10/08/2016)
Makalu
plane
plunges into river: Single-engine aircraft makes
forced landing; Pilots rescued (kp
05/08/2016), Aircraft
crash
lands
in Karnali, swept away Pilot, co-pilot jump to
safety, by Damodar Bhandari (ht 05/08/2016))
Jet
Airways
to resume 5 daily flights to Nepal (kp
05/08/2016)
NAC’s
scheduled
flights to Dubai from Aug 18 (ht 04/08/2016)
Tara
Air
flight 193 crash report: ‘Pilots violated standard
operating procedure’, by Sangam Prasain (kp
01/08/2016)
Rubber
deposits
at TIA runway pose threat to aircraft safety,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 31/07/2016)
CAAN
calls
bids for DPR for luxury airport hotel (kp
30/07/2016)
No
flights:
Over 200 stranded in Everest region (kp
27/07/2016)
Delayed
airport
projects hope to make headway this year, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 27/07/2016)
CAAN
starts
work to restore TIA’s crumbling runway, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 23/07/2016)
Contractor
resumes
work on TIA project (kp 21/07/2016)
Ministry:
New
Civil Aviation Act will be tabled at Cabinet by
Oct (kp 17/07/2016) [The
current cabinet will not be in office in October!]
Bird
strike
during Airbus takeoff exposes loopholes inside
Tribhuvan Int’l Airport, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
17/07/2016)
NAC
in
crisis as honchos stayed abroad (ht
17/07/2016)
TIA
should
be made tax-free zone: Airlines (kp
16/07/2016)
NAC
to
resume Dubai service on August 18 (kp
15/07/2016)
NAC
to
retire one of its two Boeing 757 jetliners (kp
13/07/2016)
NAC
facing its worst crisis: Six of its eight aircraft
grounded, hitting flight schedule (kp
12/07/2016)
Is
ATC
skill enough to hold engineering group posts in
ministry?, by Rajan Pokhrel (kp 10/07/2016)
Simrik,
Sapphire
agree to form cargo airline (kp 09/07/2016)
Emergency
NAC
plane landing after bird-hit (kp 08/07/2016),
Bird
strike
grounds NAC Airbus at TIA (ht 08/07/2016)
Himalaya
to
operate daily flights to Doha (kp 08/07/2016)
CAAN
completes
installation of radar in Bhatte Danda (kp
03/07/2016)
Ministry’s
aircraft
accident probe a farce, claim experts, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 03/07/2016)
Nepal
Oil
Corp cuts aviation fuel price (kp 02/07/2016),
Domestic
airlines
slash fuel surcharge (kp 04/07/2016)
Domestic
airfares
likely to go up 19-39 percent (kp 01/07/2016)
Paragliders
fear
being displaced by airport, by Lal Prasad
Sharma (kp 21/06/2016)
Construction
work
at Gautam Buddha International Airport snail-paced
(ht 20/06/2016)
Gautam
Buddha
International Airport: Green issues likely to
stall project, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
18/06/2016)
TIA
health
desk poorly equipped to handle emergencies, by
Arjun Poudel (rep 14/06/2016)
Domestic
airports’
safety flies under the radar, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 11/06/2016)
NAC
to
start flights to Dubai soon (ht 10/06/2016)
Spreading
wings
wider: The time is right for Nepal Airlines to
increase capacity by adding bigger jets, by
Kunda Dixit (nt 10/06/2016)
Helicopter
sales
soar: The Nepal Army is further upgrading its
fleet with three new helicopters, by Rameshwor
Bohara (nt 10/06/2016)
Air
travel
demand up due to highway maintenance, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 09/06/2016)
Govt
extends
credit to build Pokhara airport (ht
07/06/2016)
Critical
ATC
equipment falling flat at TIA, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 05/06/2016)
Pokhara
int’l
airport to gain speed after rains, by Lal
Prasad Sharma (kp 04/06/2016)
Himalaya
Airlines
starts scheduled flight to Doha (rep
02/06/2016)
NAC’s
Boeing
services halted, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
01/06/2016)
Himalaya
Airlines
to commence its scheduled flight from May-end
(ht 24/05/2016), Himalaya
Airlines
starting scheduled flights to Doha from May 31
(rep 24/05/2016)
Finance
ministry
fixes 5pc interest on credit to build Pokhara
airport (ht 21/05/2016)
Historic
hijack
plane now at Sundarijal museum, by Kalendra
Sejuwal (ht 21/05/2016)
New
domestic
terminal opens at Tribhuvan International Airport
(kp 19/05/2016)
TIA
operating
without renewed certificate, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 19/05/2016)
Ban
on
single-engine aircraft: Supreme Court stays govt
decision (kp 16/05/2016)
NAC's
market
share rose to 7.9% in 2015 (rep 14/05/2016)
Heading
330:
A brand new aircraft, however ideal and economical
to run, can do little on its own, by Hemant
Arjyal (kp 10/05/2016)
Air
navigation
services below par at TIA, say users, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 08/05/2016)
Co-pilot
with
fake credentials arrested (ht 05/05/2016)
Ban
on
single-engine aircraft: Karnali lawmakers express
concern; The ban has affected a large number of
travellers in the remote Karnali as people are
forced to wait for at least two weeks to get a
flight (kp 03/05/2016)
TIA
special
desk to keep track of returning migrants (kp
27/04/2016)
Himalaya
Airlines'
announces second flight to Colombo (rep
27/04/2016)
Novoair
okayed
to operate Dhaka-Kathmandu flights (kp
23/04/2016)
Gautam
Buddha
regional int’l airport: Cabinet okays proposal to
acquire more land (kp 21/04/2016)
Meghauli
Airport
back in operation (kp 19/04/2016)
TIA
sees
rise in freight movement (ht 17/04/2016)
Three
years
on, govt and CAAN do nothing to get red tag lifted,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 17/04/2016)
CAAN’s
Rs40
billion debt raises fears of unsustainability
(kp 16/04/2016)
Pokhara
int’l
airport project set to take off: PM lays
foundation stone; Country to have 4 such
facilities by 2022, by Sangam Prasain, Bhim
Ghimire and Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 14/04/2016), Laying
Foundation
Of Airport In Pokhara, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar
(km 16/04/2016)
Incomplete
