Falgunanda
Sukilumba Airport ready for operation, by Bhim
Chapagain (rep 15/04/2021)
CNI
urges EU to remove Nepal from its air safety list
(ht 09/04/2021)
Smog
disrupts domestic and international air services
(rep 07/04/2021), Heavy
air pollution affects flights (ht 08/04/2021)
Nepal
Airlines to lease out grounded Chinese planes : The
six aircraft were pulled out of service nearly a year
ago due to mounting losses, by Sangam Prasain (kp
05/04/2021)
NTA
to allow internet service on international flights
(ht 02/0472021)
TIA
suspends regular flight operation due to poor
visibility (kh 26/03/2021), Domestic
and Int’l flight services hit due to poor visibility
(kh 27/03/2021), Air
passengers stranded at TIA (kh 27/03/2021), Flights
resume at TIA (kh 28/03/2021)
Pokhara
airport project gets nod to flatten hill near runway :
Nepal’s third international airport could be ready for
operation by the beginning of 2022, officials say,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 23/03/2021)
More
flights between Nepalgunj and Pokhara (ht
23/03/2021)
Simrik
Air reverts its name to Guna Airlines (ht
23/03/2021)
NAC
in final stage of selling its Boeing 757-200 aircraft
to American company, by Minraj Bhandari (rep
21/03/2021)
Airline
operators raise airfare again (ht 20/03/2021)
Surkhet
airport expansion project moves ahead after
design change : The plan had stalled after local
residents launched a protest against land acquisition,
by Chandani Kathayat (kp 18/03/2021)
Buddha
Air to fly on Janakpur-Ayodhya route (rep
04/03/2021)
TIA
upgradation doesn’t fly with tour operators, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 02/03/2021)
Pilots
grounded for not reporting aircraft malfunction
(ht 01/03/2021)
Gautam
Buddha airport likely to be readied in three months
(rep 21/02/2021)
Airlines
operators hike airfare (ht 20/02/2021)
Technicians
to start fitting equipment at Bhairahawa airport next
week : Stalled installation of communication,
navigation and surveillance, air traffic management
and meteorological equipment will now resume,
officials say, by Sangam Prasain (kp 17/02/2021)
International
passengers' movement at TIA gradually increasing
(ht 17/02/2021)
More
turbulence for Nepal’s aviation sector as its audit
unlikely even in 2022 : Crucial bills to split the
Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, a key to the reform
of the sector, are in limbo. The audit was originally
scheduled for 2019 but continued being deferred,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 16/02/2021)
Mahendranagar
airport to resume operations (ht 16/02/2021)
Himalaya
Airlines resumes UAE flights (kh 15/02/2021), Himalaya
Airlines to operate three flights a week to Dubai
(rep 16/02/2021)
Pilot's
death flies in the face of Nepal Aviation safety
claims : His tests pointed to impending heart attack,
by Rajan Pokharel (ht 09/02/2021)
Nepal's
Civil Aviation Authority presses airline companies for
due clearance (ht 09/02/2021)
Nepal’s
civil aviation authority seeks ordinance route to pass
two crucial bills : Without the two laws, Nepal will
remain on the European Union blacklist, officials say,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 08/02/2021) [Mr
Oli has to be asked why this was not done long ago
through legislation passed by parliament, as is
customary in a democracy. Vested interests or
incompetence?]
Buddha
Air to conduct over 100 flights a day (kh
08/02/2021)
Government
backs plan to build Nijgadh airport : The $3.45
billion airport project in Bara, planned to be funded
with Nepal’s own resources, has been stuck in the
planning stage for decades, by Sangam Prasain (kp
03/02/2021)
Biman
Bangladesh to resume flights to Kathmandu from
February 18 (rep 31/01/2021)
Himalaya
Airlines and Yeti Airlines join hands for network
integration (rep 28/01/2021)
Domestic
airlines struggle to remain in the air by
discounting fares : Carriers are receiving around
7,000 passengers daily, down from 8,735 before the
pandemic, officials say, by Sangam Prasain (kp
22/01/2021)
Tribhuvan
International Airport sees lowest passenger traffic
since 2003 : 1.10 million international flyers passed
through Kathmandu in 2020, down 73 percent from the
previous year, by Sangam Prasain (kp 19/01/2021)
Himalaya
Airlines carries out test flight to Lhasa (rep
19/01/2021)
NAC
conducting maiden flight to Macau (kh 19/01/2021)
Biratnagar
airport to get Rs15-billion facelift : The runway will
be lengthened to 2,500 metres, enabling it to handle
jets like the Airbus A320 and the Boeing 737, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 16/01/2021)
Domestic
flights grounded due to thick fogs across country
(kh 15/01/2021)
Tourism
Ministry begins search for a partner to run Bhairahawa
airport : The facility is envisaged to become the
gateway to the international pilgrimage destination of
Lumbini, by Sangam Prasain (kp 13/01/2021)
NAC
acts against staff for letting COVID patient fly
(ht 06/01/2021)
CAAN
issues ultimatum to airlines : Tells them to follow
health safety measures or face flight suspension
(ht 05/01/2021)
Dense
fogs hit flight services at three Tarai-based airports
(kh 05/01/2021)
Ilam’s
Airport To Complete In Three Months, by Kokila
Dhakal (rn 04/01/2021)
Turbulence
remains but clearer skies ahead : Nepal’s aviation
industry lost more than Rs 23 billion because of
pandemic, says CAAN (ht 01/01/2021)
Surkhet
airport expansion faces land acquisition hurdle :
Plans are to lengthen the runway to 1,555 metres to
accommodate bigger planes but people say they are
tired of vacating land repeatedly for the airport
, by Kalendra Sejuwal (kp 30/12/2020)
Chinese
workers arrive for remaining work of PIA (ht
29/12/2020)
With
Gulf countries banning commercial flights, labour
migration sector stares at uncertaintyThe emergence of
a new strain of coronavirus has forced many countries
to once again close their borders, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 27/12/2020)
MoCTCA
achieves decent progress in domestic airport works
(ht 23/12/2020)
NAC
incurs monthly loss of Rs 10 million from grounded
Chinese aircrafts (rep 23/12/2020)
EU
decides to continue ban on Nepali airlines (rep
22/12/2020)
Nepal
bars entry of passengers from UK after new coronavirus
strain (kh 22/12/2020)
How
a Buddha Air plane flew the wrong way and landed 255
kilometres awayGround staff changed the flight number
but did not brief the pilots who, in turn, failed to
check the passenger manifest and flew, officials say,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 20/12/2020)
Kathmandu-Delhi
flights resume without need for quarantine :
Passengers need negative virus test done less than 72
hours before departure, by Sangam Prasain >(kp
18/12/2020)
NAC
gets permission for ground handling at Gautam Buddha,
Pokhara airports (rep 17/12/2020)
Nepal
Airlines seeks quarantine exemption for Nepalis :
Flights between Nepal, India are expected to begin
December 17, pending approvals from the airport
authorities of both countries, under air bubble scheme,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 11/12/2020) [???]
Domestic
And International Flights Affected Owing To Thick Fog
In Kathmandu (rn 11/12/2020)
Europeans
not impressed by Nepal’s efforts to improve aviation
safety yet : Breaking up the civil aviation authority
is a prerequisite to getting the country removed
from the European Union’s Air blacklist, which runs
into the eighth straight year, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 10/12/2020)
NAC's
Kathmandu-Delhi bubble flight likely to start Dec 16
(ht 08/12/2020)
COVID-19
impacts Nepal’s air travel : Passenger numbers down
65pc in domestic, 72pc in global sector (ht
08/12/2020)
EU
bats for adoption of new aviation rules (ht
07/12/2020)
Tourism
Minister asks contractor to complete Gautam Buddha
Airport in 25 days (rep 06/12/2020)
Buddha
Air plans to fly to remote areas could be a game
changer in domestic aviation, experts sayDespite the
high risks, short take-off and landing flights to
remote mountain airfields across the country are an
untapped market with more people flying as incomes
rise, by Sangam Prasain (kp kp 05/12/2020)
Hong
Kong bans NAC flights for the fourth time (ht
05/12/2020)
Fed
up of losses, Nepal Airlines comes up with four
options to get rid of six Chinese aircraft : Grounded
due to technical issues and lack of manpower and
spares, they have made losses of over Rs2 billion, the
state-owned carrier said, by Sangam Prasain (kp
01/12/2020)
Domestic
airlines resume Mt Everest sightseeing flights after
eight months (kp 30/11/2020), Mountain
flights resume with various offers (ht 30/11/2020)
‘Chandragadi
airport to be upgraded as per new DPR’ (ht
29/11/2020)
Bird
darts at Kailash Air chopper, force landing saves
lives (kh 29/11/2020)
10
MW solar plant to be installed at Gautam Buddha
Airport (rep 27/11/2020), Plan
to run Bhairahawa international airport entirely on
solar power gathers momentum : The solar plant is
estimated to cost nearly $10 million, or $1 million
per megawatt, and will take around six months to
complete, by Sangam Prasain (kp 28/11/2020)
Govt
decides to resume flights to India and Bangladesh
(ht 27/11/2020)
EU’s
ban on Nepali aviation sector to be lifted soon:
Minister Bhattarai (kh 27/11/2020)
Investment
modality to be prepared for Nijgadh Airport (kh
27/11/2020)
Tourism
Ministry revives its plan to join India’s air
bubble arrangement : There have been no commercial
flights between the two neighbouring countries since
March, by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/11/2020)
CCMC
decides to resume flights to all countries (kh
24/11/23020)
Pilot
killed, passenger injured in paragliding tragedy in
Pokhara, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 23/11/2020)
Nepal
Airlines halts flights to Phaplu; passengers,
transport of letters affected (ht 20/11/2020)
Purchase
of Chinese aircraft: Throwing money down the drain :
Chinese officials pressurizing NAC to operate aircraft
irrespective of financial loss, by Gajendra Basnet
(kh 20/11/2020)
Nepal
Airlines to accept reports issued by government labs
only : Move follows false negative passengers causing
the carrier to be banned at foreign airports (kp
19/11/2020)
The
story of an airport and what connectivity can achieve
: Dhangadhi airport, upgraded at the initiative of the
people, has not only boosted in economic growth but
also helped connect the plains and the mountains in
the region, by Arjun Shahi (kp 15/11/2020)
NAC
to accept PCR report only from govt labs (kh
14/11/2020)
Hong
Kong bans Nepal Airlines flights for the
third time : The carrier had been barred from entering
Hong Kong after 12 passengers tested positive for
Covid-19 (kp 12/11/2020)
Domestic
flights show encouraging signs, international ones lag
behind (kh 10/11/2020)
Bhairahawa
airport headed for list of longest running
construction projects : Thai contractor reluctant to
begin work fearing safety of workers as virus caseload
in Nepal is on the rise, officials say, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 08/11/2020)
Passenger
flow increases at Simkot airport (rep 05/11/2020)
Civil
Aviation Authority raises questions about the
credibility of virus testing labs : Nepal Airlines has
been banned twice after passengers carrying negative
reports tested positive at destination airport, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 04/11/2020), Turbulence
ahead : Nepal Airlines appearing on Covid-19 high-risk
lists will ruin the carrier’s reputation (kp) [It is hardly imaginable that the
reputation of Nepal Airlines could be further damaged!]
Nepal’s
baffling ban on India flights : Irrational and bizarre
restrictions on foreigners and Delhi flights hurt
travellers (nt 30/10/2020)
Civil
aviation body proposes extra levy to fund provincial
air connectivity scheme : The Human Rights Commission
and parliamentary committees have, on different
occasions, directed the government to provide
easy and affordable flight services to people in
remote areas to fulfil its social obligation, by
Sangam Prasain ( 19/10/2020)
Dumping
site poses risk to under-construction Pokhara Int’l
Airport (kh 18/10/2020)
Simrik
allowed to operate rescue flights for COVID-19
patients (ht 14/10/2020)
Regular
flights to hilly districts of Sudurpaschim from today
(kh 13/10/2020)
Three
airports in Sudur Pashchim to resume operation
(rep 12/10/2020)
With
a new managing director, Nepal Airlines looks set to
fly into turbulence : The appointment, when there is
already an executive chairman, brings a sense of déjà
vu when dual power centres brought the flag carrier to
a standstill in the past, by Sangam Prasain (kp
10/10/2020)
Nepal,
India discuss opening new air routes (ht
10/10/2020)
Nepalis
showing no interest in Dashain flight ticket bookings,
by Sunita Karki (ae 09/10/2020)
Asian
Development Bank to give $150 million for airport
improvement works : $60 million will be spent on
building an international terminal building at Gautam
Buddha International Airport, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 08/10/2020)
Hong
Kong suspends Nepal Airlines flights for two weeks:
Five passengers from Nepal tested positive for
COVID-19 in Hong Kong on October 3 (ht
07/10/2020), Who
is to blame? Regardless of who is at fault, damage has
been done, and the airline is having to bear the brunt
of it (ht 08/10/2020)
Multi-billion-dollar
Nijgadh Airport project hangs in the balance : Amid
reports that the contracted Swiss company is
‘unofficially out’, officials say next Investment
Board meeting chaired by Oli will decide how the
project should move ahead, by Sangam Prasain (kp
06/0/2020)
Biratnagar
airport to be upgraded to international standard
(ht 06/10/2020)
Civil
aviation authority paints grim picture of aviation
sector : Says it might take four years for the
industry to revive from the coronavirus crisis (ht
05/10/2020)
Domestic
airlines face missing Dashain travel bonanza over
lockdown fears : Domestic carriers have been
attempting to entice wary travellers with discounts
but bookings have remained sluggish, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 03/10/2020)
Yeti
Airlines announces Simara flights from October 7
(ht 03/10/2020)
EU
to develop technical assistance project for CAAN to
support aviation safety oversight in Nepal; Ban on
Nepali airlines in the EU skies remains in place
(rep 03/10/2020)
More
passengers coming in than going out of Kathmandu
(ht 02/10/2020)
71
domestic flights to be operated each day in October
(rep 01/10/2020)
Domestic
pilots draw more salary than foreign counterparts: NAC
(kh 01/10/2020)
Aviation
mafia eyeing NAC’s ground handling income (rep
29/09/2020)
Domestic
flights see 90 percent occupancy (kh 29/09/2020)
Turkish
Airlines to resume three weekly flight in October
(kh 27/09/2020)
Himalaya
Airlines receives self ground-handling licence (ht
26/09/2020), Tourism
minister bars self-ground handling facility to
Himalaya Airlines (kh 27/09/2020)
A
tale of two transports : Airline operators cheer,
public vehicle entrepreneurs glum as services resume,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 26/09/2020)
Zurich
Airport International opts out of Nijgad : Still,
government pushes a ghost airport so it can clear-cut
valuable hardwood forest, by Kashish Das Shrestha
(nt 25/09/2020)
Covid-19
pushes Gautam Buddha Airport project further behind
schedule : A revised deadline was set for December but
it’s likely to take at least five to six months more
as the contractor is not ready to send technicians
amid virus fears, officials say, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 23/09/2020)
Nepalis
waiting to come back home elated to hear about flights
resumption, by Yogendra Yogi (kh 23/09/2020)
Nearly
collapsed domestic airlines set to take to the skies
again after six months : The festival season may
provide respite for carriers, but with reduced incomes
of people and no signs of the pandemic abetting soon,
operators are worried about their survival, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 21/09/2020)
Pokhara
Airport receives first passenger flight after a hiatus
of six months, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
21/09/2020)
Negative
PCR report compulsory to fly to Lukla (ht
21/09/2020)
NAC
to fly to 10 domestic destinations ( rep
21/09/2020)
Airlines
allowed to operate flights with full occupancy (ht
19/09/2020)
Airlines
operators take issues with government over its
move to allow them to fly half empty, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 17/09/2020)
No
more folly at Nijgadh : The consequences of
considering the environment as an enemy of development
will be at our own peril (kp 17/09/2020)
Decision
to prepare ‘updated’ master plan for Nijgadh airport
meets with criticism : A detailed feasibility study a
South Korean firm prepared in 2011 is good
enough and there is no need to prepare a new
plan at this time, officials say, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 16/09/2020)
Domestic
flights from tomorrow in Nepal : Not just to hilly,
mountainous regions, but to all destinations (ht
16/09/2020)
Bookings
for domestic flights to start from Thursday :
Authorities undecided on destinations (kh
15/09/2020)
Domestic
flights, long-haul buses to restart next weekCabinet
discusses allowing in foreign tourists but no decision
was made, according to a minister, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 15/09/2020)
NAC’s
negligence puts lives at risk (ht 15/09/2020)
Impressive
Progress Made In Construction Work Of Pokhara Regional
International Airport Despite COVID-19 Lockdown,
by Tara Chapagain (rn 11/09/2020)
Gautam
Buddha Airport completes 92 percent physical
construction (kh 11/09/2020)
Domestic
flights unlikely from Sept 15 : Suspension likely to
be extended for another 15 days as virus spreads
(ht 11/09/2020)
Investment
Board told to confirm final investment decision on
Nijgadh airport : Winning bidder Zurich Airport was
named concessionaire in September last year to develop
the $3.45 billion airport, by Sangam Prasain (kp
10/09/2020)
Nepal
Airlines plans to buy 5 aircraft for domestic flights
(kh 10/09/2020) [Which
domestic flights?]
Airlines
oppose plan to scrap two-tier fare structure : Current
policy makes foreigners pay higher fares than locals
for the same flight and Nepali carriers are not
willing to change it and lose the extra revenue,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 08/09/2020)
Airlines
ignoring orders not to board passengers without
PCR test report : Carriers violating the rule have to
pay the hotel quarantine charges of all passengers,
according to a cabinet decision, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 04/09/2020)
Government
directs Air Arabia to refund passengers (ht
03/09/2020)
Foreign
int’l airlines required to charge same airfare as
Nepali int’l airlines (rep 03/09/2020) [????]
Regular
International Flights Resume After Five-Month-Long
Suspension (rn 01/09/2020)
Govt
To Ink Air Transport Deals With 3 Countries (rn
31/08/2020), MoCTCA
to sign ASA with three more countries (ht
31/08/2020)
Operation
of long-haul vehicles, domestic flights to remain
suspended till September 16 (ht 31/08/2020)
New
civil aviation act strict on aircraft import (ht
29/08/2020)
Govt
to remove dollar fare imposed on domestic flights
(kh 29/08/2020)
Nepal
govt-certified PCR tests necessary: Civil Aviation
Ministry (ht 28/08/2020)
NAC
assets worth Rs 54.17 billion, debt Rs 45 billion,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 26/08/2020)
Domestic,
int’l flights to operate from September 1 (kh
26/08/2020), Govt
mulls resuming domestic flights, low-risk places to be
prioritized (kh 27/08/2020)
Schedule
for international flights released (ht 26/08/2020)
Domestic
flights to resume in hills, mountains (ht
26/08/2020)
Resumption
of domestic flights uncertain (ht 24/08/2020)
Schedule
For Regular Int'l Flight To Be Ready By Tuesday
(rn 23/08/2020), Govt
decides to limit int’l airlines to operate one flight
a day as it prepares to repatriate stranded Nepalis
abroad (rep 23/08/2020)
Nepal
Airlines gives official send-off to the pilots
of its Chinese aircraft: The Tourism Ministry says it
will take a further decision on the grounded planes
after the Finance Ministry’s inputs.(kp
20/08/2020)
An
airport in Kavre: Flight of fancy or need of the hour?
A preliminary survey estimates the airport, with a
tabletop runway of 1,200 metres, will cost Rs 16
billion. Aviation experts say an airport near
Kathmandu was needed a decade ago, not now, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 18/08/2020)
Stakeholders
slam govt for not resuming regular flights, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 16/08/2020)
TIA
land in the grip of controversial businessmen poses
security concern: The group neither worked as per the
contract nor paid the rent, by Gajendra Basnet (kh
14/08/2020)
Flights,
long-haul transport to remain suspended till August 31
(ht 11/08/2020), Flights,
long-distance bus services suspended until August 31
(rep 11/08/2020)
Civil
aviation authority cuts budget sharply amid
uncertainty over international flights and travel: The
authority’s budget has come down to Rs41 billion but
has targets to complete two international airports and
the extension of parallel taxiway at Kathmandu airport
by the end of fiscal year (kp 08/08/2020)
New
aviation standards readied, Nepalis returning home
should follow these rules (kh 07/08/2020)
Nijgadh
Airport culpable for environment natural biodiversity
(kh 07/08/200)
Aviation
ministry preparing protocols to resume international
flights (ht 06/08/2020), Govt
to review decision to resume aviation service,
long-distance public vehicles as COVID-19 cases see
sudden spike (rep 06/08/2020)
August
17 resumption of domestic flights in doubt: ‘It will
be foolish to resume flights if COVID cases keep
rising and public do not want to travel’ (ht
05/08/2020)
Airlines
seek permission to resume flights (ht 04/08/2020)
Nepal
Airlines Corporation grounds all its Chinese aircraft
(kp 01/08/2020)
Supreme
Court rejects plea to halt compensation hearing
(ht 30/07/2020)
How
continued EU ban on Nepali carriers denied Nepal
Airlines opportunity to earn during pandemic: Nepal
was close to getting rid of the ban but problems in
the ruling party resulted in sudden prorogation of
Parliament, putting bills to split up the Civil
Aviation Authority of Nepal in limbo, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 27/07/2020)
Ease
restrictions on domestic flights: Airline operators
(ht 26/07/2020)
Safe
takeoff: The government must introduce stricter safety
protocols even as it plans to resume scheduled
domestic and international flight operations next
month (kp 22/07/2020)
International
and domestic flights to resume starting August 17:
Airlines and tourism entrepreneurs welcome the
decision to lift flight restrictions that have been in
place for over four months due to the Covid-19
pandemic, by Sangam Prasain (kp 21/07/2020)
Tourism
Ministry drops plan to name Munich Airport as operator
of Bhairahawa airport: Gautam Buddha International
Airport may be ready for operation by the end of this
year, say officials, by Sangam Prasain (kp
16/07/2020)
Nepal
Airlines decides to ground Chinese aircraft for good
to cut losses: Six China-made Y12e and MA60 were once
said to mark the beginning of a new era, but over the
last six years, they have become an albatross around
the national carrier’s neck, by Sangam Prasain (kp
14/07/2020), NAC’s
Chinese planes too costly; incur loss of Rs 5 billion,
by Gajendra Basnet (kh 19/07/2020)
Nepal
Airlines announces suspending flights after crew
members catch virus: The national flag carrier
operates four to five repatriation charter flights
daily (kp 10/07/2020)
Progress
of Gautam Buddha Int'l Airport project affected as
equipment, technicians stuck abroad, by Mohammad
Habib (rep 10/07/2020)
Government
mulling option of opening up international passenger
flights: Nearly 150 chartered flights have been
operated in over a month, bringing around 22,000
Nepalis from different countries (kp 10/07/2020) [??? See fate of NAC!]
7
NAC crew members, including three pilots, test
positive for COVID-19 (rep 06/07/2020), 14
NAC crew members including 3 pilots infected with
coronavirus (kh 06/07/2020), Six
more NAC staffers test positive for virus (ht
09/07/2020)
Gautam
Buddha Airport Construction Deadline Extended Till
December 2020 (rn 05/07/2020)
Pokhara
Regional International Airport Makes 60 Percent Work
Progress (rn 04/07/2020)
Government
yet to pay Nepal Airlines Rs 20.4 million in charter
costs: The carrier could really use the money as its
revenues have been slashed by the pandemic, officials
say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/06/2020)
Don’t
appoint Munich to operate Gautam Buddha Airport,
committee tells government: It says a government to
government deal might once again court controversy as
such agreements haven’t been received well in the past,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 19/06/2020)
Construction
of new international airport in Pokhara on track
despite lockdown: Key equipment like lighting systems,
communication and navigation aids, baggage handling
and other goods, however, have been stranded in
Kolkata and Kerung, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
14/06/2020)
Nepal
continues suspension of domestic and international
flights until July 5 (rep 14/06/21020)
Domestic
airline operators submit SOP to Civil Aviation
Authority for approval (ht 11/06/2020)
Airline
operators reduce fuel surcharge, airfare drops (ht
08/06/2020)
Construction
of new airports only if they meet one of three key
criteria (rep 08/06/2020)
Surgical,
N-95 masks mandatory in airports (ht 06/06/2020)
Kathmandu
airport gets facelift during lockdown: Nepal’s sole
aerial gateway is spruced up and adopts precautions as
it prepares to receive passengers, by Raju
Banskota (nt 05/06/2020)
TIA
Completes Improvement Work Taking Advantage Of
Lockdown (rn 01/06/2020), Runway
end safety areas at Tribhuvan International Airport
improved: The runway was extended by 300 metres at the
southern end, making its total length 3,350 metres,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 02/06/2020)
Domestic
airline companies face losses to the tune of Rs 2.51bn,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 14/05/2020)
Over
Four Thousand Trees To Be Chopped For Nijgadh
International Airport Approach Road (rn
11/05/2020), Proposal
to cut down trees for NIA to be tabled before Cabinet
(ht 11/05/2020)
Regulatory
body readying safety measures at airports (ht
11/05/2020)
Nepal
airlines may merge to survive: Collapse of aviation
could force domestic airlines to join up to
consolidate, by Raju Banskota (nt 08/05/2020)
NAC
wide-body planes flying to Sydney and Beijing today
(kh 06/05/2020)
Nepal
Airlines seeks Rs 4 billion to buy new planes to boost
domestic services: The state-owned carrier wants to
focus on the home front while waiting for
international air travel to rebound, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 05/05/2020)
Nepal
mulls suspending int’l flights until mid-August
(kh 02/05/2020)
Pandemic
impact on aviation may kill Nijgad: How the proposed
airport’s environmental impact assessment green-washed
the real cost of Nepal's mega project, by Sonia
Awale (nt 01/05/2020)
Buddha
Air prepares new safety rules (ht 28/04/2020)
Construction
of new departure hall at TIA completed (ht
26/04/2020)
Int’l,
domestic flight operation to be halted till May 15
(ht 25/04/2020)
Nepal
Airlines cuts domestic pilots salary by 33% (kh
25/04/2020)
Flight
Suspension Further Incapacitates Ailing National Flag
Carrier, by CK Khanal (rn 24/04/2020)
CAAN
preparing new guideline for domestic flight operation
(ht 23/04/2020)
TIA
construction likely to finish within a month, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 22/04/2020)
CAAN
extends licence renewal deadline to May 26 (ht
22/04/2020)
Nepal
Airlines pleads for bailout as virus losses eat into
cash reserves: The debt-ridden carrier has to fork out
around Rs 1.13 billion in interest and instalment
payments every quarter (kp 18/04/2020)
Sushil
Ghimire appointed Nepal Airlines executive chairman:
Ghimire will serve as the acting head of the
corporation ‘with full executive powers’, until
further notice (kp 16/04/2020)
Construction
workers slog away at Bhairahawa airport despite
lockdown: But completion is still some way off due to
lack of essential equipment, said officials, by
Madhav Dhungana (kp 16/04/2020)
Airworthiness
certificate of Nepal Airlines' 757 expires while
waiting out the lockdown: CSDS Aircraft Sales and
Leasing had confirmed its purchase of the jet by
making an advance deposit in January, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 15/0/2020)
Billions
in losses and hundreds of thousands of jobs on the
line as airline industry faces pandemic: Airlines will
need immediate and direct financial support from the
government if companies are to avoid insolvency and
mass layoffs, IATA has advised, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 13/04/2020)
Lack
of construction materials hampers work at GBIA project
(rep 13/04/2020)
When
pilots stay home, their flying skills get rusty and it
can be tough getting back in the air: There are also
regulations that pilots need to abide by, including
flight hours and three takeoffs and landings in the
last 90 days, which is impossible during the lockdown,
by Abhaya Raj Joshi (kp 12/04/2020)
Helicopter
pilots to have their pay cut by 65 percent: Airlines
flying fixed-wing aircraft are expected to slash
salaries too as their cash reserves are running low,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 09/04/2020)
Repatriation
flights continue (ht 09/04/2020)
Flight
suspension extended till April 30, by Roshan S.
