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Interaction on civil aviation: RNAC needs restructuring: KC (Rising Nepal, 26/12/2001)
See also editorial Saving RNAC (Rising Nepal, 27/12/2001)

Ensing for International Flights: A Costly Decision, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 14/12/2001)

Nepal, Thailand sign MoU on air service (Kathmandu Post, 24/11/2001)

From below sea level to the highest mountain, by Mark Turin (Nepali Times, 16/11/2001)

Yeti airlines plane suffers bird-hit (Kathmandu Post, 18/11/2001)

Airlines tighten security to foil hijack plot: ‘Bin Laden men in capital’, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 09/11/2001)

Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation: Privatization is not the solution, by Naresh Sampati Shakya (People's Review, 18/10/2001)
See also An airline, once proud, struggles to stay aloft, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 19/10/2001)

New airport in Khotang opened (Rising Nepal, 18/10/2001)

Private airlines dilly-dally to raise insurance charge, by Krishna Sharma (Rising Nepal, 18/10/2001)

Thousands stranded in Biratnagar (Kathmandu Post, 08/10/2001)

International airlines move flayed (Rising Nepal, 06/10/2001)

Aviation Industry: Struggle For Survival (Spotlight, 05/10/2001)

Overloaded planes raise question about safety (Kathmandu Post, 05/10/2001)

Regional air routes unutilised, findings show, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 01/10/2001)

Two daily flights to and from Bhadrapur Airport reduced (Kathmandu Post, 28/09/2001)

Taiwan to begin charter flights to Kathmandu (Kathmandu Post, 28/09/2001)
But see also CAAN stops Taiwan carrier from flying to Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 03/10/2001), Why Mandarin Airlines did not fly, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 09/10/2001)

RNAC opposes Govt bid to open Asia routes to others, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 26/09/2001)
See also RNAC air routes (Kathmandu Post, 27/09/2001)

RA’s sorry state leaves airhostesses grounded at home, by Ranjana Pradhan (Kathmandu Post, 24/09/2001)

Regular Jumla flights to begin (Kathmandu Post, 23/09/2001)

Necon, Shangri-La to merge operations (Kathmandu Post, 06/09/2001)

Wanted: More Airfields (Rising Nepal, 05/09/2001)

RNAC Will Do Better If We Are Allowed To Work Independently (Spotlight, 31/08/2001)
Interview with Rajesh Raj Dali, executive chairman of the Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation

RNAC: Journey To Recovery (Spotlight, 24/08/2001)

RNAC with less aircraft, lesser markets, by Navin Singh Khadka (Rising Nepal, 04/08/2001)
See also RA, Can You Assess The Loss?, letter by D.N. Pande (Rising Nepal, 04/08/2001), RNAC, CSWA agree to terminate B-757 deal (Kathmandu Post, 05/08/2001), Lesson Learnt (Rising Nepal, 05/08/2001), RNAC to reroute passengers from cancelled destinations (Rising Nepal, 07/08/2001), RNAC’s route cancellation: Miseries don’t come alone, by Navin Singh Khadka (Rising Nepal, 07/08/2001), NATO flays RNAC decision (Kathmandu Post, 08/08/2001), RNAC's flight suspension to Europe, S'pore flayed (Rising Nepal, 08/08/2001), RNAC Creates A Soup, by Mohan K.C. (Rising Nepal, 08/08/2001), News analysis: RNAC left in the lurch, by Navin Singh Khadka (Rising Nepal, 10/08/2001), Flight To Destruction, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 10/08/2001), RNAC to stop booking of Europe flights (Kathmandu Post, 11/08/2001), Requiem On RNAC? (Rising Nepal, 11/08/2001), Doomed airline, letter by Betty Cooper (Kathmandu Post, 14/08/2001), Privatize RNAC or close it down (People's Review, 16/08/2001), Politicians And Bureaucrats Have Ruined RNAC, interview with Rabindra Man Singh (Spotlight, 17/08/2001)

HAN denounces flight accord annulment (Kathmandu Post, 02/08/2001)

Gorkha Airlines plane escapes major crash (Kathmandu Post, 23/07/2001)

Dolpa tower, pilot out of touch (Rising Nepal, 20/07/2001)

RNAC-Lauda accord terminated (Kathmandu Post, 19/07/2001)

Private Airlines: Flying Without Passengers (Spotlight, 22/06/2001)

New Airport: Six month extended for feasibility study, by Krishna Sharma (Rising Nepal, 21/06/2001)

RNAC to take wary step in next Lauda deal (Kathmandu Post, 18/06/2001)

Lauda Air move unilateral: RNAC (Kathmandu Post, 12/06/2001)
See also Negotiations with Lauda in limbo (Kathmandu Post, 13/06/2001)

Lauda ‘blackmailing’ RNAC, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 01/06/2001)

Qatar Airways is emerging as best airlines in Middle East (People's Review, 24/05/2001)
Interview with Joy Dewan is the managing director of the Zenith Group of Companies