ADB
project hits baggage handling at TIA (ht
14/04/2016)
Himalaya
Airlines
makes maiden flight to Colombo (kp 13/04/2016)
NAC
aircraft
averts crash in Jumla (kip 12/04/2016)
Delay
in
acquiring chinese aircraft: Panel seeks
explanation from Tourism Ministry (kp
11/04/2016)
Air
passenger
movement falls for 4th straight year, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 09/04/2016)
Buddha
Air
plane makes emergency landing, by Abadesh
Kumar Jha (kp 09/04/2016)
Rs9.74b
worth
of land to be acquired for Lumbini airport: The
existing domestic airport will be transformed into
a regional international airport spread over 715
bighas by 2017 (kp 07/04/2016)
Int’l
passenger
traffic drops for first time in 13 years, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 05/04/2016)
Chinese
aircraft
for Nepal Airlines: TourMin tables yet another
proposal: The aircraft procurement process has
been put on hold for the past year (kp
03/04/2016)
Pokhara
airport’s
foundation laying slated for April 14 (kp
01/04/2016), Prospect
of
int’l airport elates Pokhara folks (ht
03/04/2016), Land
owners
yet to receive promised compensation (ht
07/04/2016), Pokhara
airport
airborne: After four wasted decades, Pokhara may
finally be getting a much-needed international
airport, by Rabindra Adhikari (nt 08/04/2016)
Himalaya
Airlines
makes proving flight to Delhi (kp 31/03/2016)
Double
check:
Govt ban on single-engine aircraft goes against
accumulated aviation wisdom (kp 29/03/2016), Single-engine
aircraft
face uncertain future, by Sangam Prasain (kp
30/03/2016)
TIA
project
delayed due to slowpoke contractor (kp
29/03/2016)
Jet
Airways
plane bomb hoax (kp 28/03/2016)
Radar
installation
works at TIA, Bhatte Danda resume (kp
27/03/2016)
US-Bangla
Airlines
gets nod to fly to Kathmandu: It is the fifth
Bangladeshi airline to receive the permit after
Biman Bangladesh, GMG Airlines, United Airways and
Regent Airways (kp 26/03/2016)
Air
safety
concerns widen rift between CAAN and civil
aviation ministry, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
24/03/2016)
Nijgadh
airport
project to publish notice for land acquisition by
mid-April 2016 (rep 23/03/2016)
Proposal
to
develop SIA tabled at Cabinet, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 22/03/2016)
Loan
agreement
paves the way for Pokhara int'l airport project,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 22/03/2016), Jubilation
in
Pokhara after loan deal sealed with China,
by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 23/03/2016)
The
thing
in between: All single engine aircraft operators
want is a stable policy regime, by Hemant
Arjyal (kp 20/03/2016)
Pokhara
International
Airport: Govt to sign $216m deal with China bank
(kp 20/03/2016)
Fishtail
helicopter
crashes in Langtang, by Krishna Thapa (kp
18/03/2016)
Transformer
stolen
from Gautam Buddha Airport in Bhairahawa: Airport
operating on an old generator since March 7,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 14/03/2016)
Next
generation
equipment: For safer skies, by Bikal Jha (ht
14/03/2016)
Himalaya
Airlines
takes delivery of first aircraft (kp
10/03/2016), Himalaya
welcomes
its first Airbus 320 (ht 10/03/2016)
Race
against
time: The only lesson from Air Kasthamandap crash
is that we need search and rescue teams both in
east and west, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
09/03/2016)
TourMin
gets
tough on single-engine aircraft: Government halts
registration of new single-engine aircraft and
bans passenger charter flights by such planes,
pending a report by a probe panel, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 08/03/2016)
CAAN
trashes
$4.2m air safety enhancement report, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 08/03/2016)
Himalaya
all
set to start ops (kp 06/03/2016)
Proposed
Pokhara
International Airport: Loan deal may be signed
during Oli’s China visit (kp 05/03/2016)
NAC
agrees
to receive aircraft with conditions: Among the
conditions, the national flag carrier has demanded
that China’s AVIC International, the supplier of
the problem-plagued MA60 and Y12e, guarantee
compensation for losses incurred while flying the
planes in Nepal with a load penalty, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 04/03/2016)
Gautam
Buddha
Airport: Government to acquire another 140 bighas,
by Madhav Dhungana (kp 04/03/2016)
Air
Safety Measures Must Be Strictly Implemented,
by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 2/03/2016)
Two
pilots
killed in second plane crash in three days, by
Sangam Prasain and Tularam Pandey (kp 27/02/2016), Air
Kasthamandap
plane crash-lands; two killed: Pilot, co-pilot
lose their lives but nine passengers survive the
forced landing in a Kalikot field (ht
27/02/2016), How
the
brave pilot saved nine lives (ht 27/02/2016),
Both
crew
members die in Air Kasthamandap crash-landing,
by Pabitra Kumar Shahi (rep 27/02/2016), Pilot
Dinesh’s
family grief-stricken by loss, by Thakur Singh
Tharu (kp 28/02/2016)
PM
inspects
Gautam Buddha Int’l Airport (ht 27/02/2016)
Disaster
in
the air: Unless CAAN plugs loopholes in safety,
investigations will mean precious little (kp
26/02/2016), Plane
crash
shines light on safety issues again, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 26/02/2016)
All
23
on board die in Tara Air plane crash, by
Ghanshyam Khadka (kp 25/02/2016), Experts
blame
multiple factors, by Sangam Prasain (kp
25/02/2016), Tara
Air
plane crashes en route to Jomsom, leaving all 23
aboard dead: Dust cloud over Myagdi suspected to
have caused engine failure, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya and Rup Narayan Dhakal (ht 25/02/2016), 23
including
crew killed in Tara Air crash, by Santosh
Pokhrel and Hari Krishna Gautam (rep
25/02/2016), 14
bodies
identified, 9 require DNA test, by Lal Prasad
Sharma (kp 26/02/2016)
Bonded
warehouse