Nepal (ht 08/04/2020)
Airline
operators mull over slashing pilots’ salaries (ht
08/04/2020)
NAC
directed to halt payment of Bon Travel (ht
07/04/2020)
Nepal
Airlines Aircraft Slips Off The Runway In Nepalgunj
(rn 28/03/2020)
Domestic
flights cancelled due to lockdown: Passengers
requested to contact airline companies for refund
(ht 25/03/2020)
TIA
tells staffers to remain alert for emergency flights
(rep 25/03/2020)
Domestic
airline companies reduce fare (ht 23/03/2020), Domestic
airlines to provide up to 36% discounts on airfare
(rep 23/03/2020)
64
Nepalis quarantined for violating immigration rules,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 22/03/2020)
Shree
Airlines to fly passengers at minimum fare (rep
22/03/2020)
NAC
asks staff to stay on unpaid leave (ht 21/03/2020)
Himalaya
Airlines announces suspension of all flights (ht
21/03/2020)
India
to halt international flights from March 22: NAC to
cease its flight operations to New Delhi from Sunday
(ht 22/03/2020)
Government
bans entry of all passengers, including Nepalis, from
midnight March 20: All passengers, including Nepalis,
flying in from Europe, the UK, West Asia, and the Gulf
will not be allowed into the country until April 15,
by Sangam Prasain and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
19/03/2020))
TIA
hit by declines in international flight frequency
(rep 18/03/2020)
Korean
Air, Thai Airways reduce flights (ht 18/03/2020)
Upper
House endorses draft bills that will allow splitting
the aviation body: The Civil Aviation Authority of
Nepal Bill and Air Service Authority of Nepal Bill
will now be sent to the Lower House for deliberation
and final passage, by Sangam Prasain (kp
17/03/2020), Aviation
bill to separate regulatory and service providing
bodies (ht 17/03/2020)
Domestic
airlines cut fare by 50% (rep 15/03/2020)
International
flights drop significantly at TIA (ht 14/03/2020)
Cabinet
turns down ‘incomplete’ proposal: Government
re-working on discount package for foreign airlines
operating via GBIA (ht 13/03/2020)
Domestic
airlines pin hopes on cheaper fuel to help them offset
costs: Carriers are currently under pressure due to
flight cancellations, suspensions and declining
airfare, by Sangam Prasain (kp 12/03/2020)
US-Bangla
air crash compensation: KDC decision to adjudicate
case upheld, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 12/03/2020)
Domestic
airfares hit rock bottom amidst coronavirus travel
advisory: Customers might be benefiting from low
prices but airlines are looking at hard times—even
considering layoffs, by Sangam Prasain (kp
11/03/2020)
TIA
reports around 50% fall in international passengers
(rep 11/03/2020)
NAC
and Himalaya Airlines suspend flights to Doha (ht
11/03/2020)
Locals
take initiative to reopen Meghauli Airport, b y
Surya Prakash Kandel (rep 11/03/2020)
71
Chinese workers quarantined at Pokhara Airport
construction site: They had returned to Nepal carrying
the Chinese authorities’ certificates that they were
free from Covid-19, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
11/03/2020)
Zurich
International asks for extension following court order
to stop felling trees at Nijgadh: The Swiss company,
which was supposed to submit a business proposal by
March 1, will be developing Nijgadh International
Airport on a public-private partnership model, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 05/03/2020)
Aviation
authority urges government to implement stringent
travel restrictions: Nepali nationals have been
advised to refrain from non-essential travel to China,
South Korea, Iran, Japan and Italy, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 04/03/2020)
Himalaya
Airlines adds A319 aircraft to fleet (rep
04/03/2020)
NAC
off to Narita flying in the face of apex court order,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 03/03/2020)
Flights
from COVID-19 hit nations may be halted: Civil
Aviation Authority given two days to decide as virus
spreads globally (ht 02/03/2020), Govt
told to halt flights to high-risk countries, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 03/03/2020)
Governmental
red tape holds up plan to operate Bhairahawa solely on
solar power: A disagreement over land lease rate
between the Nepal Electricity Authority and the Civil
Aviation Authority means that Bhairahawa might not get
its solar plant, by Sangam Prasain (kp 28/02/2020)
Nepal
Airlines shares should be sold to the private sector
too, experts say: The state-owned carrier has decided
to sell 25 percent of the shares to other government
corporations, by Sangam Prasain (kp 27/02/2020)
Loosen
the paid-up capital requirement for aspiring airlines,
policy panel says: Two international airports are
coming up, and new carriers will be needed to fill the
available slots, as per the team, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 26/02/2020)
Test
flight conducted at Khanidanda airport (ht
26/02/2020)
Debt-ridden
Nepal Airlines to sell a 25 percent stake to other
state-owned enterprises: There are hopes that an
injection of capital will help the ailing corporation
but many are sceptical whether the plan will work
without changes to management, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 25/02/2020), Nepal
Airlines is flying blind: Mismanagement and corruption
have brought down the national flag carrier (kp
26/02/2020)
Hopeful
pilots may have to pass psychometric tests: Policy
drafters want to include the requirement after several
air crash reports blamed pilot behaviour, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 22/02/2020)
Poor
weather affects flights at TIA (ht 22/02/2020)
NAC’s
last flight to Osaka on Feb 27 (ht 22/02/2020)
Bhairahawa
international airport to be ready only by mid-year:
Delayed delivery of key equipment will push back the
completion deadline, officials say, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 20/02/2020)
‘Safety
top priority of new aviation act’ (ht 20/02/2020),
Aviation
Policy, 2076, limits foreign investment in flying
schools and maintenance institutions (rep
20/02/2020)
Army
rehearsal shuts down airport for two hours, affecting
scores of flights: A Nepal Army drill, in preparation
for the upcoming Army Day, closed Kathmandu airspace
for two hours, leading to three dozen domestic flight
cancellations, by Sangam Prasain (kp 19/02/2020) [????]
Chartered
helicopter services banned inside Annapurna Base Camp
region: The fourth council meeting of the Annapurna
Rural Municipality decided to prohibit choppers in the
region last fiscal year, citing adverse impact on the
region’s ecology and tourism, by Deepak Pariyar
(kp 18/02/2020)
Unauthorised
drones posing threat to wildlife, local businesses
(ht 15/02/2020)
NAC
announces vacancy for 47 pilots, co-pilots (ht
15/02/2020)
A
win-win for Nijgadh?: Keeping the Landmark Worldwide
Company’s report under wraps does not help Nijgadh.
Releasing it might do more good than harm, by
Hemant Arjyal (rep 15/02/2020)
Vistara
inaugurates daily flight service to Kathmandu (ht
13/02/2020)
NAC
chair positive on bringing strategic partner (ht
13/02/2020)
Anti-graft
body has no concrete plans to pursue investigation
into Airbus revelations: Although numerous other
countries have initiated their own investigations into
Airbus’ admission of paying bribes, Nepali authorities
are uncertain about how to proceed, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 11/02/2020) [Leading
personalities must be spared in any case!]
Fire
breaks out at TIA (ht 11/02/2020)
NAC
to launch Narita flights on March 2 (ht
11/02/2020)
More
Nepalis travelling by air due to cheaper tickets:
There were 3.18 million domestic passengers last year
compared to 1.37 million a decade ago, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 09/02/2020)
Shree
Airlines launches Kathmandu-Pokhara commercial flights
(ht 08/02/2020)
How
many trees needed to make way for Nijgadh? Ministry
orders fresh count to settle issue: The Environment
and Social Impact Assessment report only provided an
estimate, new survey will provide exact number,
officials say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
07/02/2020)
Biratnagar-Pokhara
direct flight to facilitate third country tourists
(ht 06/02/2020)
Rs
89 billion invested in airport projects in past 2.5
years (rep 06/02/2020)
Airbus
admits to paying at least 340,000 euros in bribes to
Nepali officials: A settlement reached by Airbus with
financial authorities in France, UK and US alludes to
a total financial commitment of $1.8 million and says
the payment is ‘likely to qualify as bribery of a
foreign public official’, by Sangam Prasain (kp
04/02/2020), Nepali
officials have no plan on how to proceed with Airbus
bribery revelations: Countries around the world launch
formal investigations into the planemaker’s local
connections, Nepal doesn’t have a game plan, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 05/02/2020)
No
screening for passengers arriving TIA on a Beijing
flight Monday, by Ashim Neupane (rep 04/02/2020),
Deadly
lapse at TIA (rep 05/02/2020)
Chinese
carriers cut flights to Kathmandu as passengers cancel
tickets en masse: Arrivals from China have all but
dried up due to the 'rapidly spreading' coronavirus
outbreak, airline officials said, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 03/02/2020)
Buddha
Air begins Kathmandu-Rajbiraj direct flights (ht
02/02/2020)
Passenger
flow at Kathmandu airport down for the first time in
four years: But the national flag carrier, Nepal
Airlines, witnessed the strongest growth in passenger
carriage, boosting its international market share to
17.77 percent, by Sangam Prasain (kp 01/02/2020)
Nepal
Airlines pays Rs 1.14bn to CIT, EPF (ht
01/02/2020)
Tourism
Ministry gets okay to table bills to break up civil
aviation body: The International Civil Aviation
Organisation had raised the need to split the
authority to avoid a conflict of interest, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 31/01/2020)
Solar
power plan at Bhairahawa airport hits a snag over land
rental rates: Utilising airport space to install solar
panels will allow electricity to be generated at the
point of consumption, by Sangam Prasain (kp
30/01/2020)
Himalaya
to suspend China flights from February 7 (ht
30/01/2020) [This would only
be reasonable if flights were stopped immediately!]
Govt
to expedite expansion and upgradation of Bharatpur
Airport (rep 28/01/2020)
Himalaya
Airlines starts direct flight to Chongqing (rep
24/01/2020)
Nepal
Airlines permanent pilots warn of resigning en masse:
The pilots have demanded that they be treated in a
fair manner regarding remunerations on par with expat
or contract-based pilots, by Sangam Prasain (kp
24/01/2020), Nepal
Airlines pilots say notice was served to demand pay
hike, not to resign: In a Thursday notice, served to
the executive chairman of the airline, a group of
undersigned pilots had complained of huge differences
in remuneration between them and expat pilots, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 25/01/2020), NAC
pilots resign en masse citing unfair treatment (ht
25/01/2020)
Locals
protest land acquisition drive for regional int’l
airport (ht 24/01/2020)
US
firm makes down payment, confirming purchase of Boeing
757: The company deposited $281,000 into the carrier’s
account on Thursday, which is a 5 percent payment of
the total aircraft cost, by Sangam Prasain (kp
24/01/2020)
Buddha
Air, Shree Airlines to add new destinations (ht
23/01/2020)
TIA
transformation far from complete: Minister had said
‘boutique airport’ would be ready by Jan 1 (ht
21/01/2020)
NAC
to fly to Narita from March 2 (ht 21/01/2020)
Kharel
resigns as NAC executive chairman, by Arpane Ale
Magar (ht 20/01/2020)
Buddha
Air flights to Rajbiraj (ht 20/01/2020)
Airport
CCTV footage leak raises more queries than provides
answers: Police say they’re unaware of how a singer’s
security check video went into the public domain, but
retired officials call it a deliberate leak and wrong
practice, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 19/01/2020)
NAC
flying plane with dysfunctional emergency code on
cockpit door, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 19/01/2020)
Government
moves ahead with Nijgadh airport project: Investment
Board of Nepal says other processes should not be
stopped despite interim orders from the apex court not
to cut trees, by Sangam Prasain (kp 18/01/2020) [??]
IBN
asks Zürich Airport to submit NIA proposal (ht
18/01/2020)
Winter
rain affects flights, by Sujan Dhungana (ht
18/01/2020)
Airlines
operators’ members offloaded from civil aviation
board: The new board should induct members possessing
special qualification on the aviation sector and
should have at least one female member, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 17/01/2020)
Autumn
travel rush pulls Nepal Airlines back from the brink:
The bonanza allowed the teetering national flag
carrier to repay creditors breathing down its neck,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 16/01/2020)
VN
2020 Secretariat appoints Nepal Airlines as official
carrier partner (ht 16/01/2020)
AirAsia
refutes any payment obligations (ht 16/01/2020)
GBIA
infrastructure to be ready by March, by Arpana Ale
Magar (ht 15/01/2020)
Vistara
set to start Kathmandu flights in Feb (ht
15/01/2020), Vistara
to fly to Kathmandu from February (rep 18/01/2020)
Pokhara
Airport serving 2,000 passengers a day, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 14/01/2020)
Nepal
Airlines' Doha service avoids Iranian airspace: The
carrier has been using Iranian airspace since 2017
after several Arab nations barred aircraft from flying
to Doha through their airspace (kp 09/01/2020)
Govt
prepares to review domestic airfares soon (ht
06/01/2020)
Number
of passengers increases at Nepalgunj Airport (ht
05/01/2020)
Nijgadh
International Airport case: CJ defends decision to
issue stay order (ht 04/01/2019)
TIA
flights affected (rep 04/01/2020)
Chinese
state firm wins bid for Kathmandu airport project: The
project includes building 15 new international parking
bays and taxiway on the northern side of the runway,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 03/01/2019)
Rush
the process of splitting the aviation authority:
Private airlines: The plan to break up the civil
aviation body into regulator and service provider has
dragged on for nine years, by Sangam Prasain (kp
01/01/2020), Minister
demands logical reasons for not splitting CAAN (ht
01/01/2020)
TIA
health desk without staff ahead of Visit Nepal 2020:
Health experts warn of possible transmission of deadly
diseases, by Arjun Poudel (kp 31/12/2019)
Clearing
trees at Nijgadh: Govt-community bonhomie needed,
by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 31/12/2019)
Aviation
act to benefit passengers: Will be eligible for
compensation for flight delays, cancellations (ht
30/12/2019)
Govt
likely to replace NAC chair: Seeks five-point
clarification from Kharel citing unsatisfactory work
progress (ht 30/12/2019)
TIA
runway rehabilitation completed 128 days ahead of
schedule (rep 29/12/2019)
Gautam
Buddha Int'l Airport deferred, deadline extended for
4th time, by Mohammad Habib (rep 28/12/2019)
Pokhara:
Nepal’s new aviation gateway; After decades of delays,
Pokhara’s new airport will allow international
passengers to bypass Kathmandu, by Kunda Dixi (nt
27/12/2019)
CAAN
workers threaten to halt aviation services (ht
26/12/2019)
Nepal
Airlines offered $5.71 million for its vintage Boeing
757: The national flag carrier has been under pressure
to sell the jet as its airworthiness will expire in
February, by Sangam Prasain (kp 24/12/2019)
Nepal
needs another international airport. So why is Nijgadh
being held up? Local residents want the project to
take off, hoping economic returns. But there are also
nationwide protests against the plan, mainly over the
number of trees that have to be felled to create space
for the airport, by Laxmi Sah (kp 19/12/2019), More
than a fistful: Different people want Nijgadh airport
for different reasons given that it has a price tag of
about 6.56 billion dollars. Some want it more due to
pathetic state of TIA, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
21/12/2019), NIA
could boost GDP by five to eight percentage points:
Stakeholders, by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 22/12/2019),
SC
continues interim order halting felling of trees in
Nijgadh (ht 23/12/2019), 15
points for and against Nijgad Airport (nt
27/12/2019)
Government
tightens rules for deploying in-flight security
officer (ht 19/12/2019)
Kathmandu
airport to be open for 21 hours daily from January 1:
Workers have finished renovating the taxiway allowing
the airport to resume regular hours, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 17/12/2019), TIA
taxiway construction completed (ht 17/12/2019)
Udayapur
revives airport plan, by Maheshwar Chamling Rai
(rep 17/12/2019)
Snowfall
forces air service shut across Karnali region, by
Dhan Bahadur Budha (rep 16/12/2019)
Draft
Civil Aviation Bill submitted to the Cabinet: A
decade-old initiative to break up the civil aviation
body is alive once again, by Sangam Prasain (kp
14/12/2019)
Land
acquisition decision for Pokhara int’l airport draws
flak, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 14/12/2019)
European
Commission maintains ban on Nepali airlines: The
carriers remain on the updated EU Air Safety List for
failing safety requirements and are barred from EU
skies., by Sangam Prasain (kp 12/12/2019)
Himalaya
Airlines resumes Kuala Lumpur flights (ht
12/12/2019)
Airline
operators seek permit to fly to Lukla from Kathmandu
this season (ht 10/12/2019)
High
cost of jet fuel in Kathmandu airport is keeping
foreign airlines away: Airlines pay $1 per litre to
fuel up at Tribhuvan International Airport, compared
to $0.55 per litre in Delhi, a new government report
says, by Sangam Prasain (kp 09/12/2019) [High
ground handling charges, twice as high as at other
international airports, are another reason for foreign
airlines not to fly to TIA. Quite obviously, the
government does not want to increase the number of
incoming tourists!]
Uniformity
in airfare for locals, foreigners possible (ht
09/12/2019)
Supreme
Court asks government to halt plans for Nijgadh
airport: The judge has invited both the petitioners
and defendants to discuss the matter, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 07/12/2019), SC
bars felling of trees in Nijgadh: There are 500 to 600
years old trees. They should be preserved (ht
07/12/2019), SC
stays Nijgadh airport construction work (rep
07/12/2019), MoCTCA
to brief apex court about Nijgadh int’l airport
(ht 08/12/2019), ‘No
alternative to Nijgadh Airport’ (rep 08/12/2019),
A
case for Nijgadh airport (rep 09/12/2019), Nijgadh
International Airport: Rumor and reality; Many people
have misconception that deforestation will begin right
after the Ministry approves the proposal for airport
construction. It does not work that way, by
Biranchi Poudyal (rep 12/12/2019)
Wild
boars entering runway pose threat to planes, by
Arjun Oli (rep 07/12/2019)
Plans
to put Chinese planes back in the air jinxed by lack
of spares: Nepal Airlines had previously been forced
to ground them for lack of pilots, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 07/12/2019)
Flights
from Bhadrapur and Biratnagar to link Bangladesh:
Saidpur in Bangladesh is a 20-minute hop by plane from
the two border cities, by Parbat Portel (kp
06/12/2019
Nepal
Airlines eyes Tokyo after Osaka debacle: The
state-owned carrier plans to operate three weekly
flights to the Japanese capital from January, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 04/12/2019)
80pc
progress in TIA rehabilitation so far (ht
04/12/2019)
China
says will not conduct safety audit of NAC (ht
04/12/2019), NAC
gets go-ahead to operate China flights (ht
05/12/2019)
Kathmandu
Airport is reviewing its master plan as final
expansion cost expected to touch $1 billion: Airport
authorities say its cost-effective to build a new
domestic terminal at the eastern side of the runway,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 02/12/2019)
TIA
Immigration and VNY 2020: Making services swifter,
by Rohit Bhattarai (kp 02/12/2019)
Work
to spruce up domestic airports gathers pace this
fiscal (ht 02/12/2019)
Bajhang
airport blacktopping behind schedule, by Jagat
Khadka (rep 02/12/2019)
NIA
construction unlikely to begin soon (ht
30/11/2019). Don’t
delay NIA: Nijgadh is the most suitable place for a
full-fledged international airport, and there is no
point in delaying it any further (ht 02/12/2019)
NAC’s
Boeing finally receives three bid proposals (ht
30/11/2019)
Flawed
assessment: Environment Impact Assessment report of
Nijgadh airport does not consider how mass tree
felling will impact ecology, by Chanda Thapa Rana
(rep 30/11/2019)
Bhairahawa
airport is nearing completion, but no foreign airline
has applied to serve it: Officials say test flights
can be conducted by April after the navigation and
surveillance equipment is installed, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 29/11/2019)
Buddha
Air to operate Biratnagar-Pokhara flights, by
Binod Subedi (rep 27/11/2019)
High
operating costs and few passengers force Buddha Air to
cancel Kolkata flights: The airlines’ cancellation
does not bode well for the domestic aviation or
tourism industry, analysts and entrepreneurs say,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 26/11/2019) [Nepal's
pricing policy does everything to prevent the
development of aviation and tourism!], After
losing Rs 100m in 7 months, Buddha Air stops Kolkata
flights, by Muna Sunuwar (ht 01/12/2019)
Manthali
airport being upgraded to accommodate more flights,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 25/11/2019)
Airline
companies send back migrant workers from airport
without any ‘valid reasons’: As incidents of workers
being deprived of flying by airline companies become
frequent, the foreign employment department writes to
Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 24/11/2019)
Any
Nepali can aspire to be civil aviation chief, says
draft bill: Previously, potential candidates had to be
deputy director general of the aviation authority or
joint-secretary in the Tourism Ministry, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 23/11/2019)
Full
throttle overhead: While nothing much can be done as
regards airport location some improvements on basic
infrastructures could help TIA improve its image,
by Hemant Arjyal (rep 23/11/2019)
Govt
planning to demarcate boundaries for Nijgadh Int’l
Airport (rep 23/11/2019)
Air
travel is safer than ever before: There has been an
incredible advancement in technology in the global
aviation system, but humans still play a vital role,
by Tri Ratna Manandhar (kp 21/11/2019)
Government
prodding needed to finish Bhairahawa airport on time,
officials say: Gautam Buddha International Airport in
Bhairahawa was initially slated to be ready by
December 2017, by Sangam Prasain (kp 21/11/2019)
CAAN
evaluating proposals for renovation of int’l terminal
building (rep 21/11/2019)
Himalaya
Airlines starts direct flight to Guiyang (rep
21/11/2019)
Stakeholders
ask government to ensure Manthali-Lukla flights,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 20/11/2019)
International
aviation regulator to conduct full safety audit in
Nepal in May: Nepal’s score for effective
implementation of accident investigation is still
18.68 percent, which is far below the global average
of 57.43 percent, by Sangam Prasain (kp
18/11/2019)
Dhangadi
airport to be partially closed for a month (ht
18/11/2019)
Pokhara's
new international airport to be equipped with wide
area multilateration: The system provides performance
that is comparable to secondary surveillance radar in
terms of accuracy and reliability, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 16/11/2019)
No,
not a drop more: Airlines flying in to Kathmandu make
sure that they have enough fuel for long hold ups,
either due to cracks on the runway or a disabled
aircraft or that parking space is full, by Hemant
Arjyal (rep 16/11/2019)
For
Everest enthusiasts, an unpleasant experience awaits
at Manthali airport: The Ramechhap airport, which now
conducts around 85 flights daily, is severely
underequipped to handle the hundreds of tourists who
arrive and leave every day, by Tika Prasad Bhatta
(kp 14/11/2019)
Nepal
Airlines cuts price in half to offload vintage Boeing
757: This special Combi model is capable of seating
passengers while also carrying two pallets of cargo,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 14/11/2019)
Families
of air crash victims say they are being pressured to
withdraw their case: 22 Nepalis were killed when
US-Bangla flight BS 211 from Dhaka crashed while
landing at Kathmandu airport, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 13/11/2019)
Air
traffic congestion to hit VNY 2020, by Arpana Ale
Magar (ht 13/11/2019), Run
TIA effectively: TIA needs to manage its limited space
effectively until GBIA comes into full operation
within a couple of months (ht 14/11/2019)
Bhadrapur
airport to be closed for 10 days (ht 12/11/2019)
Nepal
Airlines urges government to seek Chinese help for
safety audit: China is poised to become one of the
largest tourist markets for Nepal, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 11/11/2019)
Parking
congestion responsible for mishap at Tribhuvan airport
on Friday (ht 10/11/2019)
Int'l
flights to operate from Pokhara by April 2021, by
Dhan Basnet (rep 10/11/2019)
Nepal
Airlines' Chinese planes are flying less and racking
up more in operation costs: Starting next year, Nepal
Airlines will have to pay more than Rs250 million
every year in loan repayments for the six Chinese
aircraft acquired in 2014, by Sangam Prasain (kp
09/11/2019)
Munich
Airport close to being named operator of Bhairahawa
airport: Officials said the Germans had been asked to
submit a detailed plan including the operation
modality, by Sangam Prasain (kp 09/11/2019)
Security
at TIA foolproof, claims govt, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 07/11/2019), Matter
of concern: When the customs at the TIA and along the
borders are considered to be lucrative postings, you
know something is amiss (ht 07/11/2019), US
State Department report pokes holes in security at
country’s only international airport: The report could
be a catalyst for the Nepali security apparatus to dig
deeper and deal with any potential threats, analysts
say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 08/11/2019)
Chinese
airlines have 48 weekly flights to Nepal but Nepal
Airlines hasn’t even acquired a permit for Guangzhou:
All airlines are required to undergo a safety audit
when flying to a new region, but a Chinese audit has
been delayed three times, with no guarantee it will
happen anytime soon, by Sangam Prasain (kp
07/11/2019), The
government should help Nepal Airlines get a permit to
fly to China: The ruling party always boasts of its
friendship with China but has been unable to help the
failing national flag carrier (ht)
Gautam
Buddha airport to miss project completion deadline
again (ht 07/11/2019)
NAC
studying seven new destinations, by Muna Sunuwar
(rep 07/11/2019)
Nepal
Airlines unveils cost optimisation plan (ht
07/11/2019)
Construction
of airport in Upper Mustang proposed (rep
06/11/2019)
NAC
ramps up preparations for non-stop flights to
Guangzhou, Tokyo, by Muna Sunuwar (rep 06/11/2019)
Manang
awaits promised flight service: Humde Airport has not
had regular flight service in years, by Aash
Gurung (kp 05/11/2019)
Last
minute flight cancelations distress travelers, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 05/11/2019)
Bhairahawa
airport enters second phase of construction:
Technicians to start work to install communications,
navigation and surveillance equipment from next week;
The airport was initially slated to be ready by
December 2017, by Sangam Prasain (kp 03/11/2019)
Expansion
of Manthali airport starts (ht 03/11/2019)
Passengers
protest at airport after Oli’s return from Baku
delayed their flight by nearly an hour: Pilots were
asked to stop engines of Shree Airlines flight because
of disturbance caused at VIP lounge where Oli was
being welcomed, officials say (kp 28/10/2019) [This unbelievable political
arrogance continues unabated! Visit Nepal Year should
be renamed into Travel Godlike Policians Year! After
the democratisation only the names of the gods have
changed! Nepal is probably the only country in which
internationally insignificant politicians regularly
frustrate domestic and foreign travellers!]
First
Kathmandu-Beijing flight set to take off tomorrow:
Himalaya Airlines plans to operate three weekly
services on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 26/10/2019)
Nepal
Airlines’ last Boeing awaits a buyer, but there are
none forthcoming: After two separate auction notices
failed to find a buyer, Nepal Airlines Corporation has
now decided to go into direct negotiations, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 24/10/2019)
Panel
formed to formulate new Civil Aviation Act (ht
23/10/2019)
Before
Visit Nepal, the country needs to improve airport
management: It was a nightmare day for airport
authorities and passengers the day Xi Jinping left
Nepal, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 22/10/2019)
Government,
Germany’s Munich Airport to hold final round of talks:
The agenda includes the operation management of Gautam
Buddha International Airport, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 21/10/2019)
Rastriya
Janata Party lawmaker vandalises counter at Janakpur
airport: The lawmaker said that he was furious at the
condition of the airport, and the irresponsibility and
indifference of Budhha Air’s officials to passengers’
queries, by Santosh Singh (kp 15/10/2019), Airline
operators warn of suspending all Janakpur flights
(rep 15/10/2019)
Tribhuvan
International Airport reschedules flights in view of
Xi’s arrival and departure: TIA has revised the
schedule of 33 and 54 international flights for
Saturday and Sunday (kp 12/10/2019)
Airlines
adding flights to ease festive commute (ht
05/10/2019)
TAAN
seeks Ramechhap airport upgradation (ht
05/10/2019)
Chhetri
transferred to CAAN from TIA (ht 05/10/2019)
Nepal
Airlines sees strong October, November demand for
Japan flights: Nepalis rushing home for the holidays
are filling the flights out of Osaka, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 03/10/2019)
Pokhara
Airport profits Rs 50m in FY2018/19, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 01/10/2019)
Nepal,
Australia to sign air service agreement: Australia
will permit seven weekly flights to key cities like
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 30/09/2019), Nepal,
Australia sign air service agreement to operate direct
flights: The accord allows seven weekly flights
between Kathmandu and Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and
Perth, by Sangam Prasain (kp 02/10/2019)
Himalaya
Airlines announces new partnership with Tibet Civil
Aviation: The carrier plans to operate direct services
between Kathmandu and Beijing from October 27, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 30/09/2019), Himalaya
Airlines to transfer Chinese ownership, introduces new
logo (ht 30/09/2019)
Nepal,
UAE ink revised air services agreement (ht
30/09/2019)
Bhairahawa
airport's plan to go solar is feasible, say officials:
All systems—from air traffic control to runway
lights—will run on power from the sun, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 28/09/2019)
Members
of investigation bodies say they have not been paid:
The experts who probed the Makalu Air, Altitude Air,
Air Dynasty and Summit Air crashes are yet to get
their money, by Sangam Prasain (kp24/09/2019)
Zürich
Airport shortlisted to develop Nijgadh Airport, by
Sujan Dhungana (ht 24/09/2019)
Rs5
billion international terminal to be built at
Bhairahawa airport: Officials say the construction of
the project is likely to start by 2020, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 13/09/2019)
Four
airlines poised to launch Kathmandu-Delhi
flights,fares likely to drop: The additional services
may ignite fierce competition and benefit consumers,
say travel traders, by Sangam Prasain (kp
21/09/2019)
High
cost lays aviation low in Nepal: Kathmandu has the
highest fuel and handling costs of any airport in the
world, and the poorest facilities, by Sharad Ojha
(nt 20/09/2019)
Privatise
NAC: The govt should give up the idea of doing
business in airlines as the private sector has become
capable of competing with others (ht 20/09/2019)
International
flight operations disturbed (ht 20/09/2019)
CAAN
unveils Rs 46.96 bn budget for 2019-2o; Civil aviation
regulatory body plans to distribute bonus worth Rs
1.26 billion to staffers (ht 20/09/2019)
Reform
committee suggests handing Nepal Airlines management
over to a foreign partner: Numerous committees have
recommended the same thing in the past, but nothing
has been implemented, by Sangam Prasain (kp
19/09/2019), Panel
recommends NAC privatisation: Says national flag
carrier should divest 49 pc of its shares (ht
19/09/2019), Panel
recommends NAC add two narrow body planes, by Muna
Sunuwar (ep 19/09/2019)
Incessant
rainfall affects domestic flights at TIA (ht
19/09/2019)
Tourism
ministry gearing up to sign air services agreement
with Australia (ht 18/09/2019)
Bad
weather leaves 300 stranded in Lukla, by Arpana
Ale Magar (ht 17/09/2019), Bad
weather forces choppers to land in paddy fields,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 18/09/2019)
Buddha
Air’s flight was delayed because minister’s aide
misinformed airport about their location, sources say:
Two officials familiar with the conversation between
Nepalgunj airport and the airline’s office in
Kathmandu said the additional delay was caused by
protesting passengers, by Samuel Chhetri and
Sangam Prasain (kp 16/09/2019), Minister
Bhattarai kicks up another row, by Arpana Ale
Magar (ht 16/09/2019)
The
rise and fall of Nepal Airlines: Once the country’s
largest employer and the largest earner of foreign
currency, Nepal Airlines was brought down by the two
evils that plague most other public bodies in
Nepal—mismanagement and corruption, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 14/09/2019)
Summit
Air crash caused by uneven thrust between the two
engines, says preliminary report: The LET L-410
slammed into a fence before colliding with two parked
helicopters, killing the copilot Sujit Dhungana and
two policemen on the ground, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 14/09/2019)
Nepal
Airlines violated own criteria while awarding contract
for printing its in-flight magazine, report says:
Corporation spokesperson expresses ignorance about the
matter, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/09/2019)
‘Upgradation
of Biratnagar Airport soon’ (ht 09/09/2019)
CAAC
team to visit in mid-September (ht 08/09/2019)
Fresh
financing arrangement to be made for airport
improvement project: The upgradation of Tribhuvan
International Airport has been moving in fits and
starts since 2012, by Sangam Prasain (kp
07/09/2019)
PM’s
arrival at TIA delays flights one hour, by Sujeeta
Pradhan (rep 07/09/2019) [This
royal bad habit must be ended at once!]