RNAC and impending tragedy, by Ajit N S Thapa (Kathmandu Post, 24/05/2001)

Lauda Air jet flies again (Kathmandu Post, 06/05/2001)

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Pull up, pull up ..., by Prashant Aryal (Nepali Times, 27/04/2001)

Second Int'l Airport: Consultant unable to submit report, by Krishna Sharma (Rising Nepal, 19/04/2001)

Passenger movement on the rise, by B.M. Dahal (Rising Nepal, 17/04/2001)

RNAC fails to increase Int'l flights, by Tilak Pokharel (Kathmandu Post, 17/04/2001)

Aviation sector needs a solid government policy (People's Review, 12/04/2001
Interview with Shivendra Bahadur Basnet, managing director of Mountain Air

Report on Lumbini Int’l airport delayed, by Shree Ram Subedi (Kathmandu Post, 12/04/2001)

RNAC heading towards bankruptcy (Kathmandu Post, 12/04/2001)

Where the sky’s the limit (Sunday Post, 08/04/2001)

Bomb hoax delays IA flights (Kathmandu Post, 31/03/2001)

Clarification on alleged CSWA fake letter (Kathmandu Post, 27/03/2001)

Politics mars RNAC (People's Review, 22/03/2001)

RNAC on ‘damage-control’ move (Kathmandu Post, 20/03/2001)

Aviation fuel scam hits RNAC (Kathmandu Post, 19/03/2001)

PAC smells rat in yet another leasing of Boeing (Rising Nepal, 17/03/2001)

Lauda Air team makes fresh demands (Kathmandu Post, 17/03/2001)

Aviation Analysis (Spotlight, 16/03/2001)
Book review of Nepalese Aviation and Tourism by Maheswor Bhakta Shrestha

Govt hikes airport taxes (Kathmandu Post, 15/03/2001)

TIA equipped with improved radar (Kathmandu Post, 15/03/2001)

Surprise check conducted (Rising Nepal, 12/03/2001)
See also editorial Surprise Them (Rising Nepal, 13/03/2001)

Jumla airport to be closed for runway works (Kathmandu Post, 09/03/2001)

CAAN set to increase taxes: Half year tax collection Rs 500m (Kathmandu Post, 28/02/2001)

Passengers stranded in Ramechhap airport (Kathmandu Post, 28/02/2001)

RNAC suffers Rs 80m loss (Kathmandu Post, 28/02/2001)

Tikapur airport remains unused (Kathmandu Post, 25/02/2001)

RNAC White Paper on Lauda Air deal (Kathmandu Post, 25/02/2001)
See also White Paper raises more questions, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 26/02/2001)

M28 Skytruck makes demonstration flights (Kathmandu Post, 16/02/2001)

Lauda deal clean, says Chataut (Rising Nepal, 14/02/2001)

Destination Bhairahawa: RNAC out, private airlines in, by Krishna Sharma (Rising Nepal, 13/02/2001)

Private airlines want to go international, by Navin Singh Khadka (Rising Nepal, 13/02/2001)

Lauda Jet: Flying Low (Spotlight, 09/02/2001

Lauda Air : Turbulent flight, by Sanjay Prakash (Kathmandu Post, 08/02/2201)

Lauda jet ‘earns’ Rs 87.5m loss in one month, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 03/02/2001)

Political pornography, by C.K. Lal (Nepali Times, 02/02/2001)

RNAC fails to fill occupancy (Kathmandu Post, 31/01/2001)

Yeti suspends Janakpur flights (Kathmandu Post, 20/01/2001)

Convention politics cost RNAC boss his job, by Suman Pradhan (Kathmandu Post, 18/01/2001)

Lauda Air scandal to expose many big-wigs (Telegraph, 17/01/2001)

Pursue it further (Kathmandu Post, 15/01/2001)

Fog leaves passengers stranded (Kathmandu Post, 15/01/2001)

2nd int’l airport in Lumbini: Ligal (Kathmandu Post, 14/01/2001)

Govt suspends RNAC chief (Kathmandu Post, 13/01/2001)

RNAC to increase international flights (Kathmandu Post, 13/01/2001)
See also RNAC to increase flights (Rising Nepal, 13/01/2001)

Destination Remote (Rising Nepal, 10/01/2001)

17 airlines are in operation: Open sky policy boosts aviation industry, by B.M. Dahal (Rising Nepal, 09/01/2001)

Flights to Dolpa stalled for 2 weeks (Kathmandu Post, 08/01/2001)
See also Air passengers facing hard in Nepalgunj (Rising Nepal, 10/01/2001)

Suspension of flight hits tourism industry, by Shree Ram Subedi (Kathmandu Post, 06/01/2001)
See also Jumla airport to open in winter (Kathmandu Post, 06/01/2001)

Aviation: Safe Sky (Spotlight, 05/01/2001)