to be set up for aircraft spares (kp
24/02/2016)
Fly
or ride? Domestic airlines compete with new roads
to service Nepal’s remote mountain airfields,
by Kunda Dixit (nt 19/02/2016)
Fuel
surcharge
lowered, flying gets cheaper, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 18/02/2016), Airlines
operators
cut fuel surcharge (ht 18/02/2016), Airfare
slashed
by as much as 18.31%, by
Sujan Dhungana (rep 18/02/2016)
TIA
resumes
refuelling service for foreign jets: Fuel price
for international airlines has been slashed to
$981 per kilolitre, by Sangam Prasain (kp
17/02/2016)
Solar
power
at domestic airports: CAAN estimates cost of Rs160
million, by Sangam Prasain (kp 14/02/2016)
Refuelling
at
TIA for international airlines (ht 14/02/2016)
Karki
elected
AOAN president (kp 13/02/2016)
Baggage
claim
still a nightmare at TIA, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 12/02/2016)
NOC
to
resume refuelling services for foreign jets: The
state-owned fuel supplier has also been mulling a
big price cut in aviation fuel sold to int’l
airlines, by Sangam Prasain (kp 10/02/2016), NOC
overcharging
airline companies on ATF, by Sujan Dhungana
(rep 10/02/2016)
Tribhuvan
International
Airport upgradation project: Contractor reluctant
to install new conveyor belt (kp 07/02/2016)
Second
international
airport at Nijgadh: Caan estimates Rs121b price
tag for SIA project, by Sangam Prasain (kp
06/02/2016)
NAC
prepares
to fly to Guangzhou (rep 05/02/2016)
Airfares
drop
sharply, except in Nepal, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 04/02/2016)
Yeti
Airlines,
Tara Air achieve int’l safety standard (ht
01/02/2016)
Dress-with-no-pockets
directive:
TIA ignored orders on dress code, says CIAA
(kp 31/01/2016)
Air
safety
clean chit a far cry for Nepal: ICAO; There are
loopholes in the part of operation oversight and
organisational capability of CAAN, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 31/01/2016)
KMC
told
to prohibit butchery around TIA (ht
31/01/2016)
CIAA
directs
TIA to improve services (ht 30/01/2016)
Threat
to
flight safety: Buildings yet to be demolished;
Owners last month were told to pull down
structures within 10 days, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
27/01/2016)
Himalaya
Airlines
plans to start ops by March-end (kp
27/01/2016)
NAC
to
procure 4 new jets over next 2 years (kp
26/01/2016), NAC
launches
three-year plan (rep 26/01/2016)
Kathmandu-bound
Jet
flight delayed after bomb hoax (ht 26/01/2016)
Technical
hitches
at TIA tower create panic, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 24/01/2016)
Cabinet
panel
clears airport hotel plan (kp 23/01/2016)
Local
bodies
told to construct helipad in each VDC,
municipality (ht 23/01/2016)
Himalaya
Airlines
signs pact with SriLankan Airlines for crew
training solutions (rep 22/01/2016)
China
to
assist Nepal to re-certify MA60 aircraft (kp
21/01/2016), AVIC
keen
to extend support to NAC (ht 21/01/2016)
‘Foundation
stone
for Pokhara int’l airport to be laid by mid-Feb’
(rep 21/01/2016)
Domestic
airfares
cut slightly, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
20/01/2016)
Single
functioning
airport in far-west (ht 19/01/2016)
Ethiopian
lesson:
Ethiopian Airlines offers lessons on how to stop
our Nepal Airlines Corporation from being a
laughing stock, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
19/01/2016)
Govt
told
to prioritise construction of Nijgadh
International Airport (ht 18/01/2016), Tourism
ministry
told to immediately start construction of second
international airport (rep 18/01/2016)
Aircraft
procurement
plan ready, says tourism secy (rep 18/01/2016)
Government
to
introduce tough guideline to build new airports:
The coming Airport Construction Guideline 2016
aims at sustainable airport planning and
construction to make the facilities economically
viable, by Sangam Prasain (kp 17/01/2016)
Advanced
passenger,
baggage information systems for TIA on the cards,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 16/01/2016)
Rajbiraj
airport
to resume service (ht 16/01/2016)
Govt
told
to revive abandoned airports, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 15/01/2016)
IOC
to
provide ATF from Raxaul, by Pushpa Raj Acharya
(ht 12/01/2016)
Upgradation
of
Gautam Buddha airport resumes (kp 11/01/2016)
Y12e
plane
lightened to carry more passengers: The plane
weighed 185 kg more than what was stated in the
specifications, by Sangam Prasain (kp
10/01/2016)
ADB
loan
for air safety blown on family junkets, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 10/01/2016)
Bid
to
boost air connectivity, tourism: Nepal, Bhutan
agree on six-point agenda (kp 09/01/2016)
Buildings
near
TIA runway: Locals unwilling to pull down tall
structures (kp 04/01/2016), Building
owners
agree to demolish top floors: Six houses in
Koteshwor have been deemed to be too close to
the airport (kp 12/01/2016)
Work
to
upgrade Pokhara airport to start soon (ht
04/01/2016), $216m
loan
agreed: China EXIM Bank to provide 25 percent of
the loan without interest, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 05/01/2016)
Investigative
report
indicates attempt to cover-up Turkish airlines
crash-landing, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
03/01/2016)
Quake,
fuel
crisis impact: Int’l passenger traffic takes
fall (kp 01/01/2016), Number
of
air passengers down 6 % (rep 01/01/2015)
NAC
to
buy four new jets over two years (kp
31/12/2015)
Yes,
we
CAAN: CAAN still relies on the old
tippani/aadesh system while making and executing
important decisions, by Sanjay Kumar (rep
31/12/2015)
Multi-million
dollar
TIA project set to miss deadline, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 31/12/2015)
Tribhuvan
International
Airport: Hit by snags, by Birendra Kumar
Singh (ht 30/12/2015)
‘Y12e
performs
well only in cold weather’ (kp 29/12/2015) [??]