Acting
deaf n dumb: New tourism minister has come up with
list of tasks he wishes to get done before Visit Nepal
Year 2020. But he has left out many aspects, by
Hemant Arjyal (rep 07/09/2019)
Bhairahawa
airport to conduct test flights by March-end: Workers
are putting the finishing touches to the interiors and
installing and testing various equipment, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 06/09/2019)
Amid
environmentalists’ concern, tourism minister repeats
he will build Nijgadh airport: Debate should focus on
location rather than on whether Nepal needs another
international airport, environmentalists say, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 06/09/2019)
Nijgadh
Airport: Rs 600 million distributed to
project-affected so far; Compensation distribution,
perimeter fencing works nearing completion, by
Upendra Yadav (rep 05/09/2019)
Nepal
Airlines Corporation fails to auction its Boeing 757
again (kp 03/09/2019)
NAC
plans to operate only two flights a week to Japan
(ht 02/09/2019), NAC
cuts Osaka flights to two a week for a month, by
Nikeeta Gautam (rep 04/09/2019)
Kathmandu
Airport to be closed for seven hours daily for repairs
from Sunday: From January, the airport plans to open
24/7 for the first time since its operation in 1949,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 31/08/2019), TIA
to close for 7 hours daily from Sept 1: Runways of
airports have to be repaired every 10 years (ht
01/09/2019)
Tourism
Ministry is preparing new bill with conflicting
provisions on plane crash compensation: Government
move to fix a uniform liability amount equal to
international airlines is unfair, domestic airlines
say, by Sangam Prasain (kp 30/08/2019)
Vehicles
of just 6 VVIPs to be allowed on TIA domestic apron
(rep 30/08/2019)
Uniformity
in airfare infeasible: Operators, by Arpana Ale
Magar (ht 29/08/2019)
Domestic
travelers required to reach TIA an hr before flight
(rep 29/08/2019)
Delayed
budget approval may hold up projects, say officials:
The Civil Aviation Authority has prepared a Rs45
billion plan for fiscal 2019-20, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 28/08/2019)
Europe's
continued ban on Nepali airlines is unfair, civil
aviation officials say: ICAO had given Nepal a score
of 66 percent for effective implementation of safety
standards—way above the global benchmark of 60 percent,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 26/08/2019), CAAN
requests Europe to ease ban on Nepali airlines
(rep 26/08/2019)
GBIA
achieves 80 per cent work progress (ht 24/08/2019)
Suspension
on Simrik Airlines’ flights continues (ht
24/08/2019)
India
proposes to conduct study for navigational satellite
programme: GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation is
expected to improve air traffic management on the
Indian subcontinent, by Sangam Prasain (kp
24/08/2019)
High
ATF price hits foreign airlines: ‘Operating from Nepal
becoming increasingly infeasible', by Sujan
Dhungana (ht 23/08/2019) [Obviously,
Nepal is not interested in promoting tourism!],
NAC
refuels abroad (ht 23/08/2019)
Seven
companies express interest to build NIA (ht
23/08/2019)
The
pain of going around: Nepal aviation has been
subjected to EASA’s blacklisting since December 2013
because many European lives were lost in domestic
sectors in STOLs and helicopter crashes, by Hemant
Arjyal (rep 22/08/2019)
Myanmar
agrees to implement Himalaya-2 air route (ht
22/08/2019), Nepal
and Myanmar to hold talks to develop Himalaya 2
airspace: The air route is shorter, safer, more
economical and efficient for flights between
Europe-Middle East and East Asia, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 23/08/2019)
Nepal
Airlines resumes its Osaka flights after a decade but
it may fly almost empty: Officials admit that the poor
bookings reflect the carrier’s reputation for
inefficiency, by Sangam Prasain (kp 21/08/2019)
Open
skies for all: As the govt has taken measures to
improve the aviation sector, EU should also rethink
its ban on Nepali airlines from flying in its skies
(ht 21/08/2019)
CAAN
temporarily suspends all flights of Simrik Airlines
(ht 21/09/209)
Himalaya
Airlines cleared to operate flights to Beijing: The
private Nepali carrier plans to operate three weekly
services to Beijing Daxing International Airport from
September, by Sangam Prasain (kp 20/08/2019)
Eight
companies from seven countries are vying for the bid
to build Nijgadh International Airport: The project,
which is expected to cost $3.45 billion in total, is
eyed by both China and India, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 18/08/2019)
Bhairahawa
is getting a multi-billion-rupee airport. But will
tourists spend time in the city? Although the city is
the gateway to one of the country’s most prized
landmarks, it hardly has enough attractions to hold
tourists for more than a day, by Arya Mainali (kp
18/08/2019)
CAAN
to host 56th DGCA Conference (ht 17/08/2019), ‘Sky
should be accessible to all nations’ (ht
20/08/2019), Civil
aviation's mega meet concludes, next edition in Dhaka
(rep 24/08/2019)
SSP
implementation rate above 72%: CAAN (rep
17/08/209)
EU
needs to clarify ban on Nepali airlines: Bhattarai
(ht 16/08/2019)
Shree
Airlines to fly to India, Bangladesh (ht
15/08/2019)
Kathmandu
Airport to roll out heavy discount offers for midnight
flights: The move is aimed at helping the congested
airport deal with rapidly rising passenger numbers
next year when Visit Nepal 2020 will begin, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 14/08/2019)
‘Govt
will build NIA if it fails to lure foreign investors’
(ht 14/08/2019)
TIA
to set up taxi tracking system (ht 14/08/2019)
Team
leaves for Malaysia to study solar technologies at
Bhairahawa airport: The Gautam Buddha International
Airport, which is due to be completed by early next
year, plans to go fully solar, by Prahlad Rijal
(kp 13/08/2019)
NEA
to build dedicated feeder line to GBIA (ht
13/08/2019)
TIA
urged to focus on post-midnight flights (ht
13/08/2019)
Nepal
Airlines wants to sell its last Boeing 757, but
receives only two takers: When the aircraft flies off
into the sunset, it will mark the end of the Boeing
era in Nepal that began nearly five decades ago,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 12/08/2019)
Shree
Airlines permitted to operate flights to Varanasi
(ht 12/08/2019)
Bhairahawa
airport may be completed by December or March but no
one knows when operations will begin: With so much
work still remaining, not many are convinced that the
airport will be complete anytime soon, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 09/08/2019)
Tourism
minister vows to build Nijgadh airport at any cost:
All issues will be resolved, promised Yogesh
Bhattarai, but environmental activists are unconvinced,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 08/08/2019)
Civil
Aviation Authority submits $130m counterclaim against
Spanish contractor: Constructora Sanjose had filed a
$28 million claim at Singapore International
Arbitration Centre for contract termination, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 07/08/2019)
Govt
to form task force to study status of NAC: It will
plan the course for betterment of the airlines (ht
0608/2019)
Operate
TIA round the clock, NATTA asks tourism minister
(rep 06/08/2019)
Construction
of NIA will start soon: Minister Bhattarai (ht
05/08/2019)
NAC
to operate more domestic flights to contribute to VNY
2020 (ht 05/08/2019), NAC
operates trial flights to various parts of the country
(rep 05/08/2019)
Turbulent
times for NAC: NAC’s business plan was premised on a
flawed assumption of easy access to the proposed new
destinations like Korea, Japan and China apart from
Europe, by Mukul Mishra (rep 04/08/2019)
NAC
calls bids from consultants to conduct DDA (rep
04/08/2019)
NAC
to conduct chartered flights to Narita (ht
02/08/2019)
Nepal
Airlines has new planes, but no new plans, by
Sharad Ojha (nt 02/08/2019)
Families
of US-Bangla Airlines crash victims file $19 million
lawsuit: Flight BS-211 from Dhaka crashed on landing
at Tribhuvan International Airport, killing 51
passengers, by Sangam Prasain (kp 01/08/2019)
Rs
10b collected in aviation development fund in 5 years
(rep 31/07/2019)
NAC
introduces promotional airfare for Osaka flights
(ht 30/07/2019)
In
new pact, Nepal and China agree to increase weekly
flights to 98: The agreement is significant boost for
Nepal, which, five years ago, began with only 14
weekly flights to Chinese cities, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 27/07/2019)
Cabinet
approves, in-principle, to draft civil aviation bills:
Proposed legislation will split Civil Aviation
Authority into regulator and service provider, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 26/07/2019)
Incessant
rainfall affects local flights (ht 25/07/2019), Bad
weather affects domestic flights (rep 25/07/2019)
NAC
reopens booking for Osaka flights (rep 25/07/2019)
MoCTCA
team departs to China for revision of ASA
(ht 24/07/2019)
Trekking
operators warm to Manthali-Lukla flights, by
Nikeeta Gautam (rep 24/07/2019)
Himalaya
Airlines to begin flights to Dhaka from today (ht
22/07/2019)
43pc
of PRIA construction work completed so far (ht
16/07/2019)
Preventing
another setback, Kathmandu airport will offer short
window for Nepal Airlines flight to JapanAirport
officials are making an exception by opening the
airport for 30 minutes during the construction
phase of the taxiway in September, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 15/07/2019)
Domestic
airports resume operations (ht 15/07/2019)
GBIA
deadline extended till December (ht 15/07/2019)
Nepal
Airlines says it may incur a loss of Rs1.5 billion
this fiscal year: National flag carrier points to
higher fuel prices and competition from budget
airlines for the debacle, by Sangam Prasain (kp
13/07/2019)
Sound
of silence: Communications in aviation are not as
dependent on HF transmission as before, as other modes
of communications have overtaken HF, by Hemant
Arjyal (rep 13/07/2019)
Yeti
Airlines aircraft skids off runway (ht
12/07/2019), Runway
operations at TIA halted till 7:00 pm (ht
12/07/2019), Tribhuvan
International Airport temporarily closed after Yeti
Airlines aircraft suffers 'runway excursion' (kp
12/07/2019), Kathmandu
airport shut for eight hours after Yeti aircraft
overshoots runway during landing: Yeti Airlines
aircraft that skidded off the runway on landing
could not be removed due to heavy rains, forcing all
flights to be cancelled or diverted until 7pm, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 13/07/2019), Tribhuvan
International Airport opens again after being closed
down for eight hours, by Sangam Prasain (kp
13/07/2019), Yeti
plane runway excursion shuts TIA for 8 hours, by
Muna Sunuwar (rep 13/07/2019)
Himalaya
Airlines starting Dhaka flights from July 22 (rep
12/07/2019)
Cabinet
okays revision of air service agreement with China,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 12/07/2019)
Rs
50-cr remote parking bay inoperative, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 09/07/2019) [????]
Nepal
Airlines lacks pilots and plans to keep its
Chinese-made planes airborneAs the four aircraft
languish in the hangar, cash-strapped Nepal Airlines
Corporation’s losses soar, by Sangam Prasain (kp
07/07/2019)
Prime
minister blasts management of Nepal Airlines for
litany of failures: The only thing it has done is
accumulated loans worth Rs36 billion, Oli says, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 02/07/2019), NAC
on a prayer: The NAC cannot be relying on the
government for largesse to pay up its debt while the
management does little to improve its efficiency
(ht 03/07/2019)
NIA
likely to get permission to cut down trees (ht
29/06/219)
NAC
receives aircraft maintenance approval from regulator
(ht 29/06/2019)
In
instrument we trust: The most critical step in making
aviation safer, as what it is today, was primarily due
to setting up of “standard pressure” that governed
cruising in the airways, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
29/06/2019)
Kathmandu
airport to remain open for 21 hours daily from Monday:
The airport will again remain closed for 8 hours daily
from September for taxiway repairs, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 28/06/2019)
Violations
of operating procedures led to Air Dynasty
crash, report says: The crash, which killed a sitting
minister, clearly violated all standards for flying in
inclement weather and at high altitudes, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 27/06/2019)
Dalit
women representatives and decision making: They are
entering positions of power in their own right, not
thanks to the quota system, and need to be respected,
by Sarita Pariyar (kp 27/06/2019)
NAC
calls tender for auction of Boeing aircraft (ht
27/06/2019)
Khatiwada
reveals turnaround plan for debt-ridden Nepal
Airlines: Capital restructuring and inducting a
strategic partner are the major moves to revamp the
state-owned carrier, by Sangam Prasain (kp
26/06/2019)
Humde
airport yet to resume regular flights (ht
24/06/2019)
Three
new laws suggested to run civil aviation authority,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/06/2019)
TIA
to resume 21-hour operation from July (ht
20/06/2019)
Nepal
to seek access to all Chinese airports in new aviation
agreement: Delegations from the two countries
scheduled to meet in Beijing to thrash out the details,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 19/06/2019)
TAAN
urges govt to halt Kathmandu-Lukla flights (ht
19/06/2019)
Preparations
for flights to China completed by NAC (ht
17/06/2019)
CAAN
to continue Ramechhap-Lukla flights (ht
17/06/2019)
PM
Oli hopeful of Nepali planes returning to European
skies (rep 17/06/2019)
16
airports out of operation (ht 16/06/2019)
Gulf
of distrust: There is good prospect for
trans-Himalayan airways, not just “South of
Himalayas,” that could help bring in better
connectivity benefits in future, by Hemant Arjyal
(rep 15/06/2019)
Gautam
Buddha Airport slated to be second fully solar-powered
airport in the world: The project aims to produce 10
MW of solar power and is estimated to cost nearly $10
million, or $1 million per MW, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 14/06/2019)
NAC
preparing to put Y12e aircraft back in
service (ht 14/06/2019)
Nepal
Airlines to say bye bye to its last Boeing 757,
auction notice on Friday: When the aircraft flies off
into the sunset, it will mark the end of the Boeing
era in Nepal that began nearly 50 years ago, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 13/06/2019)
Finland
proposes signing air service agreement with Nepal: A
flight between Kathmandu and Helsinki is estimated to
take around 9 hours, by Sangam Prasain (kp
12/06/2019), Finnair
proposes Kathmandu-Helsinki flights (ht
19/06/2019)
Paragliding
has taken off in Pokhara, but the risks are numerous:
In the past year alone, there have been 20 serious
accidents involving paragliders, and no one seems to
know who is responsible, by Sachitra Gurung (kp
10/06/2019)
‘Wide-body
aircraft acquired without preparations’
(ht 08/06/2019)
Nepal
Airlines postpones flight service to Osaka, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 06/06/2019), Nepal
Airlines postpones Osaka service due to ‘very poor’
bookings: The national flag carrier is restarting a
service that debuted a quarter century ago, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 07/06/2019), Unreliable
service: Postponing flights to Osaka might make
business sense to the airline, but in doing so NAC’s
credibility is at stake (ht 07/06/2019)
Pokhara
Regional International Airport: Stakeholders see need
for better access road, by Santosh Pokharel
(rep 05/06/2019)
Kathmandu’s
airport gets two new parking bays (kp 05/06/2019)
Threat
to halt air services from Thursday (ht 04/06/2019)
Construction
of two new remote parking bays at TIA completed
(ht 03/06/2019)
Cabinet
issues ‘conflicting decision’ over Bhairahawa airport
operation: It has asked the tourism ministry to
appoint the foreign firms through a government to
government deal, while also asking officials to hold
an open competition, by Sangam Prasain (kp
02/06/2019)
Cabinet
okays GBIA operation in G2G modality (ht
31/05/2019)
Govt
yet to fulfil commitments made earlier for aviation
sector (ht 28/05/2019)
Buddha
Air to launch budget flights to Kolkata today (kp
27/05/2019)
TIA
to be upgraded to boutique airport by Oct (ht
26/05/2019)
Snail-paced
repair work at Dhangadhi Airport disappoints
Sudurpaschim people, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep
26/05/2019)
Airlines
keen to add flights to New Delhi (ht 24/05/2019)
Construction
of runway at Bhairahawa airport completed, by
Madhav Dhungana (kp 23/05/2019), With
runway blacktopped, Lumbini moves closer to opening a
new int'l airport, by Mohammad Habib (rep
23/05/2019)
DPR
of Sindhuli domestic airport completed (ht
23/05/2019)
TIA
fleecing international passengers for 8 years?, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 20/05/2019)
PAC
directs CAAN to recover Rs 1.95bn dues (ht
20/05/2019)
Himalaya
Airlines to lease one aircraft to Vietnamese airline
(ht 18/05/2019)
All
for pride: Overflying ferry flights, destined to
Nepal, were compelled to land under one pretext or
another or held up in countries outside India for days
before permits were issued, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
18/05/2019)
Drone
use in restricted areas goes unchecked, by Deepak
Pariyar (kp 17/05/2019)
NAC’s
profit surges after grounding of Jet Airways (ht
16/05/2019)
Nepal,
Cambodia agree to expedite process to start direct
flights (rep 16/05/2019)
Gautam
Buddha airport contractor stops work after not getting
paid, by sSangam Prasain (kp 13/05/2019), Construction
work at GBIA halted: Contractor says has not received
budget to carry out further works (ht 13/05/2019),
Finance
Ministry okays another Rs 700 million for Bhairahawa
airport project (kp 14/05/2019), Construction
work of GBIA resumes (ht 14/05/2019), Shortage
of engineering material, delay in payments hit the
project in last leg, by Mohammad Habib (rep
14/05/2019)
Aviation
diplomacy: This can play a crucial role in promoting
Nepal’s tourism that is vital to the economy, by
Yubraj Bhandari (kp 13/05/2019)
Grounded
Chinese planes to take to the skies again by July,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 12/05/2019)
NAC
urged to increase flights to India (ht 11/05/2019)
NAC
flying to Osaka from July 4 (rep 09/05/2019), Nepal
Airlines offers cheapest flight to Osaka: Rs45,000
one-way, by Sangam Prasain (kp 10/05/2019)
Dhangadhi
airport shut for a month for upgrading, by Dil
Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 06/05/2019)
Choppers
grounded (ht 04/05/2019)
What
if?
Why is it necessary for the full squadron of ministers
and battalions of top ranking officers to be present
at the airport for every goings and comings of VIPs?,
by Hemant Arjyal (rep 04/05/2019)
‘Recent
incidents reveal state of aviation safety in Nepal’,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 01/05/2019)
CAAN
revokes suspension order of Capt Lama (ht
30/04/2019)
Yeti
Airlines adds fourth ATR72-500 aircraft to its fleet
(ht 29/04/2019)
Nepal
Airlines receives fare clearance for Osaka flights,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 26/04/2019)
Nepal
Airlines
struggles to stay afloat—and it is going deeper into
debt: The national flag carrier says its current cash
flow, including a sinking fund, stands only at
Rs 200 million, by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/04/2019)
Call
to resume flights (ht 25/04/2019)
Air
connectivity discussion with China in July (ht
25/04/2019)
NAC
to add new flights to Delhi from May 1: Indigo Air,
SpiceJet keen to add flights on DEL-KTM route (ht
24/04/2019)
Gautam
Buddha airport project faces material supply problems,
by Madhav Dhungana (kp 24/04/2019)
Tara
Air plane suffers runway excursion: One eyewitness
says a major crash was averted, by Tika Prasad
Bhatta (kp 23/04/2019)
As
Jet
Airways comes to a halt, airfares for New Delhi take
off: Officials say ticket prices for Kathmandu-New
Delhi sector won’t see any drop unless other airlines
dive to fill in the demand, by Sangam Prasain (kp
22/04/2019)
Nijgadh
Airport sees potential investors queuing up after
Investment Summit, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 22/04/2019)
Country
yet to improve aviation safety (ht 22/04/2019)
Nepal
Airlines grounds Chinese-made planes for lack of
instructor pilot: The state-owned carrier is losing
millions of rupees, by Sangam Prasain (kp
21/04/2019)
Department
of Immigration to install new system to check on
frequent flyers, by Nayak Paudel (kp 21/04/2019) [??]
Jet
Airways closure affects air travel to and from Nepal,
by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 20/04/2019)
Locals
lament Jumla Airport mess: Flights halted once again
due to repairs, by DB Budha (rep 19/04/2019)
Construction
of runway completed at Pokhara international airport,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 18/04/2019)
TIA
passengers still trudge with luggage (ht
18/04/2019)
Buddha
Air clarifies Minister Baskota was late for flight
(ht 17/04/2019) [According to
which law do planes have to wait if a politician
arrieves too late at the airport!!]
Nepalgunj
CAO seeks Rs 350m for upgradation (ht 17/04/2019)
NAC
bungling
hassles passengers at Delhi airport: Nepal Airlines
Corporation did not bother to provide either
accommodation or food to passengers (ht
15/04/2019)
At
least three killed in Summit Air plane crash at Lukla
airport, by Sangam Prasain (kp 14/04/2019), Three
killed, three injured in Lukla crash, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 14/04/2019), Three
killed in Summit Air plane accident in Lukla, Nepal
Police confirms (with video) (rep 14/04/2019), Flight
that crashed and killed 3 in Lukla was under an
inexperienced co-pilot’s command, officials say:
Authorities at the regulatory body said the pilot may
have allowed the co-pilot to take off because there
were no passengers on board, by Sangam Prasain (kp
15/04/2019), Pilot-in-command
failed to correct junior’s error, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 16/04/2019)
Lack
of passengers force resumed domestic airports to close
again (ht 14/04/2019)
Jet
Airways abandons Kathmandu flights till May 5 (ht
13/04/2019)
At
Nepal’s
only international airport, it’s not just runway that
needs fixing: Visitors who arrive at the Tribhuvan
International Airport in Kathmandu complain of
hassles at immigration, hour-long waits for baggage
and rude staff, by Thomas Heaton (kp 12/04/2019)
Why
did
Kathmandu airport allow FlyDubai to take off but
ground Nepal Airlines? Officials don’t have a clear
answer: New regulations during the runway renovation
bar flights from taking off after 10pm, but officials
say it is not a blanket restriction, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 11/04/2019)
TIA’s
only café in sterile zone shut after owner held with
undeclared foreign currencies, by Nayak Paudel (kp
11/04/2019)
Taplejung
chopper crash: Investigation affected as probe team
fails to locate equipment (ht 10/04/2019)
GBIA
unlikely to start operation in 2019, by Arpana Ale
Magar (ht 08/04/2019)
Poor
weather affects scheduled TIA flights (ht
07/04/2019)
CAAN
invites fresh bids for Tribhuvan Airport expansion
works, by Sangam Prasain (kp 07/04/2019)
Key
metrics of Nepali aviation take a nosedive: Blame
falls on Civil Aviation Authority Nepal’s
mismanagement, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 07/04/2019)
Nepal
Airlines’
scheduled flight to Dubai refused permission to
take-off: Air traffic control refuses to grant four
extra minutes for take-off citing NOTAM on runway
extension work (ht 04/04/2019), CAAN
blames NAC for Dubai flight fiasco, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 06/04/2019)
Capacity
of Gautam Buddha Int'l Airport being expanded, by
Mohammad Habib (rep 04/04/2019)
NAC
to auction second Boeing 757 aircraft (ht
03/04/2019)
Irregular
flights trouble Humla passengers (rep 02/04/2019)
Air
service
to Lukla to be operated from Manthali: The runway at
Tribhuvan International Airport will remain open for
only 14 hours daily while repairs are done to the
pavement, by Sangam Prasain (kp 02/04/2019)
TIA
to remain shut for 10 hours daily for repairs from
today, by Khilak Budhathoki (rep 01/04/2019)
Another
larger terminal to be built at Bhairahawa airport,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 012/04/2019)
New
legislation to split civil aviation body slows to
crawl, by Sangam Prasain (kp 30/03/2019)
Kathmandu
airport
runway restoration to begin Monday: This is the ‘most
critical project’ that has been planned at the
airport, authorities said, by Sangam Prasain (kp
27/03/2019)
Disaster
waiting to happen? TIA terminal building emergency
exits locked!, by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 26/03/2019)
AirAsia
asks TIA to waive late fees worth Rs 130 million
(ht 26/03/2019)
Nepal
Airlines to discuss Kathmandu-Narita flights with
Japanese delegation, by Sangam Prasain (kp
25/03/2019)
Dynasty
chopper crash: Probe marred by glaring negligence
(ht 20/03/2019)
Kathmandu-bound
jet avoids mid-air collision by seconds in Mumbai
airspace (rep 18/03/2019)
Finance
Ministry tops list of non-paying tenants at airport
(kp 18/03/2019)
19
airports out of operation, by Khilik Budhathoki
(rep 17/03/2019)
SilkAir
changes
its aircraft to Kathmandu following Singapore’s
decision to halt all 737 Max 8 planes: Buddha Air,
which has been exploring Max 8 for its operations out
of Pokhara, says it hopes Boeing will have solved the
problem by the time it is ready for jet operations,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 14/03/2019)
Aviation
regulator announces a slew of safety measures post Air
Dynasty crash, by Sangam Prasain (kp 10/03/2019)
Team
to look into cause of PM’s flight landing delay,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 08/03/2019) [This
issue is not understandable: One day earlier, our
flight was held in the air for about 45 minutes!!]
