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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)
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