6
Koteshwor buildings ‘threat to air safety’
(kp 25/12/2015), Parts
of
buildings near TIA should be torn down: Report
(ht 25/12/2015)
Aviation
safety
inspectors find ANS, aerodrome services unsafe,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 20/12/2015)
NAC
told
to show viable biz plan (kp 19/12/2015)
Team
off
to China to inspect aircraft (kp 18/12/2015)
TIA
now
largest exports gateway (kp 17/12/2015)
Airport
project
takes another step forward, by Lal Prasad
Sharma (kp 17/12/2015)
Blind
fixation:
The Turkish Airlines fiasco has demonstrated the
accuracy of satellite-based procedure, by
Hmant Arjyal (kp 13/12/2015))
TIA
all
cleaned up for minister’s inspection, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 09/12/2015)
Quake
tested
‘most dangerous airport’ (kp 07/12/2015)
TIA
going
to the dogs: Report: Immigration staffers ‘lack
civility and language proficiency’ while dealing
with foreigners, by Sangam Prasain (kp
01/12/2015)
NAC
told
to go ahead with fleet expansion (kp
25/11/2015)
Fuel
shortage:
Airlines to operate only half of domestic
flights today (kp 20/11/2015), Call
before
leaving for TIA: Airline operators (ht
20/11/2015)
International
passenger
traffic drops for first time since 2003, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 17/11/2015)
Ranitar
airport
project in limbo (ht 11/11/2015)
Domestic
airlines
hike fuel surcharge steeply, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 10/11/2015), Domestic
airlines
hike airfare (ht 10/11/2015)
Domestic
airlines
to halve flights as fuel crisis bites: Normal
operations from Monday onwards depend on the
quantity of fuel NAC would source (kp
08/11/2015), Most
domestic
flights cancelled, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
08/11/2015), Domestic
airlines
to operate more flights today: NOC to give 35 kl
of ATF to domestic carriers, which has ensured
flights on trunk routes (ht 09/11/2015)
Domestic
air
passenger traffic growth dips in H1, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 08/11/2015)
International
airlines
losing revenue, goodwill in Nepal, by Rajan
Pokhrel (kp 06/11/2015)
NAC
told
to submit plan for major fleet expansion (kp
04/11/2015), Prepared
for
takeoff: Nepal Airlines needs a complete
management overhaul before further fleet
expansion, by Kunda Dixit (nt 06/11/2015)
Loan
deal
for Pokhara airport likely by Nov (kp
01/11/2015)
Passengers
face
delay at TIA (ht 01/11/2015)
Chinese
plane
maker sends new performance chart, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 30/10/2015)
Govt
issues
UAV flight procedure (ht 30/10/2015)
Dipayal
Airport
yet to resume (ht 30/10/2015)
Air
pacts
signed with New Zealand, Vietnam, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 26/10/2015)
NAC
operates
Dhangadhi-Kathmandu flights four days a week
(rep 26/10/2015)
NAC
plane
grounded in HK (kp 18/10/2015)
Averted
mid-air
collision reveals worrisome facts of air
navigation, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 18/10/2015)
Head
in
the clouds: Cycling to Gauchar airport to look
at the magnificent flying machines would make my
day, by Kamal Ratna Tuladhar (kp 17/10/2015)
Manthali
Airport
black topping in limbo, by Himal Dhungel (ht
15/10/2015)
Airlines
strain
to handle festive rush, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 13/10/2015)
Private
airlines
operating in Kolti fleecing passengers (ht
13/10/2015)
Panel
set
up to tackle air safety concerns (kp
11/10/2015)
China
Eastern
halts Kathmandu flights: The airline informed
Nepal-based travel agencies that if the jet fuel
situation did not improve, it would be forced to
extend the flights suspension further, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 10/10/2015)
Report
on
Turkish crash-landing out: High-level panel
makes 21 safety recommendations for advancement
of aviation safety, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
09/10/2015)
June
2
chopper crash: Probe blames ‘passenger
distraction’ (kp 09/10/2015)
Domestic
airlines
slash fares (kp 08/10/2015)
Bid
to
carry extra fuel: Planes flying with empty seats
(kp 06/10/2015)
Poor
meteorological
services raising aviation safety risks: CAAN
itself owns and operates the equipment even
though it doesn’t qualify to do so in any way,
by Rajan Pokhrel (kp 04/10/2015)
Refuelling
bar
on mountain, chartered flights; air turbine fuel
in short supply (ht 03/10/2015)
‘Japanese
grant
radars to cost CAAN dear’, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 30/09/2015)
Foreign
airlines
asked not to refuel in Nepal (kp
29/09/2015), As
crisis
looms, foreign airlines refuel elsewhere, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 30/09/2015), International
airlines
find ways to refuel, by Pushpa Raj Acharya
(ht 30/09/2015)
TIA
achieved
60pc progress in projects last fiscal (ht
28/09/2015)
Airlines
brace
for fuel shortages, by Sangam Prasain (kp
27/09/2015)
21
cos
apply to provide consultancy to NAC, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 25/09/2015)
New
radar
installation to complete in 4 mths, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 20/09/2015)
Pact
to
promote GHT signed (kp 18/09/2015), Tara
Air
in co-branding partnership with GHT: Celebrates
acquisition of new Viking Series 400 Twin Otter
(ht 18/09/2015), Rebranding
tourism
with remodelled plane: Tara Air upgrades fleet
with factory new Twin Otters, by Kunda Dixit
(nt 25/09/2015), Tara
Air’s
new Twin Otter (kp 27/09/2015)
CAAN
to
call ICAO to check safety measures in March
(kp 15/09/2015)
Govt
to
cap max fare for charter flights, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 14/09/2015)
Bid
to
encourage remote sector flights: Government
plans subsidies for airlines, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 12/09/2015)
Patients,
others
hit hard by air seat crunch, by Dipendra
Shakya (kp 11/09/2015)
CAAN
grounds
4 pilots, 3 ATCs over mid-air near miss incident