Thai
firm wins $4.83m contract to install communications
system, by Sangam Prasain (kp 08/03/2019)
Pokhara
International Airport project completes apron works,
by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 07/03/2019)
Pokhara
Civil Aviation Authority bans solo paragliding
following third crash in a week, by Deepak Pariyar
(kp 06/03/2019), Successful
test flights conducted in Sindhupalchok, by Anish
Tiwari (kp 06/03/2019)
Civil
Aviation Authority files Rs13 billion counter claim
against Spanish contractor, by Sangam Prasain (kp
03/03/2019)
Chopper
crash to cause more difficulties to get delisted fom
EU safety list (ht 02/03/2019)
The
New
(Sky) Silk Road To Istanbul: Turkish Airlines prepares
to operate its Kathmandu link through the new hub,
which will be the world’s largest airport (nt
01/03/2019)
Air
Dynasty
crash raises aquestion — again — why so many choppers
go down in Nepal: Aviation experts lay stress on
strict compliance with standard operating procedures,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 01/03/2019), Better
safe than sorry: Weather conditions make Nepal’s
airspace more challenging for pilots (kp
01/03/2019), Tragic
crash:
What all this points to is the amount of precautionary
measures airlines must take to provide a safe journey
to their passengers (ht 01/03/2019), Crash
points again to lapses in air safety (rep
01/03/2019), Locals
blame cloud, strong winds for chopper crash, by
Khagendra Adhikari (rep 01/03/2019)
Twelve-year
toll in Taplejung air crashes 31, including ministers
(ht 01/03/2019)
Int'l
flights affected as Pakistan closes its airspace:
Flights to various Gulf destinations and Turkey use
Lima 302 route (rep 01/03/2019)
Thumkidanda
airport in limbo after minister’s death (ht
28/02/2019)
Chopper
carrying Tourism Minister Rabindra Adhikari crashed in
Taplejung; all seven on board killed (kp
27/02/2019), Seven
including Tourism Minister Adhikari killed in Air
Dynasty helicopter crash (ht 27/02/2019), Seven
people,
including tourism minister, killed in a helicopter
crash: The chopper crashed into a cliff after entering
a thick blanket of cloud, eyewitnesses say, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 28/02/2019), The
last journey (nt 01/03/2019)
TIA
runway to be closed for 10 hours every day (rep
26/02/2019), Civil
Aviation Authority of Nepal to finance airport
improvement project, by Sangam Prasain (kp
27/02/2019)
Airport
parking
lot was opened in haste to show progress, officials
say: Authorities say a new tunnel will bring
passengers relief before summer, but not everyone is
hopeful, by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/02/2019)
Tribhuvan
International Airport posts 12 percent passenger
growth in 2018, by Sangam Prasain (kp 24/02/2019)
10,000-kilolitre
fuel tanks to be built at Bhairahawa (kp
23/02/2019)
NAC
hiring 50 pilots, aiming to operate its fleet to full
capacity (rep 23/02/2019)
Airport
tax money not being spent as intended: Tourism
Ministry, by Sangam Prasain (kp 21/02/2019)
Nepal
Airlines to fly to new destinations (ht
21/02/2019)
TIA
authorities allow passengers to take trolleys up to
parking bay, by Umesh Poudel (ht 20/02/2019)
DPR
for airport in Dhankuta prepared (ht 19/02/2019)
Govt
designates restricted zones for drone flight (ht
18/02/2019)
TIA
may ground Himalaya Airlines over non-payment of dues,
by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 18/02/2019)
European
ambassadors briefed on plans to split civil aviation
body, by Sangam Prasain (kp 17/02/2019)
Pokhara-Jomsom
flights resume after a week, by Sushil Babu
Thakali (rep 15/02/2019)
NAC:
From heyday to mayday, by Prabhat Chhetri (ht
11/02/2019)
Nepal
Airlines to fly non-stop to Osaka from March-end,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 10/02/2019), March
launch of nonstop Osaka service ‘unlikely but
possible’, by Sangam Prasain (kp 11/02/2019)
Benefit
of
doubt: It is surprising that US-Bangla investigation
report does not say anything specific about the
situation that led to its disorientation, primary
reason for crash, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
09/02/2019)
Tourism
Ministry, Aviation Authority cross swords over
operational modalities, by Sangam Prasain (kp
07/02/2019) [on Gautam Buddha International Airport]
Domestic
air passenger numbers double to 7,800 daily, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 05/02/2019)
NAC
receives AOC for Japan flights; awaits Japanese nod,
by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 03/02/2019)
Passenger
flow through TIA increasing each year (rep
02/02/2019)
Gautam
Buddha airport project extends deadline for ground
services, by Sangam Prasain (kp 01/02/2019)
Six
airports
in southern plains can handle night flights: Bhadrapur
Airport is the newest entrant; Prime Minister to
inaugurate the area navigation system today, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 31/01/2019) [Nothing
else to do for the PM?]
Chopper
firms deny involvement in rescue scam, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 29/01/2019)
Pilots’
medical history in focus after fatal US-Bangla crash,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 28/01/2019), Loss
of situational awareness of crew primary factor for
crash (ht 28/01/2019)
Poor
visibility affects flights at TIA for 3 hours (ht
28/01/2019)
Committee
recommends immediate start of Nijgadh airport works
(rep 27/01/2019)
NAC
announces special promotional fare for Bangkok
(rep 27/01/2019)
Making
hay,
our way: Probably nothing much will come out of
investigations on wide-body scam. Events bear a
“symbolic” and yet uncanny similarity to how Jamal
Kashoggi was murdered, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
26/01/2019)
Anti-graft
body opens detailed investigation on Airbus A330 deal
(kp 25/01/2019
Local
units okayed to issue helicopter rescue permits,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/01/2019)
Kathmandu
Airport
is Nepal in a microcosm: The only aerial gateway of
the country leaves a first and last impression of
Nepal for visitors, and it is not pleasant, by
Anil Chitrakar (nt 25/01/2019)
Regular
flights at Khanidanda airport halted (ht
25/01/2019)
Construction
of airport in Nagidanda not feasible: Report (ht
24/01/2019)
Wide-body
scam affects NAC’s image in international markets:
Entrepreneurs (rep 24/01/2019)
Panel
formed
to probe into jet purchase deal is directionless: 19
days have passed since the probe body was formed, and
it still lacks terms of reference, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 23/01/2019) [It
has obviously been formed gang to prevent facts
regarding a participation of leading politicians by
doing nothing!]
Luggage
collection at TIA a weighty woe, by Sujan Dhungana
(ht 23/01/2019)
Nepal
Airlines to auction last B757 after overhaul, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 23/01/2019)
Nepal,
India air route talks keep going round in circles,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/01/2019)
Thai
firm likely to get contract for Bhairahawa airport
second phase, by Sangam Prasain (kp 20/01/2019)
Buddha
Air prepares international trial with Kolkata flight,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 17/01/2019), Buddha
Air to start Kolkata flights from April 15 (rep
17/012/2019)
Helicopter
country: Safety a major concern, by Narayan B.S.
Dongol (ht 17/01/2019)
Nijgadh
is best site for int’l airport: House panel (rep
17/01/2019), Tree
cutting permit only after confirming investment: Panel,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 24/01/2019)
Qatar
approaches
Nepal to build international airport in Nijgadh:
Modality for the government-to-government undertaking
has yet to be finalised, by Sangam Prasain (kp
14/01/2019)
Domestic
airfares plunge as carriers face glut of seats, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 14/01/2019), Fuel
surcharge down 9.6 percent (kp 14/01/2019)
Passengers’
woes begin right at TIA’s doorstep, by Sujan
Dhungana (ht 14/01/2019), Passengers’
woes:
Things can be improved upon greatly at the TIA by
listening to the woes and concerns of the passengers
as they surface (ht 15/01/2019)
Positive
spin
gone awry: No bureaucrat or official will have the
guts to try to execute this level of fraud without
political blessings from the very top, by Hemant
Arjyal (rep 12/01/2019)
NAC
preparing to fly to Osaka from Feb, by Arpana Ale
Magar (rep 12/01/2019)
Airfare
lowered as NOC reduces aviation fuel price by Rs 10
(rep 12/01/2019), Airfares
for domestic routes to cost less (ht 13/01/2019)
Accounts
committee
ignores crucial facts in aircraft purchase probe:
Jitendra Dev was not the tourism minister when the
first instalment was released to Airbus plane vendor,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 11/01/2019)
Domestic
flights to be cheaper from Sunday (kp 11/01/2019)
Outbound
flights from TIA delayed: Disturbance was witnessed in
area control and approach control frequencies (ht
09/01/2019)
Draft
bill
moots creating two aviation authorities: CAAN
officials have raised questions over the modality,
particularly the expanded role of the government,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 07/01/2019)
TIA
to be modified as ‘boutique’ airport (ht
07/01/2019)
Army
to
buy 4 choppers worth Rs 6b for VVIPs: Currently, Nepal
Army has two fixed-wing planes and 12 helicopters. The
army plans the number of aircraft to 31 by 2082
(rep 05/01/2019)
Keeping
Nepal Airlines airworthy: Nepal’s flag carrier faces
multi-pronged attacks just as it prepares to spread
its wings, by Sharad Ojha (nt 04/01/2019)
More
than luck in Lukla: Airport congestion and delays will
get worse before they get better, by Rikki Walters
(nt 04/01/2019)
Munich
Airport tipped to be appointed consultant, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 02/01/2019)
Radar
outage results in traffic chaos at TIA, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 02/01/2019)
Around
Rs 4b embezzled while buying planes: House sub-panel,
by Anil Giri (kp 01/01/2019), Lawmakers
call for joint investigation committee, by Anil
Giri (kp 02/01/2019), PAC
panel faults Minister Adhikari, others in wide-body
scam (rep 02/01/2019), Sub-panel
recommends
action against tourism minister: The PAC sub-committee
was formed to look into possible anomalies in NAC’s
wide-body aircraft purchase deal, by Umesh Poudel
(ht 02/01/2019), Oli
government
faces moral quandary: While pressure mounts on the Oli
government to open a fair and comprehensive
probe into the case, some leaders from the
ruling Nepal Communist Party say the government
will not take any decision in haste, by Anil Giri
(kp 03/01/2019), Wide-body
jet deal cost carrier Rs 4.35b in losses: KC report,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 03/01/2019), Sky-high
corruption: Government must take serious note of the
wide-body financial irregularity (kp 03/01/2019),
Cabinet
forms
panel to probe disputed aircraft purchase:
Three-member commission set up after a parliamentary
subcommittee charges sitting minister and top
bureaucrats with embezzling billions, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 04/01/2019), Former
ministers Shahi, Dev refute their involvement in NAC
irregularities (ht 04/01/2019), Panel
fails
to endorse subcommittee report for want of revision:
Report on aircraft procurement to be endorsed after
correcting three major issues, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 05/01/2019)
Draft
Civil Aviation Bill in final stage of completion,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 01/01/2019)
Up,
up, and away: Reflection is vital on the occasion of
the 20th anniversary of the Civil Aviation Authority
of Nepal, by Tri Ratna Manandhar (kp 31/12/2019)
To
build
or not to build: If at all Nepal wants to become an
air transit hub of Asia, Gautam Buddha International
Airport will help us become one, by Keshav
Bhattarai (rep 30/12/2018)
Decades-long
legacy of TIA gradually being destroyed: Custodians of
TIA have systematically decimated its original
aesthetics, by Rajan Pokhrel (rep 30/12/2018)
Rumjatar
folks prefer to travel by land (ht 30/12/2018)
Contractor
delivers substandard work at Nijgadh airport, by
Upendra Yadav (rep 29/12/2018)
Daring
of
non-flying hour: Half of Kathmandu was on terrace
watching the B727 that was struck overhead with
technical issue for hours around midnight in 1978,
by Hemant Arjyal (rep 29/12/2018)
Auditor
general
says minister lied to House panel: Tanka Mani Sharma
says Rabindra Adhikari did not consult his office
before making payment for the jets, by Anil Giri
(kp 27/12/2018)
Avoiding
turbulence: Debates on Nijgadh airport should move beyond
binaries, by Atindra Dahal (kp 26/12/2018)
Montreal
Convention: Flying on the right path, by Prabhat Chhetri
(ht 26/12/2018)
Pokhara
International Airport: Runway, taxiway expected to be ready
by mid-April 2019, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 25/12/2018)
Domestic
airlines
poised to add regional aircraft: Major carriers have placed
orders for regional aircraft due to a rapid rise in the
number of travellers; The rise in the number of planes,
coupled with increased international flights, has put
immense pressure on the country’s strained aviation
infrastructure, by Sangam Prasain (kp 24/12/2018)
TIA
runway extension project gets go-ahead, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 23/12/2018)
Fresh
report
may cost state coffers Rs700m: The House panel has directed
Tourism Ministry to prepare a new DPR and approve it within
this fiscal year, by Sangam Prasain (kp 20/12/2018)
Nijgadh
International Airport: Parliamentary panel allays fears of
ecological impacts (rep 20/12/2018)
‘Premature’
tender
for airport expansion project cancelled: A source at the
financer Asian Development Bank said that the project
called for tenders even before the funding had been
approved, by Sangam Prasain (kp 19/12/2018)
Nepal’s
aviation sector: Opportunities and challenges, by Mukesh
Dangol (ht 19/12/2018)
CAAN
must
reform: CAAN needs to make drastic reforms from within to
address Nepal’s air safety concerns on a par with
international standard (ht 19/12/2018)
CAAN’s
priorities make mockery of air safety, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 18/12/2018)
Top
leaders’ silence in plane deal conspicuous: Leaders refuse
to lead House sub-panels formed to probe dodgy deal, by
Anil Giri (kp 16/12/2018)
Getting
rubbed silently, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 15/12/2018)
Montreal
Convention comes into effect in Nepal today (rep
15/12/2018), Montreal
Convention comes into effect today, by Umesh Poudel (ht
15/12/2018), Nepal
awaits
modified Montreal Convention to domestic carriage: The MC99
came into force in Nepal on Saturday with nearly eight-fold
increase in compensation for airline passenger death
involving international flights, by Sangam Prasain (kp
16/12/2018)
Sub-panel
to probe aircraft procurement, by Anil Giri (kp
13/12/2018)
Wide-body
bought without tender call: Regulator; Estimated cost based
on price of 8 years ago (rep 11/12/2018), PAC
serious about wide-body investigation: Chairman Shah
(rep 11/12/2018)
Global
bids re-invited for airport expansion project, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 10/12/2018), Runway
contract in limbo (kp 10/12/2018)
‘Bill
to
split civil aviation body to go to Parliament’: Tourism
Ministry plans to introduce the Civil Aviation bill at the
winter session of Parliament, by Sangam Prasain (kp
09/12/2018)
Here’s
everything you need to know about Nepal Airlines’ Airbus
deal, by Sangam Prasain (kp 07/12/2018)
On
airbus
scam: As a government-owned company, Nepal Airlines
Corporation’s compliance with public procurement regulations
has to be above suspicion, by Mukul Mishra (rep
05/12/2018), National
flag carrier directed to conduct due diligence audit, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 06/12/2018), Minister
floats idea of bringing in strategic partner for NAC
(rep 06/12/2018)
Nepal
Airlines, Kansai Airport chiefs discuss Japan flights
(kp 04/12/2018)
Tough
take-off: Without a sound business plan, Gautam Buddha
International Airport may turn into a boondoggle rather than
a boon (ht 04/12/2018)
New
airport in Nijgadh: We must weigh all options, by
Jitendra Rana (ht 04/12/2018)
Jomsom
airport runway being repaired after two decades, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 04/12/2018)
Gautam
Buddha International Airport: Sustainability worries fly in
the face of govt claims, by Umesh Poudel (ht 03/12/2018)
Runway
extension project reassigned to Nepali firm, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 02/12/2018)
Nepal
still
on EU air safety list: In December 5, 2013, the EC had
imposed a blanket ban on all airlines from Nepal from flying
into the 28-nation bloc (kp 02/12/2018), European
Union ban on Nepali airlines remains even after five years,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 02/12/2018), Improve
air
safety: The government has no other option than to address
EU’s concerns so that Nepali airlines can spread their wings
far and wide (ht 03/12/2018)
Nepal,
Cambodia
sign maiden air service pact: The agreement will allow both
countries to operate 14 weekly flights and unlimited cargo
flights, by Sangam Prasain (kp 30/11/2018)
Lawmakers
demand detailed report about Airbus deal, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 29/11/2018)
Nepal
flag carriers safety audit by SKorea ‘uncertain’, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 28/11/2018)
Nepal
Airlines urged to ensure flight regularity (ht
28/11/2018)
7
firms bid for 2nd phase of Bhairahawa airport project,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 27/11/2018)
Domestic
air passenger traffic soars 16 percent, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 25/11/2018)
House
panel seeks Airbus deal papers, by Sanjeeb Phuyal (kp
24/11/2018), PAC
probe deepens, by Sangam Prasain (kp 26/11/2018), NAC
officials dodge most PAC questions, by Arpana Ale Magar
(rep 16/11/2018)
Nepal,
Cambodia
to sign new air service agreement: Cambodian officials said
they wanted to establish air links with Nepal,
particularly the upcoming Gautam Buddha International
Airport in Bhairahawa, by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/11/2018)
Over
3m travellers passed through TIA in 9 months, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 21/11/2018)
Flying
on empty: Privatisation is a must to steer NAC away from
turbulence (kp 19/11/2018)
Bhairahawa
airport may get additional parking bays, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 19/11/2018)
Work
for two parkways starts at airport (kp 17/11/2018), New
parking bays to ease congestion at Tribhuvan Int’l Airport,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 18/11/2018)
Balloon
Nepal to start commercial flights, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 17/11/2018)
On
the verge of ‘bankruptcy’, Nepal Airlines seeks bailout,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 16/11/2018), NAC
seeks govt funds to cover wide-body operation losses
(rep 16/11/2018), Nepal
Airlines on a wing and a prayer: Turns to govt to tide over
financial woes; Debt crosses Rs 32 billion (ht
16/11/2018)
Nepal
Airlines to resume Osaka flights, drops Tokyo plan, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 15/11/2018)
Nepal
seeks access to Chinese airports, by Sangam Prasain (kp
14/11/2018), China
positive about allowing NAC to fly to its cities (rep
14/11/2018)
Airbus
A220 jet makes maiden landing in Nepal, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 13/11/2018)
Nepal,
Cambodia to sign air services pact (ht 13/11/2018)
Ethiopian
carrier
woos Nepal Airlines with tie-up offer: Ethiopian
Airlines owns a fleet of 108 aircraft and serves 125
international and domestic destinations. It wants to
join forces with NAC as part of its bid to
establish multiple hubs beyond the African continent,
by Sangam Prasain and Anil Giri (kp 12/11/2018)
Chinese
firm
to rehabilitate TIA runway, taxiway: The sole
international airport to be shut from 10pm to 8am
daily from first week of April, by Sujan Dhungana
(ht 06/11/2018)
TIA
and congestion: Ways to deal with it, by Umesh
Kumar Panthi (ht 05/11/2018)
At
PM’s behest, aviation academy faces turbulence, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 04/11/2018)
Nepal,
Thailand
to hike flight frequency 3-fold: Thailand, with a
majority of Buddhist population, is keen to connect
Gautam Buddha Int’l Airport, by Sangam Prasain (kp
01/11/2018)
Jumla
Airport closed for locals, not for minister, by DB
Budha (rep 01/11/2018)
Paving
work on runway at Bhairahawa airport starts, by
Sangam Prasain and Amrita Anmol (kp 31/10/2018), Tourism
minister assures GBIA runway will be ready in 6 months,
by Mohammad Habib (rep 31/10/2018)
The
sky is the limit: India’s refusal to grant two-way
western air routes is a barrier for Nepali airlines,
by Hari Prasad Shrestha (kp 30/10/2018)
Families
of plane crash victims to get $158,565: Nepal becomes
the 135th member to ratify the Montreal Convention at
ICAO, by Sangam Prasain (kp 30/10/2018)
Immigration
services
need to improve, says minister: Home Secretary Rai
says immigration system at TIA will be operated
through modern technology within a month (ht
27/10/2018)
Spreading
the wingsNAC’s plane purchase, by Sugat Ratna
Kansakar (ht 25/10/2018)
Himalaya
begins direct flights to Chongqing (kp 23/10/2018)
Private
airlines yet to start flights to Ramechhap (ht
16/10/2018)
Nepal-India
air
route talks: India makes U-turn; Entry points from
Nepalgunj and L626 were ‘denied for defence and
traffic issues respectively’, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 15/10/2018)
Flight
to Sanfebagar resumes after 13 years, by Khamma
Khatri (rep 15/10/2018)
Airport
construction picks pace (ht 15/10/2018)
Chinese
firm wins TIA rehab project (kp 14/10/2018)
The
ultimate
backup: Concerns have been growing that airline
pilots’ basic stick, rudder and energy management
skills have weakened with automation, by Hemant
Arjyal (rep 13/10/2018)
AirAsia
suspends its flight to Nepal from today (ht
13/10/2018), TIA
to
seek IATA’s help to collect dues from AirAsia: The
Malaysian low-cost airline, which stopped flights to
Nepal on October 13, has yet to pay Rs 130 million,
by Sujan Dhungana (ht 31/10/2018)
Buddha
Air announces divestment programme (kp 11/10/2018)
Nijgadh
airport project will spell disaster, warn
conservationists, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
09/10/2018), Forest
Ministry says ‘no need to obstruct Nijgadh project’
(kp 12/10/2018)
Rumjatar
airport to resume flight service (kp 08/10/2018)
Air
entry routs: CAAN team to visit Delhi to resume talks
(kp 08/10/2018)
NAC
resumes Lukla flight (kp 07/10/2018)
NAC
postpones relaunch of Japan service till Nov (kp
01/10/2018)
Plan
afoot to convert Nepal Airlines Corporation into a
company (kp 30/09/2018)
House
panel to probe Airbus purchase deal, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 28/09/2018), Nepal
Airlines flouted own laws, says Auditor general
(kp 29/09/2018)
US-Bangla
applies for TIA slot after crash (kp 27/09/2018)
AirAsia
X told to clear dues by Oct 5: The carrier owes Rs 170
million to TIA in service charge and fines (ht
27/09/2018)
Nepal
Airlines gearing up to resume flights to remote
locations before Dashain (ht 27/09/2018)
NAC
conducts successful Lukla test flight of Y12e aircraft
(kp 26/09/2018)
Gautam
Buddha
Airport: Bids invited for second phase of project; The
airport will be equipped with an Instrument Landing
System which allows approaches and landings even in
poor weather conditions (kp 24/09/2018)
International
flying rules relaxed for domestic carriers (kp
23/09/2018)
Economy
&
ecology of Nijgad airport: Preserving native forest
has dominated debate over Nepal’s fourth international
airport, it should be about economic viability, by
Om Astha Rai (nt 21/09/2018), Folly
at Nijgadh: The gigantic airport can be built in
non-ecological zones instead of dense Sal forests,
by Roshan Sharma (kp 23/09/2018), People
with vested interests ‘oppose airport in Nijgadh'
(kp 24/09/2018), Carbon
credit earnings under cloud: Nepal may lose Rs 231.4
bn worth of absorbed carbon for building Nijgad
airport, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 25/09/2018)
Yeti
Airlines brings third ATR 72-500 (rep 19/09/2018)
Civil
aviation grounds aircraft as pilot fails to report
bird hit (kp 18/09/2018)
Government
revives dual power system at NAC: The Cabinet meeting
on Sunday appointed Madan Kharel as the executive
chairman (kp 18/09/2018), Madan
Kharel appointed executive chairman of NAC: Sugat
Ratna Kansakar stripped of executive powers, by
Arpana Ale Magar [rep 18/09/2018)
SKorea
to conduct safety audit of NAC, TIA: Plans afoot to
start regular flights to Incheon Int’l Airport (ht
17/09/2018)
CIAA
starts probe into Nepal Airlines’ aircraft purchase
misconduct, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
15/09/2018)
Wide-body
aircraft bleeding NAC white, by Umesh Poudel (rep
15/09/2018)
Flight
of
fancy: There is a good scope for bringing overflying
traffic using Nepali airspace while flying L626/B345
to head north, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 15/09/2018)
Forest
for the trees: Nijgadh Airport, while necessary,
should not come at the cost of the environment (kp
14/09/2018), Environmentalists
decry
Nijgadh airport project at cost of wildlife, forest:
As per the Environment and Social Impact Assessment
report, nearly 770,000 trees would be chopped down
during the first phase, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 15/09/2018), CAAN
asks activists not to scuttle Nijgadh airport project
(rep 15/09/2018), Nijgadh
Airport to consider environment issue: Minister,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 16/09/2018), Despite
govt commitment, environment experts skeptical about
Nijgadh airport (rep 16/09/2018), 763,480
trees to be cut for Nijgadh airport (ht
16/09/2018), Reforestation
criteria not ready yet (rep 17/09/2018), Nijgadh
airport must be built (rep 17/09/2018)
SalamAir
commences flights to Nepal (ht 12/09/2018), Salam
Air launches Kathmandu flights (kp 14/09/2018)
Second
international airport: Nod to fell 2.45 million trees
to be sought, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 11/09/2018)
Airport
closed for a month (kp 10/09/2018)
Six
killed in Mailung helicopter crash : One woman
passenger miraculously survives, by Suraj Kunwar
and Nayak Paudel (kp 09/09/2018), Six
killed, one critically injured in Nuwakot chopper
crash, by Sarita Shrestha and Bhagwati Lama (rep
09/09/2018), The
plights of northern Gorkha: Locals have no option
other than taking dangerous helicopter flights, by
Narahari Sapkota (rep 10/09/2018), Aviation
concerns (ht 10/09/2018)
Carriers
cutting corners: Aviation regulators must monitor the
financial health of airlines to ensure air safety,
by Subarna Raj Bhattarai (kp 09/09/2018)
TIA
welcomes 2.15million passengers in first half (kp
08/09/2018)
EC
unhappy over delay in creating law to split CAAN
(kp 07/09/2018)
BB
Airways seeks permit to scrap its Boeing 757 (kp
05/09/2018)
Air
travel
soars on cheaper tickets, richer travellers: According
to TIA, packed domestic flights carried 1.31m
travellers in the first six months (kp 04/09/2018)
AirAsia
to suspend Nepal flights (ht 03/09/2018)
Yeti
plane skids off runway (kp 02/09/2018)
Gautam
Buddha International Airport: Airport ‘unlikely’ to be
complete by July 2019 (kp 02/09/2018)
Qatar
Airways adds flight after extension of TIA hours,
ba Arpana Ale Magar (rep 02/09/2018)
Expressions
of interest to be called for Nijgadh airport, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 30/08/2018)
TIA’s
flight schedule to be affected (ht 28/08/2018), Air
traffic movement to be affected for 4 days (kp
29/08/2018)
US-Bangla
plane
crash: Pilot was mentally stressed and reckless: New
report by Nepali investigators says the captain’s past
behaviour should have been a warning sign, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 27/08/2018)
Parliament
ratifies MC99: The Montreal Convention 1999 stipulates
higher compensation for accidents involving int’l
flights, by Sangam Prasain (kp 24/08/2018)
National
flag carrier to bring in more tourists (ht
22/08/2018)
A
game changer: New international airport will be
crucial to the tourism and economic development of
Pokhara, by Sagar Gurung (kp 21/08/2018)
Expensive
travel: Hike in fuel surcharge pushes up airfares
(kp 21/08/2018)
Runway
to be closed for 10 hours daily for repairs (kp
20/08/2018)
Work
on Gautam Buddha International Airport sluggish,
by Binod Pariyar (rep 20/08/2018), Bring
GBIA into operation within this fiscal year, tourism
minister tells CAAN (rep 20/08/2018)
Air
Asia X flight halted for non payments (kp
19/08/2018), Air
Asia X refutes TIA’s claim of deferring due payments
(kp 22/08/2018)
Army
to receive four US-granted aircraft by 2020: Nepal
Army personnel are already being trained to operate
Sky Trucks (kp 18/08/2018)
CAAN
allots Rs 151m for bonus payments (kp 17/08/2018)
[??]