(ht 11/09/2015)
NAC
to
resume Colombo flights (kp 08/09/2015)
CAAN,
KMC
directed to resolve land acquisition (kp
06/09/2015)
Nepal
Airlines
rated world’s worst air carrier, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 06/09/2015), NAC
urged
to expand, improve service (ht 09/09/2015)
NAC
resumes
direct flights to Mumbai (kp 05/09/2015)
CAAN
to
reacquire land for expansion of TIA (kp
03/09/2015)
World
pilots’
body blacklists TIA: Points out number of
shortcomings; ICAO endorses report, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 02/09/2015)
NAC
flying
to Bangalore again from Tuesday (kp
01/09/2015), NAC’s
Kathmandu-Bangalore
service resuming from today (ht 01/09/2015)
Govt
panel
to submit report on Chinese planes soon (ht
01/09/2015)
Himalaya
Airlines,
Pelesys ink pact (ht 31/08/2015)
Flight
risks:
As an air traffic controller in the 1990s, I had
to close down the airport due to bird activity,
by Tri Ratna Manandhar (kp 30/08/2015)
Civil
aviation
authority doing little to prevent bird hits near
airports, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 29/08/2015)
Airline
traffic
soars as strikes cripple highways, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 27/08/2015)
‘Open
soil
quarry to speed up TIA improvement work’ (ht
26/08/2015)
Foreign
firms
asked to submit LoI (ht 26/08/2015)
NAC
to
phase out old Boeings (ht 26/08/2015)
Country’s
aviation
regulator keeping pilot licensing flaws under
wraps, by Rajan Pokhrel (kp 16/08/2015)
Nepal
Airlines
triggers fare war on Mumbai, Bangalore routes,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 15/08/2015)
42pc
domestic
flights cancelled last year, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 14/08/2015)
Crashed
Turkish
jet may be sold as scrap (kp 13/08/2015)
TIA
aircraft
issues: Confusion persists over building
guidelines, by Gaurav Thapa (kp 12/08/2015)
Development
Committee
directs govt to speed up TIA upgradation (ht
11/08/2015)
Airlines
suffering
due to low passenger load, by Surendra
Tandukar (ht 09/08/2015)
Gautam
Buddha
regional international airport project: ADB
blacklists principal Chinese contractor, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 07/08/2015)
AOAN
reduces
fuel surcharge: Airlines slash the fuel
surcharge when fuel prices drop by Rs4/l (kp
05/08/2015), Domestic
airline
operators cut fuel surcharge, airfares slashed
(ht 05/08/2015)
House
poses
hazard for aviation safety: TIA chief, by
Susheel Bhattarai (rep 05/08/2015)
NAC
to
acquire 2 wide-body jets, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 02/08/2015)
Bid
to
induct management partner: Nepal Airlines to
call for proposals, by Sangam Prasain (kp
30/07/2015)
MA60
aircraft
controversy: Govt panel to grill NAC technical
team (kp 29/07/2015), Is
investigation
into Chinese MA-60 aircraft acquisition going
astray?, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 02/08/2015)
Occupancy
rate
of international airline companies down (ht
27/07/2015)
NAC
set
to renew insurance of MA60 aircraft today
(ht 27/07/2015)
Foreign
airlines
fly high in Nepali skies, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 26/07/2015)
CAAN
plays
foul with flight crew licensing, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 26/07/2015)
Airlines
in
descent due to high airfares, slump, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 23/07/2015)
Only
airport
in Manang useless for three years (ht
23/07/2015)
Aviation
rule
exemptions: CAAN doing it the wrong way?, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 18/07/2015)
Twin
Otter
joins Tara Air’s fleet (kp 16/07/2015)
Locals
worried
by airport project delay, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 16/07/2015)
Airport
development,
tourism re-branding high on agenda: No resources
allocation for much-talked-about Second
International Airport in Nijgadh (kp
15/07/2015)
Airlines
take
a hit in free visa and ticket row, by Ramesh
Shrestha (kp 14/07/2015)
Shree
Airlines
brings eurocopter (ht 12/07/2015)
Airport-related
policies
contradict each other (kp 09/07/2015)
Indian
delegation
to inspect TIA, SIA, by Sangam Prasain (kp
05/07/2015), Priority
sought
for India to develop airports, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 07/07/2015), AAI
interested
to support airport infrastructure development
(ht 07/07/2015)
CAAN
squandering
away Japanese grant on frivolous activities,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 05/07/2015)
Flights
to
Khanidanda to resume today (ht 04/07/2015)
Tara
Air’s
test flight in Bhojpur airport (ht 02/07/2015)
NAC
to
serve alcohol on some int’l flights (ht
01/07/2015)
Fast
track
promotion CAAN-style: Makes a mockery of the
concept of open competition, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 28/06/2015)
Human
error
caused US Marine chopper crash, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 27/06/2015), Report
blames
pilot error, by Sangam Prasain (kp 28/06/2015)
Recent
air
crashes expose CAAN’s failure, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 24/06/2015)
Simrik
Air
chopper meets with an accident (ht
23/06/2015), Simrik
Air
chopper crashes in Gorkha: Pilot, passengers safe,
by Narhari Sapkota (rep 23/06/2015)
NAC
to
name consultant (kp 21/06/2014)
Second
int'l
airport: Locals frustrated by lack of progress,
by Laxmi Shah (kp 21/06/2015)
Bhojpur
Airport
to resume (ht 20/06/2015)
Profligate
CAAN
has a way with expending, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
19/06/2015)
Airlines
launch
fare war in bid to fill empty seats (kp
18/06/2015)
CAAN
spends
Rs 80 million for lighting Dhangadi airport
runway: But only one flight lands there daily,that
too in the day; Half of the life of installed
lights has already ended, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
18/06/2015)
Chinese
aircraft
‘burden’ for NAC, says minister, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 17/06/2015)
Nepal
Airlines
plans to increase fleet (ht 16/06/2015)
Airfares
to
Delhi cut by more than half, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 12/06/2015)
High-level
panel
to address problems with Chinese aircraft, by
Kriti Bhuju (rep 12/06/2015)
Three
NAC
planes grounded, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
11/06/2015)
NAC
to
donate Rs100 per ticket sale (kp 11/06/2015)
Two
new
Mi-17 choppers to boost NA’s air mobility, by
Lekhanath Pandey (ht 09/06/2015), Nepali
Army
launches new helicopters (ht 23/06/2015), Despite
two
new choppers, NA air service still short of
aircraft (rep 23/06/2015)
Four
int’l
flights diverted from TIA (ht 06/06/2015)
India
approves
3 new air routes into Nepal, by Kriti Bhuju
(rep 06/06/2015), India
okays
three new air routes, by Sangam Prasain (kp
07/06/2015)
Caan
assigned
to implement SIA project (kp 05/06/2015)
4
killed in Dolakha helicopter crash, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 03/06/2015), Chopper
crash
leaves four dead: Helicopter was returning from
Sindhupalchowk with MSF team, by Ramesh
Shrestha (ht 03/06/2015), Pilots
relying
on outdated aeronautical info: Had CAAN
publication shown obstacles like power lines,
Tuesday’s copter crash could have been averted,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 04/06/2015), Wrong
manifest
creates confusion in crash (ht 04/06/2015), Five
Dolakha
locals also died in US chopper crash, confirms NA
(kp 06/06/2015), Kin
of
Nepali victims of US chopper crash seek
compensation (ht 09/06/2015)
Goma
Air
plane skids at Pokhara Airport (ht 03/06/2015)
Aviation
regulatory
body makes mockery of open bidding process, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 03/06/2015)
Government
names
chiefs at Caan, NAC, by Sangam Prasain (kp
29/05/2015), Govt
appoints
CAAN, NAC chiefs (ht 29/05/2015)
US
copter
crash probe still on: NA (kp 28/05/2015), More
human
remains found at American chopper crash site
(ht 28/05/2015), Five
more
victims’ remains found at crash site of US
helicopter (ht 30/05/2015), Additional
human
remains found at US chopper crash site sent to US
(ht 02/06/2015)
Airline
operators
demand reduction in ATF price (ht 28/05/2015)
Under-qualified
‘engineers’running
the show at TIA?, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
27/05/2015)
By
year-end,
NAC will serve nine international destinations
(kp 24/05/2015)
Aviation
regulatory
body running amok for long, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 24/05/2015)
Air
traffic
hit (ht 24/05/2015)
NAC
slashes
airfare as number of passengers falls: Offers New
Delhi flights at just Rs 1,400 (rep
22/05/2015)
Nepal
Airlines
wants partner to be selected through bidding
(kp 12/05/2015)
No
easy
way out: We were lucky this time around, with a
functioning airport and no major highway
disruptions, by Hemant Arjyal (kp 10/05/2015)
TIA
operations
back to normal (kp 10/05/2015), Congestion
at
Tribhuvan International Airport to last till May
13 (ht 10/05/2015)
NAC
all
set to restart flights to China, UAE (kp
07/05/2015)
ICIMOD
office
at TIA to give live weather info: The information
provided will be useful for pilots to navigate
(ht 04/05/2015)
Record
flights
at TIA as relief efforts go up, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 01/05/2015)
Retd
execs
flout CAAN provision on conduct, by Rajan
Pokhrel (kp 23/04/2015)
German
companies
propose capital injection into NAC (kp
22/04/2015)
NAC’s
MA
60 may be grounded from Monday, by Kriti
Bhuju (rep 22/04/2015), NAC
to
renew insurance of Chinese planes (kp
23/04/2015)
No
highway
in the sky: If Nijgadh is to ease TIA’s traffic
bottleneck, the Fast Track road has to be
prioritised, by Sophia K. Tamot (kp
21/04/2015)
Lufthansa
team
briefs ministers on NAC overhaul plan (kp
18/04/2015)
Panel
recommends
stern action against NAC departments, by
Sanga, Prasain (kp 16/04/2015)
OAG
report
fuels concerns about NAC’s refuelling, by
Ramesh Shrestha (ht 15/04/2015)
ATC
automation
system idle at TIA, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
15/04/2015)
Nepal,
China
agree to amend airworthiness pact (ht
14/04/2015)
Committee
formed
to coordinate TIA upgradation (ht
14/04/2015)
EASA
to
help Nepal remove aviation safety deficiencies
(kp 12/04/2015)
CAAN’s
sensitive
department, divisions in sorry state, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 11/04/2015)
NAC
unwilling
to renew MA60’s insurance: Says premium too
high; aircraft operation uncertain (ht
11/04/2015)
Lufthansa
consulting
proposal: Scheme to revamp NAC moves ahead,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 10/04/2015)
Chinese
aircraft
procurement: PAC launches probe, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 09/04/2015)
Another
NAC
pilot quits Airbus training (kp 09/04/2015)
Aviation
safety
suffering due to absolute negligence, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 06/04/2015)
3
govt agencies face uncertainty: Given political
influence, uncertainty shrouds over new
appointments to fill the vacuum at these
agencies, by Sangam Prasain (kp 05/04/2015)
Nepal,
Malaysia
sign revised ASA (kp 04/04/2015), Nepal,
Malaysia
revise air service agreement: As per agreed MoU,
total number of permitted weekly flights
increased to 28 on reciprocal basis (ht
04/04/2015)
Sichuan
Airlines
starts daily flights to Kathmandu (rep
02/04/2015)
Kharel
forced
to quit NAC due to ‘non-cooperation’, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 02/04/2015)
TIA
working
to install bird detection radar, by Kriti
Bhuju (rep 02/04/2015)
Bad
weather
hits domestic, international flights (ht
31/03/2015)
‘Looking
at
passenger movement data, we have already been
late in finding an alternative to TIA’,
interview wíth Ramesh Shrestha (ht 30/03/2015)
IBN
to
table airport, West Seti proposals, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 29/03/2015)