Helicopter
operations safety requirements blissfully ignored,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 17/08/2018)
Of
planes and pachyderms: The proposed Nijgadh Airport
infuriated development activists and environmental
activists, by Chandra Mani Aryal (kp 15/08/2018)
CAAN
passes Rs45b budget with largest chunk for infra
(kp 15/08/2018)
Shree
Airlines gets nod to add three new Bombardier aircraft
(kp 13/08/2018)
Bhairahawa
airport
may be operated by private sector: According to the
Tourism Ministry officials, private capital in
airports around the world has delivered significant
benefits for passengers, airlines and the government
(kp 12/08/2018)
ICAO
to help Nepal’s aviation regulator with research,
development (kp 09/08/2018)
$28m
TIA runway rehab project stirs back to life, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 06/08/2018)
Jumla
remains disconnected from province capital, by DB
Budha (rep 04/08/2018)
A
double whammy: Hopes of seeing RA’s domestic front
invigorated has sadly turned sour, by Hemant
Arjyal (rep 04/08/2018)
Gautam
Buddha Airport to have 16 parking bays (kp
03/08/2018)
FinMin
stresses timely completion of GBIA (ht 03/08/2018)
Domestic
terminal to open an hour earlier from Sept 1 (kp
02/08/2018)
Thai
Lion Air begins Nepal flights (kp 02/08/2018)
NAC
to add 13 large aircraft (ht 02/08/2018), NAC
to place order for eight aircraft by mid-May next year
(rep 03/08/2018)
NAC’s
A330 to make maiden flight today (kp 01/08/2018),
NAC
enters wide-body era: First A330-200 makes maiden
flight; takes 258 passengers to Doha (rep
02/08/2018)
Nijgadh
airport must be built (rep 01/08/2018)
Peeling
TIA pitch risks accidents, by Umesh Poudel (ht
01/08/2018)
Environmental
issues dog Nijgadh airport now (rep 31/07/2018)
Hitting
turbulence:
Nepal Airlines Corporation’s aircraft will become a
white elephant if the management fails to improve its
efficiency (ht 31/07/2018)
Annapurna
gets green light for commercial operations (kp
30/07/2018)
NAC’s
wide body planes create chaos at TIA, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 30/07/2018)
MoCTCA
proposes paid-up capital hike for airlines,
reclassification of aircraft (ht 30/07/2018)
Fly
Dubai pilot Hussain found tipsy (kp 30/07/2018)
Lamidanda
Airport: Only 60% work completed, deadline expired in
January (rep 29/07/2018)
NAC’s
image dives further due to inefficient management,
by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 29/07/2018)
Challenges
galore as TIA extends operation (ht 28/07/2018)
CAAN
unveils five-year aviation safety plan (ht
27/07/2018)
Nepal
Airlines’ 2nd Airbus A300-200 arrives today (kp
26/07/2018), NAC's
second wide-body jet arriving today (rep
26/07/2018), High
in the sky: As NAC is poised to enter a new era, it
should clean up its tarnished image (kp
27/07/2018), NAC's
second wide-body jet lands in Kathmandu: The Airbus
A330-200 is expected to start commercial operation by
September (rep 27/07/2018)
Terms
of reference for airlines revised (kp 26/07/2018)
Significant
progress made in improving Nepal's aviation safety:
CAAN (ht 25/07/2018)
NAC
to conduct ‘proving’ flight of its A330 today (kp
23/07/2018)
Gautam
Buddha int’l airport: Airport project makes visible
progress, ADB likely to rejoin (kp 22/07/2018)
Tara
Air adds new aircraft to its fleet (kp 22/07/2018)
Talking
big,
talking loud: People in the West consider anything at
or above 55 db as too noisy. We have no such standard
as concerned agencies are bent on bringing in more
flights, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 21/07/2018)
Construction
of Thamkhara airport delayed (rep 21/07/2018)
PM
Oli observes Pokhara Airport: Prime Minister Oli
pledges all possible support from his government to
bring the airport into operation by July 2021 (kp
20/07/2018)
Nepal-India
codeshare deal awaits Cabinet OK: Nepal and India
signed a revised ASA in 2010 but it does not permit
codesharing; The Nepali delegation led by Tourism
Joint SecretarySuresh Acharya had signed the pact
without getting the Cabinet’s go-ahead in December
2016 (kp 20/07/2018)
Nepal
advances
to be part of Montreal Convention: The convention
stipulates higher compensation for accidents,
flight/cargo delays and damages involving
international flights than that prescribed by the
Warsaw Convention, by Sangam Prasain (kp
16/07/2018)
Runway
cracks raise safety concern at TIA, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 12/07/2018)
NAC
to
loosen purse strings: to recruit foreign pilots: May
offer a monthly pay package of $18,000 for a foreign
captain and $12,000 for co-pilot (kp 11/07/2018),
NAC
hiring 28 foreign pilots (rep 11/07/2018)
NAC
mulls strategic shift to rake in profits (ht
11/07/2018)
Buddha
Air receives permission to fly to New Delhi from
Nepalgunj (rep 08/07/2018)
Small
bug, big lesson, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 07/07/2018)
Nepal
Airlines to resume Japan service in Sept (kp
05/07/2018)
Hundreds
stuck in Simikot as bad weather affects flights
(rep 03/07/2018), Bad
weather affects flights (ht 03/07/2018), Movement
of stranded Indian pilgrims resumes, by Sangam
Prasain and Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp 04/07/2018), Over
500 pilgrims await flights, by Kalendra Sejuwal
(kp 05/07/2018), 370
Indian pilgrims airlifted to Nepalgunj, by Jaya
Bahadur Rokaya (kp 06/07/2018)
Debt
load, pilot shortage threaten NAC’s growth (kp
02/07/2018)
New
planes to increase NAC’s global presence (ht
02/07/2018)
Helicopter
crash-lands at Kathmandu-based Grande Int’l Hospital
(reo 01/07/2018)
Lack
of direct air connectivity stifling Sri Lanka-Nepal
tourism (rep 30/06/2018)
Domestic,
international operations of NAC to be split, by
Umesh Poudel (ht 30/06/2018)
Buddha
Air begins scheduled flights to Varanasi (rep
30/06/2018). Buddha
Air begins Ktm-Varanasi flight (kp 01/07/2018)
NAC’s
long-awaited Airbus A330 airliner arrives today,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 28/06/2018), NAC
takes delivery of its first Airbus A330 (kp
29/06/2018), NAC’s
first wide-body jet lands in Kathmandu: Second
aircraft arriving in a month and a half, by
Susheel Bhattarai (kp 29/06/2018), Flying
high: Additional aircraft in the fleet may take NAC to
soaring heights, but only if the company is managed
well (ht 29/06/2018)
Swiss
pilot’s license revoked over safety negligence, by
Susheel Bhattarai (rep 28/06/2018)
Govt
plans to bring in strategic financial partner for NAC
(ht 28/06/2018)
CAAN
invites bids to extend taxiway at TIA (kp
27/06/2018)
Air,
ground traffic halts for VVIP movement anger public,
by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 27/06/2018) [Royal
behaviour in a republican state!]
12-member
team off to Toulouse to take delivery of wide-body
aircraft, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 26/06/2018)
Bhimeshwar
Municipality takes initiatives to build airport in
Charikot, by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 26/06/2018)
Nepal
Airlines
seeks Rs 5b to buy 6 Twin Otter planes: The plane is a
19-passenger STOL utility aircraft developed by de
Havilland Canada (kp 25/06/2018)
NAC
asks CAAN to allow tainted pilot to fly, by
Susheel Bhattarai (rep 25/06/2018)
No
takers
yet for midnight slots at TIA: Qatar Airways will
apply for midnight slot once head office gives the go
ahead: Country Manager, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep
25/06/2018)
Buddha
Air applies for Nepalgunj-Delhi flight (rep
24/06/2018)
In
bits
and pieces: Nepal’s next pursuit should be Himalaya-2.
For this, China has to open up new airways and India
should be more accommodating, by Hemant Arjyal
(rep 23/06/2018)
Rajbiraj
airport to resume regular flights (ht 23/06/2018),
Rajbiraj
Airport begins commercial operations (kp
25/06/2018)
‘EU
will remove Nepal from aviation safety list’ (ht
23/06/2018)
Agitation
halted after CAAN sends Rs 2bn (ht 21/06/2018)
Construction
resumes at Gautam Buddha airport (ht 21/06/2018)
Clarion
calls to relocate airport fuel storage tanks (kp
20/06/2018)
Work
on Gautam Buddha Int’l Airport gaining pace, by
Rekha Bhusal (rep 19/06/2018)
Nepal
Airlines Corp seeks labour permits for three foreign
flight instructors (ht 19/06/2018), NAC
looks abroad to fill shortage of pilots, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 22/06/2018)
Nepal,
Japan likely to sign revised ASA today, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 18/06/2018), Nepal,
Japan
sign pact for 14 weekly flights: The deal allows
Nepali carriers to fly to any airport in Japan, except
Haneda Airport, by Sangam Prasain (kp 19/06/2018),
Nepal,
Japan sign amended ASA: Nepali airlines granted 'fifth
freedom' in revised pact, by Umesh Poudel (ht
19/06/2018), New
air routes not enough, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep
21/06/2018)
Plane
veers off runway at Pokhara Airport, passengers safe,
by Rishi Baral (ht 17/06/2018)
Shree
Airlines to begin KTM-Rajbiraj flights from June 24
(rep 16/06/2018)
Let’s
spread our wings: The agenda for the Nepal-India
aviation meeting should include the Himalaya Route,
by Tri Ratna Manandhar (kp 14/06/2018), Breakthrough
expected in Nepal-India air route talks (kp
15/06/2018), Nepal
to get 4 new air gateways, by Sangam Prasain (kp
17/06/2018), India
permits
new air entry routes over Biratnagar, Janakpur: No
permission yet for high altitute routes over
Nepalgunj, Mahendranagar, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep
17/06/2018), The
India connection: The opening of four new air routes
is welcome news but implementation is key (kp
18/06/2018)
NAC
can’t find pilots to fly Chinese planes: The planes
have been sitting idle at a hangar in TIA for the past
5 months (kp 14/06/2018)
NAC
prepares
to buy two Airbus A320neo aircraft: The two jets are
expected to cost $120 million; NAC preparing the
bidding documents (kp 13/06/2018), NAC
board okays purchase of two narrow-body Airbus
aircraft (ht 13/06/2018)
Home
Minister directs for uninterrupted power supply to TIA
(rep 13/06/2018)
Rajbiraj
flights unlikely from June 15 (ht 13/06/2018)
Montreal
convention: Bill on higher air crash payout sent to
Cabinet (kp 12/06/2018)
ICAO
honoring Nepal for its efforts to improve aviation
safety (rep 11/06/2018)
Tara
Air plane survives tyre burst landing at Jumla Airport
(kp 10/06/2018), Tara
Air plane’s disaster averted, by DB Budha (rep
10/06/2018)
Civil
aviation report riles Pokhara folks (ht
09/06/2018)
Quiet
moment at Bhattedanda, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
09/06/2018)
Nepal-India
talks on air routes next week, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 07/06/2018)
TIA’s
extended operation yet to show results, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 07/06/2018)
Airfares
hit record high as carriers hike fuel surcharge,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 06/06/2018)
NA
Airbus 320 grounded (ht 06/06/2018)
CAAN
decides
to fire no-show Chinese contractor of TIA: Shanxi
Construction Engineering Group of China had been
contracted to extend the runway by 300 metres at its
southern end (kp 05/06/2018)
‘First
flight with new plane to Dubai on Aug 1’ (ht
05/06/2018), NAC
told to fly to all destinations (ht 05/06/2018)
Tara
Air test flight successful in Ilam (ht
05/06/2018), Tara
Air successfully conducts test flight at Sukilumba
airport, by Bhim Chapagain (rep 05/06/2018)
Buddha
Air’s plan to link KEP-DEL elates locals (kp
05/06/2018)
‘NAC
should buy six Twin Otter planes’ (kp 04/06/2018)
Domestic
airfares could increase (ht 04/06/2018), Domestic
airlines hike fuel surcharge, by Susheel Bhattarai
(rep 04/06/2018)
Gautam
Buddha international airport project: Bids for airport
navigation services likely this month (kp
03/06/2018)
Does
Nepal need a 4th international airport?, by Om
Astha Rai (nt 01/06/2018)
Buddha
Air plans ATR 72 Nepalgunj-Delhi service (kp
28/05/2018), Nepalgunj-Delhi
flight
expected to boost tourism in mid-west: Buddha Air has
set a target of bringing 70,000 Indian tourists
annually (rep 29/05/2018)
Unorganized
management of TIA causing air traffic congestion,
by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 28/05/2018)
Aviation
safety continues to be neglected, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 27/05/2018)
Landowners
receive compensation for second int'l airport
construction (rep 27/05/2018)
Test
flight successful at Sanfebagar airport (ht
26/05/2018)
EIA
report of Nijgadh Airport okayed (ht 26/05/2018)
Perennial
disorder:
Was it safe to fly the aircraft with only one
generator working? Was it not a case of an unwarranted
complacency doing so?, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
26/05/2018)
Policy
Failure: Nepal’s Civil Aviation policy is responsible
for a number of plane crashes in remote Nepal (sp
25/05/2018)
$1.21b
Nijgadh Int’l Airport project cleared for takeoff,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/05/2018)
Plans
afoot for ‘fuel hydrant system' in TIA, by Sujan
Dhungana (ht 25/05/2018)
Process
of splitting CAAN in limbo (ht 25/05/2018)
Rajbiraj
airport gets rolling after successful test flight
(ht 24/05/2018), CAAN
conducts successful test flight at Rajbiraj airport:
Locals elated to see plane at the airfield after a
decade (rep 24/05/2018), Rajbiraj
Airport
resumes operations after a decade: The airport is
expected to see regular flights after 15 days as the
air traffic control tower and terminal has yet to be
completed (kp 25/05/2018)
NAC’s
Chinese planes may remain in hangar indefinitely
(kp 23/05/2018)
Two
international airports in three years (rep
22/05/2018)
TIA
to remain open 21 hours a day from today, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 21/05/2018), TourMin:
Our objective is to keep TIA open 24/7, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 22/05/2018), TIA
officially starts operating 21 hours a day (ht
22/05/2018)
Airlines
to pay for flight schedule change (ht 21/05/2018)
Dangerous
skies: Nepal should particularly strive for
exceptional air safety standards given the tough
terrain (kp 18/05/2018)
Kavre's
Nagidanda identified for airport construction (ht
18/05/2018), Nagidanda
named best spot for new domestic airport (kp
20/05/2018)
Rajbiraj
Airport test flight grounded, by Abdesh Kumar Jha
(kp 17/05/2018)
Pilot
duo dead as Makalu Air’s cargo plane crashes in Humla,
by Prakash Singh (ht 16/05/2018), Two
killed
in Simikot cargo plane crash: The plane was carrying
1,170kg of cargo, which according to Caan, is the
permissible limit, by Sangam Prasain (kp
17/05/2018)
DPR
study of SIA to begin next fiscal (ht 15/05/2018)
More
air entry routes from India sought (ht 14/05/2018)
Visitors
pose challenge to airport security, by Sabita
Shrestha (rep 14/05/2018)
Spheres
for
course correction: With his Indian counterpart, Nepali
PM should take up the issue of additional checks by
Indian security officers at TIA. No such arrangement
exists anywhere in the world, by Hemant Arjyal
(rep 12/05/2018)
NAC
to bid farewell to last of its Boeings, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 11/05/2018)
ATC
shortage likely to hit TIA’s plan to operate services
for 21 hours daily , by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
11/05/2018)
TourMin
to invite domestic airlines to go international
(kp 10/05/2018)
DoI
seeks to instal biometric e-gates at TIA (ht
09/05/2018)
Reducing
refuelling delays: Tribhuvan Int’l Airport gets
advanced tanker (kp 07/05/2018)
40
foreign investors keen to build Nijgadh airport,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 06/05/2018)
Nepal
moves
to ratify Montreal Convention: The convention imposes
a minimum liability of nearly $113,000 Special
Drawing Rights, equivalent to $169,000, for each
passenger (kp 04/05/2018)
Reopening
of airfields, launch of new routes elate airlines
(rep 03/05/2018)
Plan
to build airfield in Kavre likely to be okayed (kp
02/05/2018), Minister
inspects potential airport sites (ht 02/05/2018)
Nepal
prods India for new air routes, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 30/04/2018), Well-connected:
Air routes must be a key agenda during Indian PM’s
visit if new international airports are to be feasible
(kp 01/05/2018)
Call
to resume air service to hilly districts from
Biratnagar, by Binod Subedi (rep 29/04/2018)
Runway
extension plan goes haywire after contractor flees
(kp 28/04/2018)
It’s
logistics,
stupid: There must be some minimum list of equipments
and items that a functioning airport needs to have in
place at all time, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
28/04/2018)
TIA
to come into operation for 21 hours a day from May 21,
by Susheel Bhattarai (rep 28/04/2018)
NAC’s
new Airbus A330-200 likely to arrive on June 27
(kp 27/04/2018)
Fired
Spanish contractor seeks $101m from CAAN (kp
25/04/2018)
Buddha
Air to add another plane to fleet (kp 25/04/2018)
Malindo
Air incident raises serious concerns, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 25/04/2018)
High-level
committee formed to expedite construction of int’l
airport in Nijgadh (ht 25/04/2018), Finalise
modality:
The government must finalise the modality at the
earliest for the construction of Nijgadh International
Airport to take off (ht 26/04/2018)
Learn
the lesson: Govt must be serious about building an
international airport in Nijgadh (kp 24/04/2018)
Malindo
Air Boeing 737 aborts takeoff, swerves off runway,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 21/04/2018), Malaysian
jet skids off TIA runway, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep
21/04/2018), TIA
resumes operation after Malaysian aircraft sliding off
runway towed to repair, by Sujan Dhungana (ht
21/04/2018)
Rajbiraj
Airport to resume flights soon (ht 21/04/2018), Rajbiraj
Airport ready to welcome flights on May 3, by
Abdesh Kumar Jha (kp 22/04/2018)
NAC
Filling
Seats: Despite shortfall of aircraft, NAC has
drastically increased share in international flights
with 78 per cent occupancy (sp 20/04/2018)
Nepal
seeks Chinese help for gainful aircraft operation
(kp 18/04/2018)
TIA
to operate services for 21 hrs daily: Minister
Adhikari (ht 18/04/2018), TIA
to operate 21 hours a day from May 21 to handle more
flights, by Sangam Prasain (kp 19/04/2018)
‘ADB
will consider supporting Bhairahawa airport’,
interview with Wencai Zhang (kp 16/04/2018)
Rajbiraj
Airport runway finally constructed (ht 16/04/2018)
Thai
Lion Air to start Nepal flights next month: Thai Lion
has received permission to operate seven weekly
flights (kp 15/04/2018)
NAC
breached law in procurement of wide-body jets: OAG
(rep 15/04/2018)
Team
submits preliminary report of US Bangla crash (rep
14/04/2018), US-Bangla
Crash: Probe panel keeps factual info under wraps,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 18704/2018)
Options
required: The Nijgadh airport, planned to relieve air
traffic at Kathmandu, is years behind in
development, by Ashish Gajurel (kp 13/04/2018)
Govt
forms ‘think-tank’ of civil aviation experts (ht
11/04/2018)
US-Bangla
plane crash: No initiative taken to compensate
victims’ families, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
10/04/2018)
TIA
to operate 21 hours: CAAN allocates Rs 100 million for
renovation TIA runway, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep
10/04/2018)
Facilities
‘spruced up’ at TIA: While airport officials seem
content with their work, travellers say more needs to
be done (kp 10/04/2018)
Domestic
air passenger movement up 39.47 percent in 2017,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 09/04/2018)
Triyuga
Municipality proposes river land for Sagarmatha
Airport, by Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep
08/04/2018)
NAC
operating international flights with 78 per cent
occupancy (ht 07/04/2018)
Tourism
Ministry to buy Nijgadh airport report (kp
05/04/2018)
Buddha
Air successfully conducts Surkhet-Kathmandu test
flight (ht 04/04/2018)
Fewer
fuel trucks compounding flight delays at TIA, by
Dilip Paudel (rep 04/04/2018)
NAC
signing Total Care contract with Rolls-Royce:
Rolls-Royce will look after overall maintenance of
wide-body engines (rep 04/04/2018)
NAC
board begins talks on buying Twin Otter aircraft
(kp 03/04/2018)
Civil
aviation minister says TIA improvement major concern
(rep 31/03/2018)
US-Bangla
plane crash insurance: Each victim may get up to Rs20m
(kp 31/03/2018)
TIA
runway extension project unravels again: The plan is
to lengthen the runway by 300 metres at the southern
end (kp 30/03/2018)
Off-the-cuff
solution:
Why was aircraft not told firmly to make a missed
approach rather than letting it hold dangerously at
very low altitude?, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
31/03/2018)
BB
Airways will have to wait until new airport is ready
(kp 29/03/2018)
Let
the probe panel decide: Congestion and lack of
infrastructure had nothing to do with the crash of
Flight 211, by Tri Ratna Manandhar (kp
28/03/2018), US-Bangla
crash hints at glaring safety issues, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 28/03/2018)
Don’t
walk away: The ADB should not abandon Gautam Buddha
International Airport Project (kp 27/03/2018)
‘TIA
should operate round-the-clock’ (ht 26/03/2018), TIA
starts preparations to expand hours of operation,
by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 29/03/2018)
Bhairawa
International Airport: ADB delegation tells project
contractor to expedite work (ht 25/03/2018), Sept
2019 deadline set for Bhairahawa airport (kp
26/03/2018)
NAC’s
new Airbus jet set to arrive in early June (kp
24/03/2018)
Flights
to Lukla planned thru Biratnagar, by Sujan
Dhungana (ht 24/03/2018)
Locals
encroach on airport land to construct houses (ht
24/03/2018)
Kailash
Helicopter Services begins operations from today
(ht 24/03/2018)
Himalaya
Airlines turns sights northward (kp 22/03/2018)
Probe
into US-Bangla plane crash snail-paced (ht
21/03/2018)
Finalisation
of
Nijgadh airport plan ‘this month’: Type of financial
and construction modality has been changing with every
government (kp 20/03/2018)
Balewa
Airport of Baglung set to reopen Friday, by Sangam
Gharti Magar (rep 20/03/2018)
Yeti
Airlines plane suffers wheel lock (kp 19/03/2018),
Close
call for Yeti Airlines aircraft (ht 19/03/2018)
Rajbiraj
Airport runway black-topping expedited (ht
19/03/2018)
The
void
in the middle: B757 was popular because of the
combination of brute takeoff power topped by
versatility and economics of operation with sleek
architecture, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 17/03/2018)
‘Autopsy
of 34 crash victims complete’ (kp 16/03/2018)
Families
may
miss out on fair compensation: Nepal government’s
tardiness has prevented the families of the crash
victims from receiving compensation up to Rs15.13
million per passenger, by Sangam Prasain (kp
16/03/2018), Pay
the
compensation: If any passenger gets injured or dies
owing to crash, victim or victim’s family can claim
compensation from the air carrier, by Raisul
Sourav (rep 17/03/2018), Delay
in signing Montreal Convention affects air crash
compensation (rep 17/03/2018)
NTWC
raises air cargo service fees (ht 16/03/2018), NTWC
revises air cargo warehouse charges (ht
22/03/2018)
Lack
of ILS localiser on northern side of TIA puts lives at
risk, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 15/03/2018)
TIA
closure underscores need of second international
airport (rep 13/03/2018)
49
dead in US-Bangla plane crash at Kathmandu airport
(kp 12/03/2018), US-Bangla
aircraft crash through the lenses (ht 12/03/2018),
Bangladeshi
plane crashes in Nepal, killing at least 49 (ht
12/03/2018), Air
disaster, by Dipendra Rokka (With photo and video)
(rep 12/03/2018), At
least 49 die in plane crash: 22 including 11 Nepalis
survive the horror, by Sangam Prasain (kp
13/02/2018), Crash
survivor narrates horror from hospital bed: A group of
Nepali travel agents’ awards ceremony joy ends in
tragedy (kp 13/03/2018), ‘People
were burning, shouting and falling down. It was
horrific’, by Sabitri Dhakal (ht 12/03/2018), Confusion
in cockpit over runway, by Kanak Mani Dixit (rep
13/03/2018), 'The
plane exploded like a bomb before my eyes' (rep
13/03/2018), What
caused 211’s crash?, by Sangam Prasain (kp
14/03/2018), Aftermath
of tragedy: While probe will provide answers on plane
crash, adherence to procedure was lacking (kp
14/03/2018), Death
toll
from US-Bangla plane crash hits 51National Human
Rights Commission concerned about country’s poor
aviation safety record (ht 14/03/2018), Govt
lauds rescue efforts after crash, by Sujan
Dhungana (ht 14/03/2018), CAAN
denies ATC at fault for plane crash (rep
14/03/2018), Doctors
to conduct toxicology tests on crew members, by
Manish Gautam (kp 15/03/2018), Tragedy
at TIA, by Kanak Mani Dixit (nt 16/03/2018), More
lives could have been saved after TIA plane crash?,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 17/03/2018)
TIA
handled
over 10,000 travellers daily in 2017: A record 3.88
million passengers passed through TIA, registering a
10.74 percent growth, by Sangam Prasain (kp
12/03/2018)
CAAN
bars Awale from flying planes, by Susheel
Bhattarai (rep 12/03/2018)
CAAN
to fill budget shortfall at TIA (kp 09/03/2018)
Air
Asia
X given extra time by TIA to pay dues: Two senior
officials of Air Asia X are currently in Nepal for
talks after TIA issued an ultimatum to clear the dues
by Tuesday or cease Nepal operations (kp
07/03/2018), AirAsia
X given four more months to settle dues of TIA, by
Susheel Bhattarai (rep 11/03/2018)
Landing
rights
at any airport except Haneda, says Japan: Haneda
Airport, the busiest airport by passenger traffic in
Japan, is the fifth busiest airport in the world
(kp 05/03/2018)
NAC
prepares to fly to Osaka, Incheon, Riyadh (kp
28/02/2018)
7%
work at Pokhara international airport completed in 3
months, by Santosh Pokharel and Bishan Kshetri
(rep 28/02/2018)
300m
TIA
runway extension project yet to take off: Package 1
contract was awarded to the Chinese company last
October, but it has not yet mobilized workers. The
duration of the runway extension project is 21 months
(kp 27/02/2018)
Gautam
Buddha int’l airport: Project progress ‘slow but
steady’ (kp 24/02/2018)
Buddha
Air to set course for the wild sky yonder (kp
24/02/2018)
Chinese
planes sit idle as NAC looks for pilots (kp
23/02/2018)
Grounded
NAC plane likely to resume flights on Thursday (kp
22/02/2018
Too
many cooks spoil Nijgadh airport broth (kp
21/02/2018)
Sita
Air plane does safe landing with one engine out,
by Susheel Bhattarai (kp 21/02/2018)
TIA
to add 4 parking bays: ‘The construction is expected
to be completed within next six months’ (kp
20/02/2018)
Works
at Bhairahawa international airport fail to gather
pace, by Amrita Anmol (kp 18/02/2018)
BB
Airways faces tough time flying NAC-auctioned Boeing
(kp 17/02/2018)
Air
jam: Congestion at Kathmandu airport due to delayed
expansion is choking Nepal's economy, by Om Astha
Rai (nt 16/02/2018)
No
pilots:
Chinese planes to sit idle: The Y12e made by Harbin
Aircraft Industry Group are scheduled to land at
Tribhuvan International Airport at 2 pm on Tuesday
(kp 13/02/2018) [Obviously,
the managers of NAC are an incompetent lot!]
Weather
plays foul with flights: Domestic, international
carriers couldn’t fly or land (ht 13/02/2018)
Nepal-India
air routes plan fails to take off (kp 12/02/2018)
VOR-DME
to be installed at Dhangadi airport (ht
11/02/2018)
Rajbiraj
airport will resume operation in April: Minister,
by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 11/02/2018)
NAC
aircraft
heads to S’pore for repairs: The aircraft had been
stranded at New Delhi, India for nearly one and a half
months due to one of its engines being damaged (kp
10/02/2018)
Pokhara
Int’l Airport project achieves 8 percent progress,
by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 09/02/2018)
TourMin,
CAAN lock horns over int’l flying licences (kp
07/02/2018)
CAAN
allocates Rs1b for TIA runway renovation (kp
05/02/2018), Airport:
Proposed rehabilitation of battered runway at Nepal’s
only international airport is good news (kp
06/02/2018)
Thick
fog
halts flights at Dhangadhi Airport: in 2014, airlines
cancelled 12,675 flights, most of them due to bad
weather conditions during winter, which led to losses
in the millions, by Mohan Budhyar (kp 05/02/2018)
Airlines
hike fuel surcharge (kp 03/02/2018)
Mouse
on a plane grounds NAC Bangalore flight (ht
02/02/2018)
NAC
team set to bring remaining Chinese planes (kp
31/01/2018)
NAC’s
losses piling up as Airbus remains grounded (kp
30/01/2018)
Cost
of preparing DFS of Nijgadh airport: LMW
cold-shoulders govt's call to come and negotiate
payment, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 29/01/2018)
Buddha
Air to add four ATRs to its fleet, by Susheel
Bhattarai (rep 28/01/2018)
Yeti
embarks on journey towards climate neutrality (ht
27/01/2018), Yeti
to transform into carbon neutral airline (kp
29/01/2018)
Draft
Civil Aviation Bill to be sent to Cabinet (kp
26/01/2018)
KTM’s
airspace to absorb more aircraft from Feb 1 (kp
25/01/2018),
New radar system to be operational from Feb 1, by
Arpana Ale Magar (rep 25/01/2018), 75
pc of airspace in Nepal to come under radar
surveillance (ht 25/01/2018)
NAC-Lufthansa
strategic partnership gets ‘conditional’ nod, by
Sujan Dhungana (ht 25/01/2018), Strategic
partner in NAC: Govt clears way to hold talks with
Lufthansa (kp 29/01/2018)
CAAN
expects EC to lift ban on Nepali carriers (kp
24/01/2018)
Schedule
for black topping runway (ht 24/01/2018) [related
to Thamkharka Airport of Khotang]
Buddha
Air to welcome its 10th aircraft on Thursday, by
Susheel Bhattarai (rep 24/01/2018)
Modalities
proposed to build Nijgadh Airport (ht 23/01/2018)
Dense
fog in Tarai region affects domestic flights, by
Arpana Ale Magar (rep 23/01/2018)
Officials
leave for Brussels to lift European airspace ban
(kp 18/01/2018)
Man
held for illegally flying unmanned aerial vehicle
(ht 18/01/2018)
Unleashing
aviation We need to depart from crony capitalism and
put the passenger at the centre of all aviation
efforts, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 16/01/2018)
Bhatta
acquires NA’s Boeing 757-200 (ht 15/01/2018)
Gautam
Buddha International Airport: Contractor hiring more
workers to expedite construction work, by Arpana
Ale Magar (rep 15/01/2018)
Direct
air link between Surkhet and Kathmandu difficult
(ht 13/01/2018)
Pokhara
airport saw largest passenger movement in 2017 outside
Kathmandu, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 13/01/2018)
Low
visibility operations plague NAC, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 12/01/2018)
With
new airport, Pokhara waits for takeoff: Much delayed
project would transform tourism and the economy of
Central Nepal, by Ziyu Lin (nt 12/01/2018)
Buddha
Air starting Kolkata flights from September, by
Susheel Bhattarai (rep 12/01/2018)
Airport
space
crunch hits Alpine’s flying plans: The parking
capacity at the country’s airports has hit the
saturation point, as most of the airlines have added
bigger aircraft despite infrastructure hurdles (kp
11/01/2018)
Rs
1 billion needed to replace engine of Airbus A320
aircraft, by Susheel Bhattarai (rep 11/01/2018)
COSCAP-South
Asia meet to discuss road to safer skies (kp
10/01/2018)
Paragliding
flight test in Diprung Rural Municipality (ht
10/01/2018)
FinMin
recommends EPCF modality for Nijgadh airport (kp
08/01/2018)
Air
Asia X pays Rs 20m to CAAN, yet to pay Rs 210m, by
Susheel Bhattarai (rep 08/01/2018)
Domestic
air passenger movement up 41 percent, by Arpana
Ale Magar (rep 07/01/2018)
CAAN's
profit soars but aviation sector’s reputation hits a
low (kp 01/01/2017)
CAAN
to explain air safety measures taken by Nepal (kp
30/12/2017), Left
hand investigating the right at aviation regulatory
body (ht 31/12/2017)
Gautam
Buddha Airport: ADB threatens to pull out of
slow-moving airport project, by Sangam Prasain (kp
28/12/2017)
Rajbiraj
airport project misses deadline (ht 28/12/2017)
NAC
to fly to Osaka, Seoul, Riyadh after new jets arrive,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 27/12/2017)
Nijgadh
int’l airport: EIA report to be sent to green ministry
(kp 26/12/2017)
Dozens
of airlines yet to pay TIA Rs 1.35b: Several carriers
paid Rs 568 million, by Susheel Bhattarai (rep
26/12/2017)
Rules
to be relaxed for domestic airlines to fly on foreign
routes, by Sangam Prasain (kp 20/12/2017)
Strained
TIA
handled 2.74m travellers in first 9 months: Aircraft
movement also grew by a robust 27.54 percent to 24,249
flights, a solid increase primarily due to Chinese and
Indian carriers increasing flight frequencies to Nepal
(kp 18/12/2017)
Report:
Goma Air crash due to ‘very low’ visibility, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 16/12/2017), Pinning
blame on dead pilots can’t improve air safety: Experts,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 19/12/2017)
NAC
to offer in-flight duty-free service (ht
13/12/2017)
Airline
fuel
surcharges to go up from Tuesday: Fuel surcharges are
normally charged to passengers to cover part of the
cost increases that are associated with jumps in the
price of aviation fuel (kp 11/12/2017), Domestic
pvt airlines hike fares effective from tomorrow
(ht 11/12/2017), Government
seeks clarification from AOAN for raising airfare
(ht 12/12/2017)
TIA
runway rehabilitation project likely to proceed
(kp 09/12/2017)
Election
grounds over 350 domestic flights (kp 08/12/2017)
EC
invites
CAAN to explain progress on safety issues: The
invitation has come less than a week after the
EC decided to continue its ban against Nepali
airlines (kp 07/12/2017)
NAC
awaiting approval for Guangzhou route (kp
06/12/2017)
Thai
Airways marks 50th year in Nepal (kp 05/12/2017)
Summit
Air’s Avro lands in Manang, by Aash Gurung (kp
04/127/2017)
CAAN
scrambles
to manage ballooning traffic at TIA: Airlines may be
directed to send some of the aircraft to airports
outside of Kathmandu for overnight stop (kp
03/12/2017)
EU
ban on Nepali airlines continues (kp 02/12/2017),
Ban
on Nepali airlines to stay: Nepal fails to rectify
safety shortcomings to fly in EU skies, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 03/12/2017), Lost
opportunities:
The Caan officials should be blamed for their folly as
they have misreported and stayed away from informing
the EC that air safety standards had been improved
(ht 04/12/2017)
NAC
asks FinMin to clear final payment (kp 01/12/2017)
TIA
asks airlines to settle their dues, by Susheel
Bhattarai (rep 01/12/2017)
Pvt
sector may be allowed to run Gautam Buddha Airport,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 30/11/2017)
Tara
Air plane overshoots runway in Simikot; 4 hurt;
Excursion follows tyre burst during takeoff, by
Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp 29/11/2017)
NAC’s
partnership proposal stuck in maze of committees,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 29/11/2017)
CAAN,
JICA o sign pact on air safety project next week
(kp 28/11/2017)
CAAN
approves budget of Rs43.6 billion, finally (kp
26/11/2017)
Gautam
Buddha airport project: 2nd package of airport project
to start in Feb (kp 24/11/2017)
NAC
to fly 3 times weekly to Meghauli (kp 23/11/2017)
Daily
service to Kuwait slated to start November 29 (kp
22/11/2017)
Don’t
stifle growth: CAAN has to endorse budget to expand
parking bays at domestic airports (kp 21/11/2017)
Poor
airport infra to put brakes on fleet expansion, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 19/11/2017)
Flight
test
of new radar starts today: The next gen radar provides
improved accuracy and enhanced surveillance, and marks
the entry of the latest technology in Nepal’s air
traffic control (kp 18/11/2017), Advanced
radar
system to make Nepal’s skies safer: The sophisticated
infrastructure covers almost all of Nepal, including
parts of Indian airspace and the entire Himalaya,
allowing increased efficiency and safety in areas
where radar coverage has so far been limited, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 23/11/2017)
Ferry
tales:
The (Royal) Nepal Airlines aircraft was found 50 nm
off track when radar contact was finally established
with Shannon, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 18/11/2017)
Illegal
helicopter flights unchecked in ACAP, by Aash
Gurung (kp 10/11/2017)
Capital
gets first aviation museum, by Abhishek Chitrakar
(kp 05/11/2017)
Wataniya
Airways to enter Nepal in November (kp 01/11/2017)
Aviation
regulator
to introduce budget of Rs43.6b tomorrow: The budget
was delayed by two months due to a bitter boardroom
battle (kp 29/10/2017)
Draft
Civil Aviation Bill sent to Law Ministry (kp
26/10/2017), Aircraft
search and rescue regulation issued (ht
26/10/2017)
Nepal
to
sign air service pacts with Turkey, UAE; There were
41,000 one-way travellers between Australia and
Nepal in 2014. The preferred route between Nepal
and Australia is through Malaysia (kp 25/10/2017)
Gyrocopters
set to take tourism to new heights, by Lal
Prasad Sharma (kp 25/10/2017)
Nepali
pilot revives crashed plane as aviation museum (ht
24/10/2017)
NAC
to purchase 4 Viking Twin Otters (kp 23/10/2017)
TIA
officials worried by frequent runway damage, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 19/10/2017)
14
paragliders crash into Phewa Lake (kp 17/10/2017)
Bad
roads prove bonanza for airlines, traffic up 46pc,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 16/10/2017)
Domestic
terminal too congested and suffocating: Passengers,
by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 14/10/2017)
Turkish
marks
4 years in Nepal: Even though Nepal is very popular as
a tourist destination, a lot more people would come
here if the infrastructure was upgraded (nt
13/10/2017) (interview), Turkish
Airlines marks four years of operations in Nepal
(kp 15/10/2017)
Gautam
Buddha int’l airport project: Chinese contractor given
monthly targets (kp 12/10/2017), Govt
officials satisfied with recent work progress (rep
12/10/2017)
Buddha
to operate Airbus service from Pokhara (kp
12/10/2017)
Sita
Air plane involved in runway excursion at Lukla
airport; all safe, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
12/10/2017)
13
new parking bays to be built at TIA by 2020 (kp
11/10/2017)
Summit
adds L410 to its fleet (kp 11/10/2017)
Biratnagar
airport without X-ray machine for over two months,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 11/10/2017), Biratnagar
Airport X-ray system finds no fix (kp 13/10/2017)
Hi
Fly officials coming to discuss Airbus A330-200
details (kp 10/10/2017)
TIA’s
traffic
hits 1.87m in first half of ’17: Despite severe
congestion, traffic continues to balloon. Airport
expects to receive a record number of flyers this year,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 08/10/2017)
Chinese
firm to undertake TIA improvement works (kp
07/10/2017)
CAAN
brings new rules for paragliding companies: Asks
companies to operate flights only between 10 am and
3:30 pm, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 07/10/2017)
Superjumbo
next!, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 07/10/2017)
Contractor
for Bhairahawa airport project keeps job (kp
06/10/2017)
Yeti
imprints SDG logo on its aircraft (kp 26/09/2017),
With
Yeti Airlines, global goals fly high (ht
26/09/2017)
NAC
seeks Rs 20bn equity investment (ht 25/09/2017)
TIA
facing
shortage of aviation fuel: International airlines
operating flights to Kathmandu may be deprived of
refuelling facility at TIA (ht 25/09/2017)
NAC
slashes asking price for its Boeing to $1.4m (kp
23/09/2017)
NAC
moves to bring two Chinese aircraft (kp
22/09/2017)
Domestic
airlines to add flights for Dashain, by Arpana Ale
Magar (rep 20/09/2017)
Radar
at Bhatte Danda to come online in November (kp
19/09/2017)
Nepalgunj
airport seeing parking, air traffic congestion, by
Tekendra Basyal (rep 19/09/2017)
China-funded
airline struggles to fly to Beijing, Guangzhou (kp
18/09/2017)
Pokhara,
Sauraha to be linked by air after a decade, by Lal
Prasad Sharma and Bimal Khatiwada (kp 15/09/2017), Buddha
to fly to Bhairahawa (kp 15/09/2017)
Syangboche
airport not in operation for 10 years, by Radha
Dhungana (rep 15/09/2017)
CAAN
director gen faces sack: Govt serves him 72-hour
ultimatum, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 14/09/2017)
Runway
cracks crippling TIA: CAAN officials on Europe junket
spending airport upgradation fund, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 11/09/2017)
Bhairahawa
airport: Chinese contractor to be fired for lack of
progress (kp 11/09/2017)
Nijgadh
Int’l Airport among tourism minister’s 32 to-do tasks
for next 2 months (rep 11/09/2017)
NAC
'wasted' Rs 5m on overseas trips for staff, by
Susheel Bhattarai (rep 10/09/2017)
Flights
resume to Juphal of Dolpa (kp 09/09/2017)
Buddha
Air to resume Bharatpur-Pokhara flights, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 09/09/2017)
Nijgadh
international airport: Nepal Army assigned to perform
initial works (kp 09/09/2017)
TIA
sits on Rs5.3 billion while facilities remain in a
sorry state, by Sangam Prasain (kp 07/09/2017)
Gautam
Buddha Int'l Airport project: PAC to open formal probe
into delays, by Madhav Dhungana (kp 06/09/2017)
Lack
of parking space troubles Dhangadhi Airport, by
Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 06/09/2017)
Anomalies
at NOC: Foreign airlines complain of sub-standard Air
Turbine Fuel, by Susheel Bhattarai (rep
05/09/2017)
TourMin
told
to pay Landmark for Nijgadh feasibility study: The
government has fast tracked the initial works as India
has shown keen interest in implementing the project,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 05/09/2017)
Independent
aircraft
accident probe body to be established: Currently,
investigations into aircraft accidents are
carried out as per the Civil Aviation (Investigation
of Accident) Regulation 2014, and aircraft accidents
and incidents come under the purview of the government
(kp 04/09/2017)
Altitude
Air brings second Airbus chopper (ht 03/09/2017)
Int’l
airlines
brace for annual travel rush: International airlines
are booked over 80 percent from September 13, which
increases to 90 percent from the third week of
September, by Sangam Prasain (kp 01/09/2017)
Qatar
adds one more flight to Doha-KTM route (kp
31/08/2017)
Over
90pc air tickets booked for Dashain (ht
29/08/2017)
Gautam
Buddha Airport construction: PAC ‘pressed not to
probe’ delays (kp 28/08/2017)
Up
Up and (not very) far away, by Reena Chikanbanjar
(ht 27/08/2017)
CAAN,
Army to sign accord for Nijgadh airport project
(kp 26/08/2017)
Buddha
Air to start daily flights between Chitwan and Pokhara,
by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 24/08/2017)
Nepal,
Australia move closer to signing air service accord,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 23/08/2017)
New
radar at Bhatte Danda to be commissioned in Sept
(kp 22/08/2017)
HAN
to fly gyrocopters for tourists from next week, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 22/08/2017)
Army
to get 12 more aircraft, by Binod Ghimire (kp
19/08/2017)
Traffic
congestion at TIA stokes safety concerns, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 19/08/2017)
BOOT,
EPCF modalities recommended for Nijgadh airport
project (kp 16/08/2017)
Poor
disaster preparedness revealed at Biratnagar airport,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 16/08/2017)
Himalaya
offers direct KTM-Dammam flights (kp 16/08/2017)
41
domestiv flights cancelled (kp 14/08/2017), Flights
to Biratnagar to be affected for few more days
(rep 14/08/2017), Biratnagar
airport shut down (ht 15/08/2017), Operations
likely to resume from tomorrow, by Lila Ballav
Ghimire (kp 18/08/2017), Biratnagar
Airport resumes operations after a week, by Deo
Narayan Shah (kp 20/08/2017)
Heavy
rainfall disrupts domestic flights, Biratnagar airport
submerged, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 13/08/2017)
With
Shree Airlines, Dhangadhi-KTM flight time becomes
shorter, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 13/08/2017)
Foreigners
working in airlines allowed to repatriate income
(kp 12/08/2017)
Shree
to launch commercial flights today (kp 11/08/2017)
CAAN
not prioritising employee development and training,
by Rajan Polhrel (ht 10/08/2017)
PAC
directs civil servants to use NAC for official trips
abroad (ht 10/08/2017)
Tibet
Airlines starts Chengdu-KTM flights (kp
09/08/2017)
Govt
warns contractor of GBIA: NCAAC given October-end
deadline to expedite construction works, by Sujan
Dhungana (ht 09/08/2017)
Passenger
chaos at Nepalgunj airport, by Thakur Singh Tharu
(kp 08/08/2017)
Pokhara
regional international airport: Pokhara’s 4-decade-old
dream within grasp, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
03/08/2017), Construction
of international airport in Pokhara starts, finally:
The project is expected to be completed by July 2021,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 03/08/2017)
Foreign
pilot paid Rs 2.6m monthly salary, by Susheel
Bhattarai (rep 03/08/2017)
Nijgadh
airport project displaced families demand
rehabilitation (ht 31/07/2017)
NAC
receives seven bids for its B-757 aircraft (ht
29/07/2017)
Air
safety improvement update to be sent to EC (kp
28/07/2017)
New
Civil Aviation Bill aims to break up CAAN (kp
27/07/2017)
Air
accident probe still a farce in Nepal, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 27/07/2017)
Sorry,
all
sold outLocals of Humla have been crowded out of
flights by pilgrims going to Manasarovar, and have had
to face food shortages, by Prakash Budha Magar (kp
25/07/2017)
2.4m
trees need to be cut down for Nijgadh airport, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 25/07/2017)
Gautam
Buddha airport project: Chinese contractor at risk of
termination (kp 24/07/2017)
Yeti
adds ATR 72-500 aircraft to its fleet (ht
23/07/2017)
A
day in a life of an Air Traffic Controller at the
‘world’s most dangerous airport’, by Mukesh Dangol
(kp 22/07/2017)
Nepal’s
civil
aviation relieves from ICAO safety tag, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 21/07/2017), Nepal
offloads ICAO safety concern tag: Flies out of global
civil aviation watchdog’s bad books after four years,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/07/2017)
Govt
may
tighten criteria for new airline permits, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 21/07/2017)
TIA
customs
system digitalised (ht 21/07/2017)
NA
planes fly with empty seats while tickets are hard to
get, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 19/07/2017)
Lack
of
aircraft: NAC cuts flights by 45pc (kp 18/07/2017)
Govt
blacklists
ousted TIA contractor (kp 17/07/2017)
NAC
hiring cabin crew: 3,000 air hostesses and stewards
trained annually, only 10 percent get hired, by
Arpana Ale Magar (rep 16/07/2017)
Tibet
Airlines
set to fly to Kathmandu: The Civil Aviation Authority
of Nepal has approved the carrier schedule
which will fly four days a week on KTM-Chengdu-KTM
route (kp 15/07/2017)
Accident
of
birth: The landing of DC-3 at Simra in 1946 was
baffling as Nepal apparently had an operational strip
even as it owned no aircraft, by Hemant Arjyal
(rep 15/07/2017)
Nepal
awaits
ICAO audit report with bated breath: CAAN officials
confident of ‘positive’ result this time round, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 14/07/2017)
Operational,
human errors blamed for Yeti aircraft crash (rep
14/07/2017)
TourMin
asks
PMO to tweak aviation policy (kp 13/07/2017)
Construction
of
Pokhara Regional Int’l Airport to begin after monsoon
(ht 12/07/2017)
Unfavourable
weather
forces Phaplu Airport’s shutdown (ht 10/07/2017)
Loophole
in
civil aviation procedures promoting impunity (ht
10/07/2017)
Yeti
Airlines
set to induct new ATR 72 into its fleet, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 09/07/2017)
Ministry
asks
for Rs20b to boost NAC’s capital (kp 08/07/2017)
Minister
warns
TIA staff against indulging in illegal activities
(ht 08/07/2017)
Nepal
Airlines
At Sixty: Despite so many difficulties, Nepal Airlines
has made a big progress in the recent years with the
number of passengers going up by 17 percent (sp
07/07/2017)
NAC’s
plan
to wet lease Airbus falls through (kp 06/07/2017)
Fresh
attempt
to sell off Boeing 757 (kp 06/07/2017)
Domestic
air
fares set to drop (kp 04/07/2017), Domestic
airlines
bring down fuel surcharge (kp 05/07/2017), Domestic
airline
operators to marginally cut fares from today (ht
05/07/2017)
ICAO
experts
arrive in Nepal to conduct air safety audit (kp
03/07/2017), Fiscal-end
foreign
junkets cost govt exchequer millions: MoCTCA wore a
deserted look when a validation mission from ICAO paid
a visit, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 05/07/2017) [????],
ICAO
team starts audit of aviation standards: CAAN hopeful
that SSC tag will be removed (rep 05/07/2017)
Ousted
Spanish
contractor seeks Rs2.91b compensation (kp
02/07/2017)
Tangiya
locals
fear displacement by Nijgadh international airport
project (ht 02/07/2017)
NAC
captures 12 percent market share (rep 02/07/2017)
NAC:
Technical
study of Airbus tender ongoing (kp 01/07/2017)
Aye
aye,
captain: Will international civil aviation regulators
check if their methods need adjustments during their
next audit of Nepali aviation?, by Hemant Arjyal
(rep 01/07/2017)
Feasibility
report of larger Dharan Airport ready, by Rohit
Rai (rep 01/07/2017)
‘Atithi
Devo
Bhawa’ cleaning campaign launched at TIA (kp
30/06/2017)
FinMin
okays
salary hike for NAC pilots, cabin crews, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 29/06/2017)
Pokhara
int’l
airport construction set to begin from Thursday
(kp 26/06/2017)
Aircraft
purchase deal on CIAA radar (rep 26/06/2017)
Army
selling
its grounded helicopters: Nepal Army opens bidding
setting the minimum price, including spare parts, at
Rs 1.55 billion, by Binod Ghimire (kp 25/06/2017)
Shree
Airlines
receives 3rd Bombardier (kp 24/06/2017)
New
rules
weigh heavy on courier service providers: Imported
medical equipment, other essential goods at Tribhuvan
International Airport, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
23/06/2017)
NAC
Wide-body
Order: After a month of delay, Nepal Airlines
Corporation NAC has signed a Rs 24b loan agreement
with EPF and CIF and ordered wide body aircraft
(sp 23/06/2017)
Lufthansa
Consulting
proposes Rs688.67m fee to assist NAC, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 20/06/2017)
Foreigner
held
for drone use (kp 19/06/2017)
Gyrocopter
set
to fly in Pokhara skies, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
18/06/2017)
NAC
sends
$79m as part payment for Airbus jets (kp
17/06/2017), NAC
orders
2 Airbus planes via Hi Fly (kp 22/06/2017)
NAC
receives
only one bid for its Boeing 757: The aircraft has been
sitting outside the NAC hangar at Tribhuvan
International Airport since April 2016 following the
corporation’s policy to phase out its Boeing fleet
(kp 15/06/2017), Boeing
auction
bid arrives late (kp 17/06/2017)
Carrier
clears
Iran’s dues (kp 13/06/2017)
Lukla
airport
lacks meteorological equipment, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 13/06/2017)
NAC
seals
Rs12 billion loan deal with EPF (kp 12/06/2017), NAC
secures
Rs12b loan from CIT (kp 13/06/2017), Nepal
Airlines
Corp concludes loan agreement with EPF, CIT (ht
13/06/2017)
Behind
plane
crashes: Cultural aspect, by Suraj Bhandari (ht
12/06/2017)
ICAO
postpones
audit of aviation standards (kp 12/06/2017)
Chopper
crash-lands,
passengers safe (kp 11/06/2017)
Exim
Bank
makes Pokhara airport’s loan effective (ht
11/06/2017)
NAC
receives
2 bids for wet lease tender (kp 10/06/2017)
NAC
to
hike pilot pay to stem turnover rate: If the proposal
is approved, a senior pilot will earn up to Rs450,000
per month in salary and allowances, said ministry
officials (kp 09/06/2017)
Fickle
weather,
negligence behind crash of Flight 409, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 08/06/2017)
Carriers
see
unexpected windfall (ht 07/06/2017)
Lufthansa
likely
to become NAC partner: A green light from the Cabinet
would allow the Tourism Ministry to begin negotiations
with Lufthansa Consulting (kp 06/06/2017)
Protest
closes
Simikot Airport (kp 04/06/2017)
Gautam
Buddha
Airport likely to be ready in 2019 (kp 03/06/2017)
Nepal
Airline’s
loan negotiation in limbo (ht 02/06/2017)
Fatal
air
crash in Lukla airport major setback on eve of ICAO
audit, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 01/06/2017)
Tenders
to
build Nijgadh airport to be called by next fiscal year
(kp 30/05/2017)
Nepal
Army
plane crash: Major Ale critical, Steward Khadka stable
(kp 30/05/2017), Pilot
dead
as NA’s cargo aircraft crashes at Bajura airport,
by Prakash Singh (ht 30/05/2017), Pilot
dead
in Army cargo plane crash, by Sangam Prasain and
Arjun Shah (kp 31/05/2017)
The
clout
list? European Union continues to ban Nepal from its
airspace even though most of our jets and turbo-props
are of European make, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
30/05/2017)
Goma
Air
crashes in Lukla, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
27/05/2017), Summit
Air crashes at Lukla Airport, by Radha Dhungana
(rep 27/05/2017), Goma
Air
plane crashes in Lukla (kp 27/05/2017), Pilot
killed
in Goma Air cargo plane crash in Lukla: Bad weather
prevents airlift of injured co-pilot, flight attendant,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 28/05/2017), Lukla
air
crash toll reaches 2 as co-pilot dies for want of
treatment, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 28/05/2017), It
was
a scene of total chaos, by Govind Rana (ht
28/05/2017), Bodies of pilot, co-pilot handed over to
kin: Technical team flies to Lukla for investigation
(ht 29/05/2017)
NAC’s
Boeing
auction attracts zero bidders (kp 27/05/2017)
Nijgadh
int’l
airport: Panel tasked to suggest appropriate modality;
The latest proposal to build the planned second
international airport comes from a London company. WGP
Global, in conjunction with its project partner Uniel
Holdings, by Sangam Prasain (kp 26/05/2017)
Jet
set,
go: Bed Upreti’s Aviation Museum gets off the ground,
by Kunda Dixit (nt 26/05/2017)
Taniya
settlers
seek resettlement (kp 21/05/2017)
France
to
help CAAN boost safety oversight (kp 17/05/2017)
Airport
project
in limbo as payment row drags on (kp 13/05/2017)
Nepal
Airlines
breaches protocol while flying President to Bangkok
(ht 13/05/2017)
Variables
at
play: Air temperature, air density and wind direction
have direct bearing on the length of the runway,
by Hemant Arjyal (rep 13/05/2017)
NAC
plans
to send first instalment for aircraft purchase by next
week (ht 12/05/2017)
Is
the
restricted area pass at TIA misused?, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 09/05/2017)
Nijgadh
int’l
airport: DFS ‘cost reimbursement’ likely to burden
state coffers (kp 07/05/2017)
Wings
to
fly: Drones might be taking over the skies around the
world, but stringent Nepali laws have stifled the use
of the technology in the country, by Aakriti
Dhital (kp 06/05/2017)
Stalled
Pokhara
International Airport Project back on track, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 06/05/2017), Pokhara
Airport
in four years: Chinese envoy (ht 09/05/2017)
New
cargo
handling fees at TIA only from July 16 (kp
05/05/2017)
NAC
asks
AAR Corp to extend payment deadline (kp
04/05/2017)
Plans
to
wet lease A320 jet (kp 04/05/2017)
NAC
board
likely to okay Rs24b loan deal today (kp
02/05/2017)
TIA
to
be expanded at cost of $500 million (kp
01/05/2017)
Shree
Airlines
gets 2nd Bombardier jet (kp 01/05/2017)
Himalaya
starts
Dubai flights (kp 29/04/2017)
Wingtip
to
wingtip: Another domestic-only airport is a
non-starter given the complexities of managing two
airports in close proximity, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
29/04/2017)
TIA
shop owners refuse to vacate space, move court:
Airport management losing millions in revenue, by
Rudra Pangeni (rep 26/04/2017)
FAA
to
test radar at Bhatte Danda (kp 25/04/2017)
Gorkha
and
Dynamic to return to skies, by Sangam Prasain (kp
24/04/2017)
ICAO
to
check progress in enhancing aviation safety: Nepal has
performed poorly in effectively implementing air
safety oversight systems, appearing way down among 46
Asian countries, by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/04/2017)
Govt
to
act as guarantor for NAC jet purchase loan: If the
Rs25 billion loan deal is sealed, the corporation’s
total loan would go up to Rs39 billion. The annual
interest rate of the total loan would be around Rs3.5
billion, nearly one-third of the NAC’s total annual
income (kp 21/04/2017)
Lufthansa
applies
to become NAC’s strategic partner, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 20/04/2017)
Traffic
saturation
jams TIA, by Sangam Prasain (kp 19/04/2017), Flying
frustrations:
Plans to ease Kathmandu’s air traffic congestion need
urgent implementation (kp 20/04/2017), Goma
Air
flight diverted due to TIA congestion, by Tika
Prasad Bhatta (kp 20/04/2017)
Airline
bookings
slump as peak season wanes (kp 17/04/2017)
TIA
restricts
flights (kp 17/04/2017)
Will
NAC
be able to secure govt guarantee for loan? (ht
16/04/2017)
Haze
forces domestic flight delays, cancellations: Fliers
on the receiving end as airlines ‘ignore’ their
troubles, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 15/04/2017)
Shree
Airlines
receives its first Bombardier CRJ-200 jet (kp
14/04/2017)
Finger
at
sloppy aerodrome engineering for TIA mess, by
Rajan Pokharel (ht 14/04/2017)
Stalled
airport
projects call for unified solution (kp 13/04/2017)
NAC
Boeing
757 for sale, minimum offer $1.71 million (kp
11/04/2017)
Camel’s
nose
under the tent: Nepal Airlines may become more
efficient once Himalaya Airlines encroaches further on
its domain, by Hemant Arjyal (kp 09/04/2017)
Gautam
Buddha
Airport: Korean firm warns Chinese contractor, by
Madhav Dhungana (kp 09/04/2017)
NAC
seals
$209.6m deal for two Airbus planes; Aircraft will be
delivered by Q2 of 2018, instead of Q1 deadline
stipulated earlier, by Sangam Prasain (kp
08/04/2017), NAC
inks largest ever deal to buy two jets, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep 08/04/2017), NAC
aircraft
deal raises eyebrows (ht 09/04/2017), Questionable
deal:
This questionable deal should be investigated, the
truth found out, and correction made accordingly
(ht 11/04/2017)
Himalaya
Airlines
starts daily flights to Dubai: The airline has offered
an introductory round-trip airfare starting from
Rs24,827 for Kathmandu-Dubai-Kathmandu (kp
07/04/2017)
NAC’s
‘gross
negligence’ grounds plane in Bangkok (kp
05/04/2017)
Leopard
briefly
shuts down TIA (kp 04/04/2017)
NAC,
AAR
Corp to sign Airbus deal on Friday (kp 03/04/2017)
Much-postponed
air
route meeting delayed again (kp 01/04/2017)
Himalaya
Airlines
gets third A320 (kp 01/04/2017)
Shree
gets
go-ahead to diversify into jets, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 30/03/2017)
Compensation
rate
for land for Nijgadh airport fixed (kp 29/03/2017)
Gautam
Buddha
Airport Project: Upgradation work likely to resume
next week (kp 28/03/2017), Works
resume
at Gautam Buddha airport, by Madhav Dhungana (kp
02/04/2017)
Undoing
the
fatwa: If the public is willing and the entrepreneurs
ready, the concerned agencies should not obstruct
single-engine airlines, by Hemant Arjyal (rep
28/03/2017)
Domestic
airlines
see record flyers in 2016: Buddha Air achieves a
milestone of flying over a million travellers, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 25/03/2017)
TIA
close
to awarding $28m contract to upgrade runway, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 22/03/2017), Tourism
travails:
Meeting tourism goals requires a complete overhaul of
the Kathmandu airport (kp 24/03/2017)
Doubt
looms
over Gautam Buddha Airport, by Madhav Dhungana (kp
22/03/2017), Work
on Gautam Buddha Int’l Airport to resume next week:
Chinese contractor, local suppliers reach four-point
agreement, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 22/03/2017)
Gautam
Buddha
airport project construction likely to resume soon:
Chinese firm’s VC arrives in Nepal as contract
termination threat looms n Monday’s meet resolves
payment dispute, by Sangam Prasain (kp 21/03/2017)
Unpaid
airport
project workers walk off job, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 18/03/2017)
3.51m
travellers
pass through Kathmandu airport, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 17/03/2017)
Aviation
fuel
spillage tars CAAN, NAC image further, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 17/03/2017)
NAC
concludes
contract talks; final deal in March (kp
16/03/2017), Cabinet
asked
to act as guarantor (kp 20/03/2017)
Documents
on
air safety submitted to EC (kp 16/03/2017)
Pokhara
Regional
Int'l Airport: Design to be sent to Chinese bank for
loan (kp 15/03/2017)
NAC
receives IATA certification for ground handling
service (rep 15/03/2017)
Potential
partners
for NAC invited to submit proposals, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 13/03/2017)
Saurya
adds
another CRJ-200 to its fleet (kp 13/03/2017)
Capital
to
get its first aviation museum by July (kp
12/03/2017)
Tibet
Airlines
seeks permission to fly to KTM (kp 11/03/2017)
Bad
weather
hits flights (ht 11/03/2017)
Antonov-2
and
Nepal: Left to rust; An-2 could have come handy to
link towns across the Tarai as one could not travel by
land without detour through India. by Hemant
Arjyal (rep 11/03/2017)
Documents
on
air safety actions to be sent to EC (kp
10/03/2017)
Airport
project
completion date put off to 2019 (kp 09/03/2017)
NAC
board’s
nod to 757 sale (kp 08/03/2017)
Buddha
Air
to increase flight frequency (kp 07/03/2017), Buddha
starts operation of new aircraft (rep 07/03/2017)
‘Get
strategic
partner for NAC in 3 months’ (kp 06/03/2017)
Lack
of
instructor pilots hinders operations (kp
06/03/2017)
NAC
urged
to keep ground handling service separate, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 03/03/2017)
Rajbiraj
airport
to be ready before mid-July (ht 03/03/2017)
Never
fly
into clouds: Those wonderful Pilatus Porter pilots and
their flying machines, by Lisa Choegyal (nt
03/03/2017)
Money
grows
on trees for Nijgadh airport project: A swathe of
jungle will be flattened to build the
airport, yielding more than 600,000 trees, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 02/03/2017)
Bhairahawa
int’l
airport builder runs out of cash: Civil Aviation
Authority of Nepal likely to terminate contract with
Chinese firm, by Rupak Sharma and Sangam Prasain
(kp 27/02/2017)
NAC
in
turbulence as disputed figure enters boardroom, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 25/02/2017)
Himalaya
Airlines
launches Yangon flights (kp 25/02/2017)
Procedure
to
regulate drone flights enacted (ht 25/02/2017)
Civil
Aviation
Academy of Nepal still framing plan for 2012-2017!,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 24/02/2017)
Chinese
aircraft
to begin commercial flights today (kp 22/02/2017)
Indian
side
proposes March-end, early-April meeting on air routes
(kp 21/02/2017)
Incredible
Twin-Couriers:
It would be interesting to know if the Americans ever
sought permission for locating H-500 here in Nepal,
by Hemant Arjyal (rep 21/02/2017)
NAC
to
auction Boeing 757, asking price $1.7 million, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 18/02/2017)
NAC
sends
one-million-dollar commitment fee to AAR Corp (ht
17/02/2017)
Poor
training
of aviation academy jeopardising air safety (ht
16/02/2017)
FM
to ask EU to lift ban on Nepali airlines (rep
13/02/2017), Mahat
to
seek removal of EU ban on Nepali airlines (ht
13/02/2017), Nepal
requests
EC to unban Nepali airlines (kp 17/02/2017)
Air
transport
capacity enhancement project: CAAN all set to resume
works, by Sangam Prasain (kp 11/02/2017)
Himalaya
conducts
maiden flight to Kuala Lumpur (kp 11/02/2017)
Government
told
to shut emergency gate at TIA (kp 10/02/2017) [???]