Land
compensation
payments released (kp 28/03/2015) [related
to Pokhara Airport]
Crash-landing
probe
hits roadblock at the onset, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 28/03/2015), Turkish
investigators’
demands (ht 28/03/2015)
Humanitarian
Staging
Area set up at TIA (kp 27/03/2015)
Rain
affects
air traffic movement at int’l airport (ht
27/03/2015)
NAC
‘caused’
cancellation of Feb 25 flight to Delhi: Blamed
India’s DGCA to cover up its own lapses, finds
govt probe, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 25/03/2015)
Six
firms
short listed for TIA upgrade project (kp
24/03/2015)
Black
kite
bangs into Thai Airways’ aircraft (ht
23/03/2015)
CAAN
laxity
hits Met service quality, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 23/03/2015)
Govt
mulls
handing over mgmt of TIA, NAC to foreign firms,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/03/2015)
What
ails
Lukla airport, ‘world’s most dangerous’, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 21/03/2015)
Sluggish
airline
bookings hint at poor peak season, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 21/03/2015)
Goma
Air
acquires another LET 410 plane (kp
19/03/2015), Goma
Air
brings another new aircraft (ht 19/03/2015)
CAAN’s
Civil
Aviation Academy running on expired licence,
by Rajan Pokhrel (kp 19/03/2015)
Taking
wing:
The removal of the Turkish Airlines aircraft
from TIA was conducted perfectly, honestly, and
professionally, by Tri Ratna Manandhar (kp
18/03/2015)
TIA’s
runway
visibility range equipment incomplete:
Invitation for bid did not mention technical
specifications to install RVR properly, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 18/03/2015)
Once
bitten:
The four-day closure of Tribhuvan International
Airport should make us rethink civil aviation in
Nepal, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 17/03/2015)
NAC
MD
Kharel resigns: Move follows perceived power
struggle between managing director and chairman,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 16/03/2015), NAC
MD
Kharel puts in his papers, by Ramesh
Shrestha (ht 16/03/2015), Going
to
ground: Political interference has hobbled Nepal
Airlines’ newly-instituted meritocracy (kp
17/03/2015)
Experts
suggest
govt to build SIA and Fast Track road with local
resources (ht 16/03/2015)
Grits
again:
The NAC’s new A320 has run into problems even
before it begins operations, by Hemant
Arjyal (kp 15/03/2015)
Time
flying
by for Nepal to meet ICAO deadline (ht
14/03/2015)
GM
blissfully
unaware of what’s ailing TIA: Seeks more time to
re-verify operational status of runway visual
range after claiming it’s working, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 13/03/2015)
Bad
just
got worse: The chronic mismanagement of
Kathmandu airport was magnified after its
four-day shutdown last week, by Om Astha Rai
(nt 13/03/2015)
Seven
flights
diverted after blackout (ht 13/03/2015), Short
circuit
causes blackout at TIA (kp 14/03/2014)
NAC
asks
govt to clarify restructuring proposal, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 13/03/2015)
Pokhara
int'l
airport: Loan deal to be signed soon (kp
13/03/2015), Chinese
company
ready to start international airport
construction (ht 13/03/2015)
Airport
saga:
Govt needs to assure people that its disaster
plan for the TIA will work (kp 11/03/2015)
Passengers’
baggage
getting misplaced at TIA, by Ramesh Shrestha
(ht 11/03/2015)
New
Airbus
grounded for lack of oil filter (kp
11/03/2015)
SIA
project
springs back to life after Turkish jet mishap,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 10/03/2015)
Lack
of
procedure manual hampering govt probe into
causes of accident, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
10/03/2015)
A
single runway at TIA is the biggest problem,
interview with Rajesh Raj Dali (kp 09/03/2015)
Flights
resume
at TIA: Four-day shutdown affects 50,000
travellers in Nepal and outside, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 08/03/2015), TIA
resumes
operation after almost four days, by Ramesh
Shrestha (ht 08/03/2015), Hundreds
of
Nepalis stranded abroad, by Lekhanath Pandey
(ht 08/03/2015), NAC
flight
takes off (ht 08/03/2015), Passengers
left
to fend for themselves (ht 08/03/2015), TIA
works
to clear backlog: Airport handles 120
international flights on Sunday; New bookings
closed until Wednesday, by Sangam Prasain
09/03/2015), Airlines
traffic
hits record at Kathmandu airport (kp
10/03/2015), Busy
TIA
returning to normal (kp 11/03/2015)
Second
Int’l
Airport only alternative to saturating TIA
(kp 07/03/2015)
Biratnagar
airport
upgradation plan in limbo, by Binod Subedi
(rep 07/03/2015)
Turkish
Airlines
jet crash-lands at TIA: Airbus skids off runway
and ploughs into ground bringing the airport to
a standstill; All 224 people on board flight
TK726 safe (kp 05/03/2015), Turkish
Airlines
plane skids off TIA runway (ht 05/03/2015),
German
tourist
hospitalised (ht 05/03/2015), A
survivor tells the tale of horror landing
(kp 05/03/2015), 2,000
Nepali
workers stranded (kp 05/03/2015), 80
int’l
flights cancelled (kp 05/03/2015), Clearance
works
on war footing at TIA: Indian Air Force plane
arrives with removal kit; Airport to ‘open 24
hrs from Friday’, by Sangam Prasain (kp
06/03/2015), 12,000
stranded
at TIA with no info, by Kirti Bhuju (rep), Thousands
of
Nepali travellers stranded at TIA, foreign
airports, by Roshan Sedhai and Hom Karki (kp
06/03/2015), Shutting
of
airport affects hundreds of passengers, by
Ramesh Shrestha (ht 06/03/2015), Sluggish
disaster
preparedness comes to fore, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 06/03/2015), Resumption
of
TIA operation unlikely by 10am today (ht
06/03/2015), Ensure
airworthiness (ht 06/03/2015), Plane
removal
complicated: Technicians face new problem:
sinking of tyres, engine on grassy land, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 07/03/205), Kathmandu
cut
off from world for third day (ht
07/03/2015), CAAN
keeps
lapses under wraps, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
07/03/015), TIA
to
remain closed to int'l flights till 10 am today,
by Kriti Bhuju (rep 07/03/2015), Turkish
holiday:
Prolonged TIA shutdown (rep 07/03/2015)
Lufthansa
offers
to bail out national flag carrier, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 04/03/2015)
NAC
aircraft
makes ‘priority landing’ (ht 28/02/2015)
Inclement
weather
affects air traffic movement in TIA (ht
27/02/2015)
NAC’s
new
plane starting commercial operation with flight
to Delhi today (ht 25/02/2015), NAC
postpones
Delhi flights due to red-tape, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 25/02/2015), India’s
DGCA
allows NAC to fly to Delhi, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 26/02/2015), NAC
finally
gets permission to fly its new Airbus A320 to
Delhi (ht 26/02/2015), NAC
resuming
New Delhi flight today (rep 27/02/2015), NAC
restarts
Delhi service (kp 28/02/2015), Flight
put
off due to missing database, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 03/03/2015)
Himalaya
leases
Yeti aircraft, seeks permit to fly to Bhutan,
India, by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/02/2015), Himalaya
conducts
‘proving’ flight (kp 27/02/2015)
Issues
with
Chinese aircraft: Supplier agrees to address
problems, by Sangam Prasain (kp 16/02/2015)
NAC
to
resume Kathmandu-Delhi service from February 25:
Will be offering promotional one-way fare of Rs
8,200 (ht 16/02/2015)
Regional
int'l
airport in Pokhara: Dispute over land price ends,
by Ishwori Neupane (kp 15/02/2015)
Airport
project
stalls for lack of funds, by Biplav
Bhattarai (kp 14/02/2015)
ICAO
turns
down CAAN request: Says the nine-member Nepali
delegation came ill-prepared for the global
safety conference, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
12/02/2015)
National
carrier’s
first Airbus arrives today (kp 08/02/2015),
NAC’s
new
jet touches down, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
09/02/2015), NAC
finally
gets new aircraft for int’l air service: The
Airbus A320 touched down at Tribhuvan
International Airport at 4:34pm on Sunday,
by Ramesh Shrestha (ht 09/02/2015), New
Airbus
A320 joins NAC's fleet: To start commercial
flights from February 25 (rep 09/02/2015), Flight
path:
NAC’s new Airbus is welcome but without able
managers, it means little (kp 10/02/2015)
Malindo
connects
Kathmandu and Kuala Lumpur (ht 07/02/2015),
Malindo
Air
begins daily flights to Kathmandu (rep
07/02/2015), Malindo
Air
begins Kathmandu flights (kp 08/02/2015)
China
Exim
Bank okays loan to build new Pokhara airport
(kp 06/02/2015)
Sichuan
Airlines
okayed to fly to Kathmandu: Sichuan Airlines
will be operating a daily service on the
Chengdu-Lhasa-Kathmandu sector from its base in
Chengdu (kp 03/02/2015)
CAAN
seeks
ICAO guideline on issuing AOC, AOL, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 31/01/2015)
Dhangadi
airport
expansion in limbo (ht 31/01/2015)
LET
Aircraft
appoints VR Holdings as agent (kp
30/01/2014)
Saving
Nepal
Airlines: The country’s national carrier is now
poised for growth with fleet and route expansion
drives (nt 30/01/2015)
EPF
loan
to NAC on quid pro quo basis: Pact states EPF
officers promised tours to Europe, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 29/01/2015)
CAAN
upgrading
aiports in eastern hilly districts, by
Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 28/01/2015)
Jumbo
junket
set for Canada: Tourism secretary, delegates
unaware of conference content, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 28/01/2015) [?????]
NAC
pilots
abandon Airbus training halfway, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 27/01/2015), NAC
pilots
quit Airbus training, return (ht 27/01/2015)
NAC
to
send back MA60 if problems remain unsolved,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/01/2015), Fate
of
Chinese MA 60 hangs on govt move, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 25/01/2015)
Work
on
new Pokhara airport to start by Feb (kp
24/01/2015)
CAAN
to
pick consultant for TIA runway project (kp
23/01/2015)
Malindo
Air
to start KL service, by Sangam Prasain (kp
22/01/2015)
Ultra
light
flights soon (ht 19/01/2015)
Taxar
airport
blacktopping takes off (ht 18/01/2015)
Gautam
Buddha
Airport expansion plan launched, by Madhav
Dhungana (kp 16/01/2015), Upgradation
work
of Bhairahawa airport takes off (ht
16/01/2015)
Shree
seeks
govt help revive charter deal (kp
13/01/2015)
Gautam
Buddha
Airport construction starting Thursday (rep
13/01/2015)
Birds
vis-a-vis TIA – An Unfortunate Correlation,
by Ramesh Man Joshi (rn 13/01/2015)
Compensation
row
holds back Pokhara airport expansion plan,
by Santosh Pokhrel and Keshab Sharan Lamichhane
(rep 12/01/2015)
Govt’s
plan
to review air routes gathers dust (kp
11/01/2015)
NAC’s
new
Airbus to arrive at TIA on Feb 7, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 09/01/2015), NAC’s
Airbus
A320 landing on February 7 (ht 09/01/2015),
A
comet appears: Will the addition of new Airbus
320s to NAC’s fleet rejuvenate the airline?,
by Hemant Arjyal (kp 11/01/2015)
Politicians
push
dozen new airport plans, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 04/01/2015)
CAAN
bid
to ease traffic at int’l airport, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 03/01/2015)
International
passenger
movement through Nepal up by 12.73% (rep
03/01/2015)
Malaysia
Airlines
plane’s wing flap jams while landing at TIA
(ht 03/01/2015)
Domestic
air
pax number down, by Sangam Prasain (kp
02/01/2015)
Cyber
flights:
Nepflights is the only website providing solely
domestic flights booking in Nepal with five
airlines, by Elaine Wang Yiwei (nt
02/01/2015)
Addressing
safety
concerns: CAAN board okays plan to hire ICAO
experts (kp 01/01/2015)
Passenger
movement
at TIA increases (ht 01/01/2015) |