NAC
takes
delivery of two Chinese aircraft (kp 09/02/2017)
Buddha
Air expands fleet (rep 09/02/2017)
TIA
Security Under Scanner, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
08/02/2017)
Uncertainty
clouds
Nepal-India meet on air routes (kp 08/02/2017)
NAC
to
fly 4 new routes with wide-body jets by ’18 (kp
07/02/2017)
Don’t
blame
the heavy ones: The runways at Kathmandu Airport need
to be improved; it’s not the heavy planes that are at
fault, by Hemant Arjyal (kp 05/01/2017)
Panel
formed
to study modality of inducting partner at NAC (kp
04/02/2017)
Buddha
plans
double daily flights to Janakpur (kp 03/02/2017)
Nepal
proposes
ASA with AUS (kp 02/02/2017)
NAC
receives
Y-12e plane (kp 02/02/2017)
Meet
on
preparing Nepal’s airports for disasters starts
(kp 01/02/2017)
Himalaya
adds
2nd Airbus jet to fleet (kp 01/02/2017)
NAC
signs
MoU with AAR Corp (kp 30/01/2017)
Fourth
Chinese aircraft arriving on Tuesday (rep
30/01/2017)
Lack
of
workforce planning casts shadow over future of Nepal's
aviation sector, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 29/01/2017)
Govt
ignoring
suitors for Nijgadh airport project, by Sangam
Prasai (kp 27/01/2017)
NAC
receives
second MA60 (kp 27/01/2017)
CAAN
flouts
rules in awarding lease (kp 25/01/2017)
Lawmakers
urge govt to clarify over Indian proposal of seeking
shelter for air marshals (rep 24/01/2017)
Going
far:
King Selassie was far-sighted in making Ethiopian
Airlines free from government interference, by
Hemant Arjyal (kp 22/01/2017) [lessons for Nepal]
TIA
Customs
to see management overhaul,by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 21/01/2017)
Army
to
do preparatory work on second int’l airport project
(kp 20/01/2017)
House
panel
urges government to expedite construction of airports
(ht 20/01/2017)
Himalaya
to
link Yangon, KL (kp 18/01/2017), Himalaya
to
bring new aircraft (ht 18/01/2017), Himalaya
Airlines flying to to Kuala Lumpur from Feb 10
(rep 18/01/2017)
NAC
to
take delivery of Chinese planes, finally: An NAC team
led by Poshak Gnawali, director of the Engineering
Maintenance Department, left for China on Sunday to
take delivery of a 56-seater MA60 and a
17-seater Y12e (kp 17/01/2017)
Baggage
screeners
at country’s sole int’l airport lack certification:
Nepal has failed to execute standards related to
aviation quality and security, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 17/01/2017)
NAC
decides
to award jet deal to AAR Corp of US, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 16/01/2017), NAC
selects
AAR Corp to deliver two aircraft (ht 16/01/2017)
Fishtale
chopper
crash: Probe blames pilot stress (kp 16/01/2017)
NAC
proposes
pilot pay hike: If the proposal is approved, a senior
pilot could draw up to Rs450,000 in monthly
salary and allowances. At present, senior
pilots’ pay ranges from Rs250,000 to Rs300,000 per
month (kp 14/01/2017)
Simrik
Air
adds new Bell 407GXP chopper to its fleet (ht
14/01/2017)
Nepal
Airlines
regains numero uno position, by Sangam Prasain (kp
13/01/2017)
Rajbiraj
Airport
upgradation gains speed (kp 10/01/2017)
CAAN
takes
controversial step to pay Rs530m bonus: Announcement
comes at the time when efficiency of aviation
infrastructure and manpower has been widely questioned,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 09/01/2017)
Airlines
make
hay as travellers shun roads (kp 06/01/2017)
Second
int’l
airport: Govt to reimburse LMW for cost of feasibility
study (kp 05/01/2017)
Construction
of Dharan Airport resumes, by Rohit Rai (rep
05/01/2017)
NAC
to
lease Sajha buses as stopgap measures (kp
04/01/2017)
Buckle
down:
Govt should incentivise contractor to complete work on
Bhairahawa’s international airport on time (kp
30/12/2016)
A
Himalayan mess: Turbulent times for Nepal-China joint
venture airline, by Om Astha Rai (nt 30/12/2016)
Runway
improvement
at TIA to begin next March (kp 30/12/2016)
Airport
upgradation
work speeding up (ht 29/12/2016)
Domestic
air passenger movement up (rep 29/12/2016)
CAAN
calls
ICAO mission to audit corrective measures (kp
28/12/2016)
NAC
board
starts formal talks on strategic partnership (kp
27/12/2016)
NAC
decides to bring remaining Chinese aircraft: One MA
60, one Harbin Y12-E to be brought in first phase
(rep 27/12/2016)
Nepal
Airlines to fly to Guangzhou (rep 27/12/2016)
US
firm
submits lowest bid of $104.8m per jet, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 26/12/2016)
Gautam
Buddha
international airport in Bhairahawa: NPC VC directs
contractor to ramp up construction works, by
Madhav Dhungana (kp 25/12/2016)
Nepal,
India
agree third-country codeshare deal (kp
24/12/2016)
NAC
plans
to use only Airbus aircraft in int’l fleet (ht
24/12/2016)
Nepali
air
passengers being levied excess tax illegally: NTB has
been pocketing the sum since long (ht 23/12/2016)
No
bidders for NA aircraft, spares auction, by Kamal
Pariyar (rep 23/12/2016)
India
agrees
to develop, upgrade four air routes: Three new
cross-border entry points to be discussed further,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/12/2016), India
to open additional int'l air routes through Nepal
(rep 23/12/2016)
Int'l
airport
in Pokhara: Finance Ministry confirms $216m soft loan
for project, by Sangam Prasain and Bhim Ghimire
(kp 19/12/2016)
Lack
of
expertise taking toll on Nepal’s aviation, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 19/12/2016)
Air
tickets
to cost more from Monday (kp 16/12/2016), Domestic
airlines
hike basic fare (ht 16/12/2016)
Air
service
talks get Cabinet nod (kp 13/12/2016)
EU
decides to continue ban on Nepali airlines, by
Susheel Bhattarai (rep 13/12/2016)
Contractor
for
TIA project fired: Caan officially issues notice of
termination to Constructora Sanjose, a Spanish firm,
for nonperformance, by Sangam Prasain (kp
12/12/2016), Court
rejects
Spanish firm’s appeal against dismissal (kp
17/12/2016), Court
clears
way for CAAN to seize security deposit of contractor
(kp 21/12/2016)
TIA
authority
working on plan for ‘airport capacity declaration’:
According to CAAN, the TIA is conducting the
first ever study on the reasonable
estimate of its capacity (kp 11/12/2016)
CAAN
okays
24pc hike in domestic airfares: The ministry is
reportedly unwilling to ramp up fares on remote
sectors. It is unlikely that ticket prices will be
increased on flights to remote destinations, said
sources (kp 10/12/2016)
TIA
project
stalls indefinitely due to slowpoke contractor: The
project hit a snag as the soil to be used as filler
for the expansion of the runway was not available. It
has also been prevented from extracting sand from the
Pashupati area due to a court case (kp
08/12/2016), Bad
first
impressions: TIA is embarrassing for a country that is
highly dependent on tourism (kp 09/12/2016), Lender
mulling
whether to fire TIA contractor (kp 09/12/2016)
Bhojpur
airport
to be closed for three months (ht 08/12/2016)
Former
ICAO
secy gen moots splitting CAAN, by Rajan Pokhrel
(kp 07/12/2016), Enhance
the
image: Civil aviation experts have time and again
advised the CAAN and the ministry to abide by the ICAO
stipulations as Nepal is a signatory to the Chicago
Convention (ht 08/12/2016)
Aviation
safety
and efficiency: Time for togetherness, by Birendra
Kumar Singh (ht 07/12/2016)
Flights
could
become cheaper as fuel prices cut (kp 06/12/2016),
Domestic
airfare
likely to drop (ht 06/12/2016), Fares
drop
as airlines slash fuel surcharges (kp 07/12/2016),
Flying
in
domestic carriers gets cheaper from today (ht
07/12/2016)
Buddha
Air investing Rs 1 billion to buy ATR 72-500 aircraft,
by Susheel Bhattarai (rep 06/12/2016)
CAAN
ready
for ICAO audit of corrective measures (kp
06/12/2016)
Divergent
views
over Civil Aviation Bill 2016, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 05/12/2016)
NAC
expands
Delhi flight frequency (kp 05/12/2016)
Nepal
terminates
contract with Spanish firm on multi-million dollar
airport project, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 04/12/3016)
Flight
delays
becoming routine affair at TIA, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 02/12/2016)
Stalled
air
service talks with India to be revived, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 30/11/2016)
Buddha,
Yeti
racing to acquire new aircraft, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 29/11/2016)
Gautam
Buddha Airport construction work moving at slow pace,
by Sher Bahadur KC (kp 29/11/2016)
TIA
chokes
on parking congestion, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
27/11/2016)
Draft
of
Civil Aviation Bill sent to Tourism Ministry, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 24/11/2016), New
civil
aviation bill to allow pvt airports (kp
25/11/2016)
Seti flashflood alert pilot dies in Ultralight crash,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 24/11/2016), The
maxium
pilot: Nepal's tourism industry has lost a devoted
professional, by Kunda Dixit (nt 02/12/2016)
Tibet
Airlines
likely to begin Nepal service (kp 23/11/2016)
Tourism
Ministry
plans to conduct fresh DPR of SIA (kp 21/11/2016)
GBIA
unlikely
to become operational within a year (ht
21/11/2016)
India
proposes
resuming air service talks in Dec (kp 16/11/2016)
NAC
decides to bring remaining Chinese aircraft: Two
aircraft coming in three months, by Susheel
Bhattarai (rep 16/11/2016)
Wreckage
of
missing ultralight recovered after a year (kp
14/11/2016)
NAC
Airbus
flew to Dubai with thrust reverser locked!, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 14/11/2016) (ht 14/11/2016)
Makalu
Air
plane meets with accident at Simikot Airport (ht
11/11/2016)
11
foreign
firms bid to supply aircraft, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 11/11/2016)
Meghauli
Airport
opens for chartered flights (ht 09/11/2016)
Y12e
slated
for test flight to Lukla (kp 08/11/2016)
Bhairahawa
airport
project freed from green shackles: After the airport
is complete, it will be able to handle up to 6 million
passengers annually (kp 05/11/2016)
Domestic
passengers
face delays after radar fault (kp 04/11/2016)
Nepal
hesitant
about Open Skies overture, by Sangam Prasain (kp
04/11/2016)
VVIP
flight
creates delays (kp 03/11/2016)
Most
accidents
involved small planes: CAAN; A majority of the
accidents involved turbo-prop planes with a capacity
of 19 passengers or less (kp 29/10/2016)
Airlines
face
shortage of 100 senior pilots, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 28/10/2016)
CAAN’s
quirky
practices put aviation safety at risk, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 25/10/2016)
Efforts
resume
to receive Chinese aircraft on order: Tourism Ministry
has told NAC to resume process of taking delivery of
four planes—one MA60 and three Y12e (kp
22/10/2016)
New
aviation
law to be sent to Cabinet in Nov (kp 21/10/2016)
Nepal
dragging
its feet on opening new air routes, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 20/10/2016)
Jet
Airways
to operate 5 daily flights to Nepal (kp
20/10/2016)
Nepal
Airlines
takes second place in massive turnaround, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 19/10/2016)
ICAO
to
send expert to improve airworthiness: Regulator
(kp 15/10/2016)
Domestic
airlines
carry 10pc more passengers, by Sangam Prasain (kp
14/10/2016)
CAAN
bans
use of Note 7 on aircraft: All users of the Samsung
Galaxy Note 7 must switch it off and place it inside
their carry-on baggage before boarding the aircraft,
the aviation regulator has said (kp
08/10/2016)
Altitude
Air
chopper to commence commercial operation soon (ht
06/10/2016)
Festive
travel
rush: All domestic flights from KTM sold out (kp
01/10/2016), Dearth
of
air tickets hits passengers hard (ht 04/10/2016),
NAC
to
operate 12 non-scheduled flights for Dashain
travellers (ht 06/10/2016)
NAC
Airbus
makes emergency landing at TIA after smoke detected,
runway closed (ht 26/09/2016)
Mountain
Air
chopper makes force-landing in Solukhumbu (ht
25/09/2016), Mountain
Air
chopper crashes, all on board safe (kp 26/09/2016)
NAC
board
okays plan to procure 2 wide-body jets, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 25/09/2016)
Yeti
Airlines
plane overshoots Bhairahawa runway, all ‘safe’ (ht
24/09/2016)
Yeti
to
buy ATR aircraft under fleet renewal plan, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 22/09/2016)
Himalaya
Airlines
to launch flights to Colombo on Oct 1, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 21/09/2016)
Air
Kasthamandap
crash caused by ‘engine failure’, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 19/09/2016)
Domestic
airlines
slash airfare (ht 19/09/2016), Fuel
surcharges
cut to match oil prices (kp 20/09/2016)
Terminal
illness:
TIA operates in chaos with overcrowding, regular
delays, mismanaged facilities and inadequate
infrastructure, by Soni Rai (ht 18/09/2016)
Airbus
tyre
burst raises safety concerns at pathetic TIA, by
Raja Pokhrel (ht 16/09/2016)
Dashain
flights:
More than 70pc sold out (kp 15/09/2016)
NAC
jet
stops safely after losing a wheel on landing (kp
14/09/2016)
Airlines
jack
up fares to cash in on festive rush, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 13/09/2016)
FinMin
to
be guarantor on loan for fleet expansio: The current
fiscal year’s budget statement has also promised to
arrange funding to buy jets for NAC, by Sangam
Prasain (kp (12/09/2016)
It’s
a
bad first impression at TIA: From immigration to
baggage collection it’s a nightmare, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 11/09/2016)
Safer
flights:
The government must form an independent commission
from outside the ministry to make Nepal’s aviation
sector safe, secure and trustworthy (ht
09/09/2016)
Bringing
the
world to Nepal: Turkish Airlines marks three years
connecting Kathmandu and Istanbul, by Sahina
Shrestha (nt 09/09/2016), High
fuel
price a deterrent, excerpts from the interview
with Harun Bastürk, Vice President of Sales for Asia and
Far East Turkish Airlines (nt 09/09/2016)
ICAO
tells
states to form air accident probe unit (kp
08/09/2016), Nepal’s
aviation
on a wing and a prayer (ht 08/09/2016)
Price
of
the ticket: Dynamic pricing is followed globally, but
in Nepal the government controls airfares, by
Rajin Ranjit (kp 06/09/2016)
Buddha
Air
approved to provide MRO services (kp 06/09/2016),
Opportunity
knocks:
Tax relaxation on export oriented businesses can
generate much-needed jobs for Nepalis (kp
07/09/20126)
Int’l
airlines
post strong bookings: All flights are booked over 80
percent for the period between mid-Sept and mid-Oct,
acording to travel agents (kp 05/09/2016)
Shree
Airlines
to diversify into fixed-wing operations, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 02/09/2016), Shree
Airlines
gets okay
for fixed-wing operations, by Sangam Prasain (kp
08/09/2016)
Shahi
pledges
to buy at least 15 aircraft (kp 02/09/2016)
Japan
approves
Rs1.51b grant to boost air safety: The scheme will
improve safety at eight airports across Nepal—five
short take-off and landing airstrips, two regional
airports and Tribhuvan International Airport (kp
01/09/2016)
Tribhuvan
International
Airport improvement project: CAAN ‘likely’ to terminate
contract with Spain firm (kp 30/08/2016)
SAARC
energy
cooperation pact gets Parliament nod (kp 30/08/2016)
NAC
likely
to confirm plan to buy 2 widebody aircraft, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 29/08/2016)
Noise
pollution
hits TIA operations, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
29/08/2016)
Simrik
Airlines
resumes ops (kp 26/08/2016)
NAC
to
put Chinese aircraft back in air (kp 25/08/2016)
Nepal
Airlines
in stake sales talks with Middle East carrier, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 24/08/2016), Minority
stake:
While NAC needs a strategic partner, the idea to sell a
majority stake requires more debate (kp 26/08/2016)
Laser
emitters
target NAC aircraft at TIA, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
22/08/2016)
Qualification,
experience
are just trivia to CAAN, by Rajan Pokharel (ht
21/08/2016)
NAC
resumes
Dubai flights after 4-yr gap (kp 19/08/2016)
Plane
refuelling
service in Bhadrapur (kp 19/08/2016)
More
than
150 chopper flights on Everest in two months, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 19/08/2016)
Tourism
Ministry
in Simrik licence renewal dilemma (kp 18/08/2016)
International
carriers
to boost Nepal frequency, by Sangam Prasain (kp
17/08/2016)
NAC
Airbus
A320 grounded at TIA: The jet without fire extinguisher
in its cargo compartment had flown from IGIA to
Kathmandu (ht 17/08/2017)
CAAN
all
set to ban passenger flights by single-engine planes,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 15/08/2016)
House
panel
urges action after spate of air crashes (kp
13/08/2016)
Human
error
traps: Reports on air crashes often blame the dead
pilots to cover up official shortcomings, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 12/08/2016)
Second
international
airport in Nijgadh: CAAN invites proposals to conduct
eco study (kp 12/08/2016)
Airlines
violating
visual flight rules of ICAO, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
11/08/2016)
Air
safety:
There is no alternative to improving the quality of our
country’s aviation (kp 10/08/2016), 738
accident deaths in Nepal’s 70-year aviation history,
by Sujan Dhungana (rep 10/08/2016)
Baby
among
seven killed in Fishtail Air chopper crash, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 09/08/2016), Hospital
facing
difficulty identifying bodies (ht 10/08/2016)
Makalu
plane
plunges into river: Single-engine aircraft makes forced
landing; Pilots rescued (kp 05/08/2016), Aircraft
crash
lands
in Karnali, swept away Pilot, co-pilot jump to safety,
by Damodar Bhandari (ht 05/08/2016))
Jet
Airways
to resume 5 daily flights to Nepal (kp 05/08/2016)
NAC’s
scheduled
flights to Dubai from Aug 18 (ht 04/08/2016)
Tara
Air
flight 193 crash report: ‘Pilots violated standard
operating procedure’, by Sangam Prasain (kp
01/08/2016)
Rubber
deposits
at TIA runway pose threat to aircraft safety, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 31/07/2016)
CAAN
calls
bids for DPR for luxury airport hotel (kp
30/07/2016)
No
flights:
Over 200 stranded in Everest region (kp 27/07/2016)
Delayed
airport
projects hope to make headway this year, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 27/07/2016)
CAAN
starts
work to restore TIA’s crumbling runway, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 23/07/2016)
Contractor
resumes
work on TIA project (kp 21/07/2016)
Ministry:
New
Civil Aviation Act will be tabled at Cabinet by Oct
(kp 17/07/2016) [The current
cabinet will not be in office in October!]
Bird
strike
during Airbus takeoff exposes loopholes inside Tribhuvan
Int’l Airport, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 17/07/2016)
NAC
in
crisis as honchos stayed abroad (ht 17/07/2016)
TIA
should
be made tax-free zone: Airlines (kp 16/07/2016)
NAC
to
resume Dubai service on August 18 (kp 15/07/2016)
NAC
to
retire one of its two Boeing 757 jetliners (kp
13/07/2016)
NAC
facing
its worst crisis: Six of its eight aircraft grounded,
hitting flight schedule (kp 12/07/2016)
Is
ATC
skill enough to hold engineering group posts in
ministry?, by Rajan Pokhrel (kp 10/07/2016)
Simrik,
Sapphire
agree to form cargo airline (kp 09/07/2016)
Emergency
NAC
plane landing after bird-hit (kp 08/07/2016), Bird
strike
grounds NAC Airbus at TIA (ht 08/07/2016)
Himalaya
to
operate daily flights to Doha (kp 08/07/2016)
CAAN
completes
installation of radar in Bhatte Danda (kp
03/07/2016)
Ministry’s
aircraft
accident probe a farce, claim experts, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 03/07/2016)
Nepal
Oil
Corp cuts aviation fuel price (kp 02/07/2016), Domestic
airlines
slash fuel surcharge (kp 04/07/2016)
Domestic
airfares
likely to go up 19-39 percent (kp 01/07/2016)
Paragliders
fear
being displaced by airport, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
21/06/2016)
Construction
work
at Gautam Buddha International Airport snail-paced
(ht 20/06/2016)
Gautam
Buddha
International Airport: Green issues likely to stall
project, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 18/06/2016)
TIA
health
desk poorly equipped to handle emergencies, by Arjun
Poudel (rep 14/06/2016)
Domestic
airports’
safety flies under the radar, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
11/06/2016)
NAC
to
start flights to Dubai soon (ht 10/06/2016)
Spreading
wings
wider: The time is right for Nepal Airlines to increase
capacity by adding bigger jets, by Kunda Dixit (nt
10/06/2016)
Helicopter
sales
soar: The Nepal Army is further upgrading its fleet with
three new helicopters, by Rameshwor Bohara (nt
10/06/2016)
Air
travel
demand up due to highway maintenance, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 09/06/2016)
Govt
extends
credit to build Pokhara airport (ht 07/06/2016)
Critical
ATC
equipment falling flat at TIA, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
05/06/2016)
Pokhara
int’l
airport to gain speed after rains, by Lal Prasad
Sharma (kp 04/06/2016)
Himalaya
Airlines
starts scheduled flight to Doha (rep 02/06/2016)
NAC’s
Boeing
services halted, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 01/06/2016)
Himalaya
Airlines
to commence its scheduled flight from May-end (ht
24/05/2016), Himalaya
Airlines
starting scheduled flights to Doha from May 31 (rep
24/05/2016)
Finance
ministry
fixes 5pc interest on credit to build Pokhara airport
(ht 21/05/2016)
Historic
hijack
plane now at Sundarijal museum, by Kalendra Sejuwal
(ht 21/05/2016)
New
domestic
terminal opens at Tribhuvan International Airport
(kp 19/05/2016)
TIA
operating
without renewed certificate, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
19/05/2016)
Ban
on
single-engine aircraft: Supreme Court stays govt
decision (kp 16/05/2016)
NAC's
market
share rose to 7.9% in 2015 (rep 14/05/2016)
Heading
330:
A brand new aircraft, however ideal and economical to
run, can do little on its own, by Hemant Arjyal (kp
10/05/2016)
Air
navigation
services below par at TIA, say users, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 08/05/2016)
Co-pilot
with
fake credentials arrested (ht 05/05/2016)
Ban
on
single-engine aircraft: Karnali lawmakers express
concern; The ban has affected a large number of
travellers in the remote Karnali as people are forced to
wait for at least two weeks to get a flight (kp
03/05/2016)
TIA
special
desk to keep track of returning migrants (kp
27/04/2016)
Himalaya
Airlines'
announces second flight to Colombo (rep 27/04/2016)
Novoair
okayed
to operate Dhaka-Kathmandu flights (kp 23/04/2016)
Gautam
Buddha
regional int’l airport: Cabinet okays proposal to
acquire more land (kp 21/04/2016)
Meghauli
Airport
back in operation (kp 19/04/2016)
TIA
sees
rise in freight movement (ht 17/04/2016)
Three
years
on, govt and CAAN do nothing to get red tag lifted,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 17/04/2016)
CAAN’s
Rs40
billion debt raises fears of unsustainability (kp
16/04/2016)
Pokhara
int’l
airport project set to take off: PM lays foundation
stone; Country to have 4 such facilities by 2022, by
Sangam Prasain, Bhim Ghimire and Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
14/04/2016), Laying
Foundation
Of Airport In Pokhara, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km
16/04/2016)
Incomplete
ADB
project hits baggage handling at TIA (ht 14/04/2016)
Himalaya
Airlines
makes maiden flight to Colombo (kp 13/04/2016)
NAC
aircraft
averts crash in Jumla (kip 12/04/2016)
Delay
in
acquiring chinese aircraft: Panel seeks explanation from
Tourism Ministry (kp 11/04/2016)
Air
passenger
movement falls for 4th straight year, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 09/04/2016)
Buddha
Air
plane makes emergency landing, by Abadesh Kumar Jha
(kp 09/04/2016)
Rs9.74b
worth
of land to be acquired for Lumbini airport: The existing
domestic airport will be transformed into a regional
international airport spread over 715 bighas by 2017
(kp 07/04/2016)
Int’l
passenger
traffic drops for first time in 13 years, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 05/04/2016)
Chinese
aircraft
for Nepal Airlines: TourMin tables yet another proposal:
The aircraft procurement process has been put on hold
for the past year (kp 03/04/2016)
Pokhara
airport’s
foundation laying slated for April 14 (kp
01/04/2016), Prospect
of
int’l airport elates Pokhara folks (ht 03/04/2016),
Land
owners
yet to receive promised compensation (ht
07/04/2016), Pokhara
airport
airborne: After four wasted decades, Pokhara may finally
be getting a much-needed international airport, by
Rabindra Adhikari (nt 08/04/2016)
Himalaya
Airlines
makes proving flight to Delhi (kp 31/03/2016)
Double
check:
Govt ban on single-engine aircraft goes against
accumulated aviation wisdom (kp 29/03/2016), Single-engine
aircraft
face uncertain future, by Sangam Prasain (kp
30/03/2016)
TIA
project
delayed due to slowpoke contractor (kp 29/03/2016)
Jet
Airways
plane bomb hoax (kp 28/03/2016)
Radar
installation
works at TIA, Bhatte Danda resume (kp 27/03/2016)
US-Bangla
Airlines
gets nod to fly to Kathmandu: It is the fifth
Bangladeshi airline to receive the permit after Biman
Bangladesh, GMG Airlines, United Airways and Regent
Airways (kp 26/03/2016)
Air
safety
concerns widen rift between CAAN and civil aviation
ministry, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 24/03/2016)
Nijgadh
airport
project to publish notice for land acquisition by
mid-April 2016 (rep 23/03/2016)
Proposal
to
develop SIA tabled at Cabinet, by Sangam Prasain (kp
22/03/2016)
Loan
agreement
paves the way for Pokhara int'l airport project,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 22/03/2016), Jubilation
in
Pokhara after loan deal sealed with China, by Lal
Prasad Sharma (kp 23/03/2016)
The
thing
in between: All single engine aircraft operators want is
a stable policy regime, by Hemant Arjyal (kp
20/03/2016)
Pokhara
International
Airport: Govt to sign $216m deal with China bank (kp
20/03/2016)
Fishtail
helicopter
crashes in Langtang, by Krishna Thapa (kp
18/03/2016)
Transformer
stolen
from Gautam Buddha Airport in Bhairahawa: Airport
operating on an old generator since March 7, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 14/03/2016)
Next
generation
equipment: For safer skies, by Bikal Jha (ht
14/03/2016)
Himalaya
Airlines
takes delivery of first aircraft (kp 10/03/2016), Himalaya
welcomes
its first Airbus 320 (ht 10/03/2016)
Race
against
time: The only lesson from Air Kasthamandap crash is
that we need search and rescue teams both in east and
west, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 09/03/2016)
TourMin
gets
tough on single-engine aircraft: Government halts
registration of new single-engine aircraft and bans
passenger charter flights by such planes, pending a
report by a probe panel, by Sangam Prasain (kp
08/03/2016)
CAAN
trashes
$4.2m air safety enhancement report, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 08/03/2016)
Himalaya
all
set to start ops (kp 06/03/2016)
Proposed
Pokhara
International Airport: Loan deal may be signed during
Oli’s China visit (kp 05/03/2016)
NAC
agrees
to receive aircraft with conditions: Among the
conditions, the national flag carrier has demanded that
China’s AVIC International, the supplier of the
problem-plagued MA60 and Y12e, guarantee
compensation for losses incurred while flying the planes
in Nepal with a load penalty, by Sangam Prasain (kp
04/03/2016)
Gautam
Buddha
Airport: Government to acquire another 140 bighas,
by Madhav Dhungana (kp 04/03/2016)
Air
Safety
Measures Must Be Strictly Implemented, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rn 2/03/2016)
Two
pilots
killed in second plane crash in three days, by
Sangam Prasain and Tularam Pandey (kp 27/02/2016), Air
Kasthamandap
plane crash-lands; two killed: Pilot, co-pilot lose
their lives but nine passengers survive the forced
landing in a Kalikot field (ht 27/02/2016), How
the
brave pilot saved nine lives (ht 27/02/2016), Both
crew
members die in Air Kasthamandap crash-landing, by
Pabitra Kumar Shahi (rep 27/02/2016), Pilot
Dinesh’s
family grief-stricken by loss, by Thakur Singh Tharu
(kp 28/02/2016)
PM
inspects
Gautam Buddha Int’l Airport (ht 27/02/2016)
Disaster
in
the air: Unless CAAN plugs loopholes in safety,
investigations will mean precious little (kp
26/02/2016), Plane
crash
shines light on safety issues again, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 26/02/2016)
All
23
on board die in Tara Air plane crash, by Ghanshyam
Khadka (kp 25/02/2016), Experts
blame
multiple factors, by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/02/2016),
Tara
Air
plane crashes en route to Jomsom, leaving all 23 aboard
dead: Dust cloud over Myagdi suspected to have caused
engine failure, by Pushpa Raj Acharya and Rup
Narayan Dhakal (ht 25/02/2016), 23
including
crew killed in Tara Air crash, by Santosh
Pokhrel and Hari Krishna Gautam (rep 25/02/2016), 14
bodies
identified, 9 require DNA test, by Lal Prasad Sharma
(kp 26/02/2016)
Bonded
warehouse
to be set up for aircraft spares (kp 24/02/2016)
Fly
or ride? Domestic airlines compete with new roads to
service Nepal’s remote mountain airfields, by Kunda
Dixit (nt 19/02/2016)
Fuel
surcharge
lowered, flying gets cheaper, by Sangam Prasain (kp
18/02/2016), Airlines
operators
cut fuel surcharge (ht 18/02/2016), Airfare
slashed
by as much as 18.31%, by Sujan
Dhungana (rep
18/02/2016)
TIA
resumes
refuelling service for foreign jets: Fuel price for
international airlines has been slashed to $981 per
kilolitre, by Sangam Prasain (kp 17/02/2016)
Solar
power
at domestic airports: CAAN estimates cost of Rs160
million, by Sangam Prasain (kp 14/02/2016)
Refuelling
at
TIA for international airlines (ht 14/02/2016)
Karki
elected
AOAN president (kp 13/02/2016)
Baggage
claim
still a nightmare at TIA, by Sangam Prasain (kp
12/02/2016)
NOC
to
resume refuelling services for foreign jets: The
state-owned fuel supplier has also been mulling a big
price cut in aviation fuel sold to int’l airlines,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 10/02/2016), NOC
overcharging
airline companies on ATF, by Sujan Dhungana (rep
10/02/2016)
Tribhuvan
International
Airport upgradation project: Contractor reluctant to
install new conveyor belt (kp 07/02/2016)
Second
international
airport at Nijgadh: Caan estimates Rs121b price tag for
SIA project, by Sangam Prasain (kp 06/02/2016)
NAC
prepares
to fly to Guangzhou (rep 05/02/2016)
Airfares
drop
sharply, except in Nepal, by Sangam Prasain (kp
04/02/2016)
Yeti
Airlines,
Tara Air achieve int’l safety standard (ht
01/02/2016)
Dress-with-no-pockets
directive:
TIA ignored orders on dress code, says CIAA (kp
31/01/2016)
Air
safety
clean chit a far cry for Nepal: ICAO; There are
loopholes in the part of operation oversight and
organisational capability of CAAN, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 31/01/2016)
KMC
told
to prohibit butchery around TIA (ht 31/01/2016)
CIAA
directs
TIA to improve services (ht 30/01/2016)
Threat
to
flight safety: Buildings yet to be demolished; Owners
last month were told to pull down structures within 10
days, by Gaurav Thapa (kp 27/01/2016)
Himalaya
Airlines
plans to start ops by March-end (kp 27/01/2016)
NAC
to
procure 4 new jets over next 2 years (kp
26/01/2016), NAC
launches
three-year plan (rep 26/01/2016)
Kathmandu-bound
Jet
flight delayed after bomb hoax (ht 26/01/2016)
Technical
hitches
at TIA tower create panic, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
24/01/2016)
Cabinet
panel
clears airport hotel plan (kp 23/01/2016)
Local
bodies
told to construct helipad in each VDC, municipality
(ht 23/01/2016)
Himalaya
Airlines
signs pact with SriLankan Airlines for crew training
solutions (rep 22/01/2016)
China
to
assist Nepal to re-certify MA60 aircraft (kp
21/01/2016), AVIC
keen
to extend support to NAC (ht 21/01/2016)
‘Foundation
stone
for Pokhara int’l airport to be laid by mid-Feb’
(rep 21/01/2016)
Domestic
airfares
cut slightly, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 20/01/2016)
Single
functioning
airport in far-west (ht 19/01/2016)
Ethiopian
lesson:
Ethiopian Airlines offers lessons on how to stop our
Nepal Airlines Corporation from being a laughing stock,
by Hemant Arjyal (rep 19/01/2016)
Govt
told
to prioritise construction of Nijgadh International
Airport (ht 18/01/2016), Tourism
ministry
told to immediately start construction of second
international airport (rep 18/01/2016)
Aircraft
procurement
plan ready, says tourism secy (rep 18/01/2016)
Government
to
introduce tough guideline to build new airports: The
coming Airport Construction Guideline 2016 aims at
sustainable airport planning and construction to make
the facilities economically viable, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 17/01/2016)
Advanced
passenger,
baggage information systems for TIA on the cards, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 16/01/2016)
Rajbiraj
airport
to resume service (ht 16/01/2016)
Govt
told
to revive abandoned airports, by Sangam Prasain (kp
15/01/2016)
IOC
to
provide ATF from Raxaul, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
12/01/2016)
Upgradation
of
Gautam Buddha airport resumes (kp 11/01/2016)
Y12e
plane
lightened to carry more passengers: The plane weighed
185 kg more than what was stated in the specifications,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 10/01/2016)
ADB
loan
for air safety blown on family junkets, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 10/01/2016)
Bid
to
boost air connectivity, tourism: Nepal, Bhutan agree on
six-point agenda (kp 09/01/2016)
Buildings
near
TIA runway: Locals unwilling to pull down tall
structures (kp 04/01/2016), Building
owners
agree to demolish top floors: Six houses in Koteshwor
have been deemed to be too close to the airport
(kp 12/01/2016)
Work
to
upgrade Pokhara airport to start soon (ht
04/01/2016), $216m
loan
agreed: China EXIM Bank to provide 25 percent of the
loan without interest, by Sangam Prasain (kp
05/01/2016)
Investigative
report
indicates attempt to cover-up Turkish airlines
crash-landing, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 03/01/2016)
Quake,
fuel
crisis impact: Int’l passenger traffic takes fall
(kp 01/01/2016), Number
of
air passengers down 6 % (rep 01/01/2015)
NAC
to
buy four new jets over two years (kp 31/12/2015)
Yes,
we
CAAN: CAAN still relies on the old tippani/aadesh
system while making and executing important decisions,
by Sanjay Kumar (rep 31/12/2015)
Multi-million
dollar
TIA project set to miss deadline, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 31/12/2015)
Tribhuvan
International
Airport: Hit by snags, by Birendra Kumar Singh (ht
30/12/2015)
‘Y12e
performs
well only in cold weather’ (kp 29/12/2015) [??]
6
Koteshwor buildings ‘threat to air safety’ (kp
25/12/2015), Parts
of
buildings near TIA should be torn down: Report (ht
25/12/2015)
Aviation
safety
inspectors find ANS, aerodrome services unsafe, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 20/12/2015)
NAC
told
to show viable biz plan (kp 19/12/2015)
Team
off
to China to inspect aircraft (kp 18/12/2015)
TIA
now
largest exports gateway (kp 17/12/2015)
Airport
project
takes another step forward, by Lal Prasad Sharma
(kp 17/12/2015)
Blind
fixation:
The Turkish Airlines fiasco has demonstrated the
accuracy of satellite-based procedure, by Hmant
Arjyal (kp 13/12/2015))
TIA
all
cleaned up for minister’s inspection, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 09/12/2015)
Quake
tested
‘most dangerous airport’ (kp 07/12/2015)
TIA
going
to the dogs: Report: Immigration staffers ‘lack
civility and language proficiency’ while dealing with
foreigners, by Sangam Prasain (kp 01/12/2015)
NAC
told
to go ahead with fleet expansion (kp 25/11/2015)
Fuel
shortage:
Airlines to operate only half of domestic flights
today (kp 20/11/2015), Call
before
leaving for TIA: Airline operators (ht 20/11/2015)
International
passenger
traffic drops for first time since 2003, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 17/11/2015)
Ranitar
airport
project in limbo (ht 11/11/2015)
Domestic
airlines
hike fuel surcharge steeply, by Sangam Prasain (kp
10/11/2015), Domestic
airlines
hike airfare (ht 10/11/2015)
Domestic
airlines
to halve flights as fuel crisis bites: Normal
operations from Monday onwards depend on the quantity
of fuel NAC would source (kp 08/11/2015), Most
domestic
flights cancelled, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
08/11/2015), Domestic
airlines
to operate more flights today: NOC to give 35 kl of
ATF to domestic carriers, which has ensured flights on
trunk routes (ht 09/11/2015)
Domestic
air
passenger traffic growth dips in H1, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 08/11/2015)
International
airlines
losing revenue, goodwill in Nepal, by Rajan
Pokhrel (kp 06/11/2015)
NAC
told
to submit plan for major fleet expansion (kp
04/11/2015), Prepared
for
takeoff: Nepal Airlines needs a complete management
overhaul before further fleet expansion, by Kunda
Dixit (nt 06/11/2015)
Loan
deal
for Pokhara airport likely by Nov (kp 01/11/2015)
Passengers
face
delay at TIA (ht 01/11/2015)
Chinese
plane
maker sends new performance chart, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 30/10/2015)
Govt
issues
UAV flight procedure (ht 30/10/2015)
Dipayal
Airport
yet to resume (ht 30/10/2015)
Air
pacts
signed with New Zealand, Vietnam, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 26/10/2015)
NAC
operates
Dhangadhi-Kathmandu flights four days a week (rep
26/10/2015)
NAC
plane
grounded in HK (kp 18/10/2015)
Averted
mid-air
collision reveals worrisome facts of air navigation,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 18/10/2015)
Head
in
the clouds: Cycling to Gauchar airport to look at the
magnificent flying machines would make my day, by
Kamal Ratna Tuladhar (kp 17/10/2015)
Manthali
Airport
black topping in limbo, by Himal Dhungel (ht
15/10/2015)
Airlines
strain
to handle festive rush, by Sangam Prasain (kp
13/10/2015)
Private
airlines
operating in Kolti fleecing passengers (ht
13/10/2015)
Panel
set
up to tackle air safety concerns (kp 11/10/2015)
China
Eastern
halts Kathmandu flights: The airline informed
Nepal-based travel agencies that if the jet fuel
situation did not improve, it would be forced to
extend the flights suspension further, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 10/10/2015)
Report
on
Turkish crash-landing out: High-level panel makes 21
safety recommendations for advancement of aviation
safety, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 09/10/2015)
June
2
chopper crash: Probe blames ‘passenger distraction’
(kp 09/10/2015)
Domestic
airlines
slash fares (kp 08/10/2015)
Bid
to
carry extra fuel: Planes flying with empty seats
(kp 06/10/2015)
Poor
meteorological
services raising aviation safety risks: CAAN itself
owns and operates the equipment even though it doesn’t
qualify to do so in any way, by Rajan Pokhrel (kp
04/10/2015)
Refuelling
bar
on mountain, chartered flights; air turbine fuel in
short supply (ht 03/10/2015)
‘Japanese
grant
radars to cost CAAN dear’, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
30/09/2015)
Foreign
airlines
asked not to refuel in Nepal (kp 29/09/2015), As
crisis
looms, foreign airlines refuel elsewhere, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 30/09/2015), International
airlines
find ways to refuel, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
30/09/2015)
TIA
achieved
60pc progress in projects last fiscal (ht
28/09/2015)
Airlines
brace
for fuel shortages, by Sangam Prasain (kp
27/09/2015)
21
cos
apply to provide consultancy to NAC, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 25/09/2015)
New
radar
installation to complete in 4 mths, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 20/09/2015)
Pact
to
promote GHT signed (kp 18/09/2015), Tara
Air
in co-branding partnership with GHT: Celebrates
acquisition of new Viking Series 400 Twin Otter
(ht 18/09/2015), Rebranding
tourism
with remodelled plane: Tara Air upgrades fleet with
factory new Twin Otters, by Kunda Dixit (nt
25/09/2015), Tara
Air’s
new Twin Otter (kp 27/09/2015)
CAAN
to
call ICAO to check safety measures in March (kp
15/09/2015)
Govt
to
cap max fare for charter flights, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 14/09/2015)
Bid
to
encourage remote sector flights: Government plans
subsidies for airlines, by Sangam Prasain (kp
12/09/2015)
Patients,
others
hit hard by air seat crunch, by Dipendra Shakya
(kp 11/09/2015)
CAAN
grounds
4 pilots, 3 ATCs over mid-air near miss incident
(ht 11/09/2015)
NAC
to
resume Colombo flights (kp 08/09/2015)
CAAN,
KMC
directed to resolve land acquisition (kp
06/09/2015)
Nepal
Airlines
rated world’s worst air carrier, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 06/09/2015), NAC
urged
to expand, improve service (ht 09/09/2015)
NAC
resumes
direct flights to Mumbai (kp 05/09/2015)
CAAN
to
reacquire land for expansion of TIA (kp
03/09/2015)
World
pilots’
body blacklists TIA: Points out number of
shortcomings; ICAO endorses report, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 02/09/2015)
NAC
flying
to Bangalore again from Tuesday (kp 01/09/2015), NAC’s
Kathmandu-Bangalore
service resuming from today (ht 01/09/2015)
Govt
panel
to submit report on Chinese planes soon (ht
01/09/2015)
Himalaya
Airlines,
Pelesys ink pact (ht 31/08/2015)
Flight
risks:
As an air traffic controller in the 1990s, I had to
close down the airport due to bird activity, by
Tri Ratna Manandhar (kp 30/08/2015)
Civil
aviation
authority doing little to prevent bird hits near
airports, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 29/08/2015)
Airline
traffic
soars as strikes cripple highways, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 27/08/2015)
‘Open
soil
quarry to speed up TIA improvement work’ (ht
26/08/2015)
Foreign
firms
asked to submit LoI (ht 26/08/2015)
NAC
to
phase out old Boeings (ht 26/08/2015)
Country’s
aviation
regulator keeping pilot licensing flaws under wraps,
by Rajan Pokhrel (kp 16/08/2015)
Nepal
Airlines
triggers fare war on Mumbai, Bangalore routes, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 15/08/2015)
42pc
domestic
flights cancelled last year, by Sangam Prasain (kp
14/08/2015)
Crashed
Turkish
jet may be sold as scrap (kp 13/08/2015)
TIA
aircraft
issues: Confusion persists over building guidelines,
by Gaurav Thapa (kp 12/08/2015)
Development
Committee
directs govt to speed up TIA upgradation (ht
11/08/2015)
Airlines
suffering
due to low passenger load, by Surendra Tandukar
(ht 09/08/2015)
Gautam
Buddha
regional international airport project: ADB blacklists
principal Chinese contractor, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
07/08/2015)
AOAN
reduces
fuel surcharge: Airlines slash the fuel surcharge when
fuel prices drop by Rs4/l (kp 05/08/2015), Domestic
airline
operators cut fuel surcharge, airfares slashed (ht
05/08/2015)
House
poses
hazard for aviation safety: TIA chief, by Susheel
Bhattarai (rep 05/08/2015)
NAC
to
acquire 2 wide-body jets, by Sangam Prasain (kp
02/08/2015)
Bid
to
induct management partner: Nepal Airlines to call for
proposals, by Sangam Prasain (kp 30/07/2015)
MA60
aircraft
controversy: Govt panel to grill NAC technical team
(kp 29/07/2015), Is
investigation
into Chinese MA-60 aircraft acquisition going astray?,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 02/08/2015)
Occupancy
rate
of international airline companies down (ht
27/07/2015)
NAC
set
to renew insurance of MA60 aircraft today (ht
27/07/2015)
Foreign
airlines
fly high in Nepali skies, by Sangam Prasain (kp
26/07/2015)
CAAN
plays
foul with flight crew licensing, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 26/07/2015)
Airlines
in
descent due to high airfares, slump, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 23/07/2015)
Only
airport
in Manang useless for three years (ht 23/07/2015)
Aviation
rule
exemptions: CAAN doing it the wrong way?, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 18/07/2015)
Twin
Otter
joins Tara Air’s fleet (kp 16/07/2015)
Locals
worried
by airport project delay, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
16/07/2015)
Airport
development,
tourism re-branding high on agenda: No resources
allocation for much-talked-about Second International
Airport in Nijgadh (kp 15/07/2015)
Airlines
take
a hit in free visa and ticket row, by Ramesh
Shrestha (kp 14/07/2015)
Shree
Airlines
brings eurocopter (ht 12/07/2015)
Airport-related
policies
contradict each other (kp 09/07/2015)
Indian
delegation
to inspect TIA, SIA, by Sangam Prasain (kp
05/07/2015), Priority
sought
for India to develop airports, by Sangam Prasain (kp
07/07/2015), AAI
interested
to support airport infrastructure development (ht
07/07/2015)
CAAN
squandering
away Japanese grant on frivolous activities, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 05/07/2015)
Flights
to
Khanidanda to resume today (ht 04/07/2015)
Tara
Air’s
test flight in Bhojpur airport (ht 02/07/2015)
NAC
to
serve alcohol on some int’l flights (ht 01/07/2015)
Fast
track
promotion CAAN-style: Makes a mockery of the concept of
open competition, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 28/06/2015)
Human
error
caused US Marine chopper crash, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
27/06/2015), Report
blames
pilot error, by Sangam Prasain (kp 28/06/2015)
Recent
air
crashes expose CAAN’s failure, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
24/06/2015)
Simrik
Air
chopper meets with an accident (ht 23/06/2015), Simrik
Air
chopper crashes in Gorkha: Pilot, passengers safe,
by Narhari Sapkota (rep 23/06/2015)
NAC
to
name consultant (kp 21/06/2014)
Second
int'l
airport: Locals frustrated by lack of progress, by
Laxmi Shah (kp 21/06/2015)
Bhojpur
Airport
to resume (ht 20/06/2015)
Profligate
CAAN
has a way with expending, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
19/06/2015)
Airlines
launch
fare war in bid to fill empty seats (kp 18/06/2015)
CAAN
spends
Rs 80 million for lighting Dhangadi airport runway: But
only one flight lands there daily,that too in the day;
Half of the life of installed lights has already ended,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 18/06/2015)
Chinese
aircraft
‘burden’ for NAC, says minister, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 17/06/2015)
Nepal
Airlines
plans to increase fleet (ht 16/06/2015)
Airfares
to
Delhi cut by more than half, by Sangam Prasain (kp
12/06/2015)
High-level
panel
to address problems with Chinese aircraft, by Kriti
Bhuju (rep 12/06/2015)
Three
NAC
planes grounded, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 11/06/2015)
NAC
to
donate Rs100 per ticket sale (kp 11/06/2015)
Two
new
Mi-17 choppers to boost NA’s air mobility, by
Lekhanath Pandey (ht 09/06/2015), Nepali
Army
launches new helicopters (ht 23/06/2015), Despite
two
new choppers, NA air service still short of aircraft
(rep 23/06/2015)
Four
int’l
flights diverted from TIA (ht 06/06/2015)
India
approves
3 new air routes into Nepal, by Kriti Bhuju (rep
06/06/2015), India
okays
three new air routes, by Sangam Prasain (kp
07/06/2015)
Caan
assigned
to implement SIA project (kp 05/06/2015)
4
killed in Dolakha helicopter crash, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 03/06/2015), Chopper
crash
leaves four dead: Helicopter was returning from
Sindhupalchowk with MSF team, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht
03/06/2015), Pilots
relying
on outdated aeronautical info: Had CAAN publication
shown obstacles like power lines, Tuesday’s copter crash
could have been averted, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
04/06/2015), Wrong
manifest
creates confusion in crash (ht 04/06/2015), Five
Dolakha
locals also died in US chopper crash, confirms NA
(kp 06/06/2015), Kin
of
Nepali victims of US chopper crash seek compensation
(ht 09/06/2015)
Goma
Air
plane skids at Pokhara Airport (ht 03/06/2015)
Aviation
regulatory
body makes mockery of open bidding process, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 03/06/2015)
Government
names
chiefs at Caan, NAC, by Sangam Prasain (kp
29/05/2015), Govt
appoints
CAAN, NAC chiefs (ht 29/05/2015)
US
copter
crash probe still on: NA (kp 28/05/2015), More
human
remains found at American chopper crash site (ht
28/05/2015), Five
more
victims’ remains found at crash site of US helicopter
(ht 30/05/2015), Additional
human
remains found at US chopper crash site sent to US
(ht 02/06/2015)
Airline
operators
demand reduction in ATF price (ht 28/05/2015)
Under-qualified
‘engineers’running
the show at TIA?, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 27/05/2015)
By
year-end,
NAC will serve nine international destinations (kp
24/05/2015)
Aviation
regulatory
body running amok for long, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
24/05/2015)
Air
traffic
hit (ht 24/05/2015)
NAC
slashes
airfare as number of passengers falls: Offers New Delhi
flights at just Rs 1,400 (rep 22/05/2015)
Nepal
Airlines
wants partner to be selected through bidding (kp
12/05/2015)
No
easy
way out: We were lucky this time around, with a
functioning airport and no major highway disruptions,
by Hemant Arjyal (kp 10/05/2015)
TIA
operations
back to normal (kp 10/05/2015), Congestion
at
Tribhuvan International Airport to last till May 13
(ht 10/05/2015)
NAC
all
set to restart flights to China, UAE (kp 07/05/2015)
ICIMOD
office
at TIA to give live weather info: The information
provided will be useful for pilots to navigate (ht
04/05/2015)
Record
flights
at TIA as relief efforts go up, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 01/05/2015)
Retd
execs
flout CAAN provision on conduct, by Rajan Pokhrel
(kp 23/04/2015)
German
companies
propose capital injection into NAC (kp 22/04/2015)
NAC’s
MA
60 may be grounded from Monday, by Kriti Bhuju
(rep 22/04/2015), NAC
to
renew insurance of Chinese planes (kp 23/04/2015)
No
highway
in the sky: If Nijgadh is to ease TIA’s traffic
bottleneck, the Fast Track road has to be prioritised,
by Sophia K. Tamot (kp 21/04/2015)
Lufthansa
team
briefs ministers on NAC overhaul plan (kp
18/04/2015)
Panel
recommends
stern action against NAC departments, by Sanga,
Prasain (kp 16/04/2015)
OAG
report
fuels concerns about NAC’s refuelling, by Ramesh
Shrestha (ht 15/04/2015)
ATC
automation
system idle at TIA, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
15/04/2015)
Nepal,
China
agree to amend airworthiness pact (ht 14/04/2015)
Committee
formed
to coordinate TIA upgradation (ht 14/04/2015)
EASA
to
help Nepal remove aviation safety deficiencies (kp
12/04/2015)
CAAN’s
sensitive
department, divisions in sorry state, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 11/04/2015)
NAC
unwilling
to renew MA60’s insurance: Says premium too high;
aircraft operation uncertain (ht 11/04/2015)
Lufthansa
consulting
proposal: Scheme to revamp NAC moves ahead, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 10/04/2015)
Chinese
aircraft
procurement: PAC launches probe, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 09/04/2015)
Another
NAC
pilot quits Airbus training (kp 09/04/2015)
Aviation
safety
suffering due to absolute negligence, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 06/04/2015)
3
govt agencies face uncertainty: Given political
influence, uncertainty shrouds over new appointments
to fill the vacuum at these agencies, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 05/04/2015)
Nepal,
Malaysia
sign revised ASA (kp 04/04/2015), Nepal,
Malaysia
revise air service agreement: As per agreed MoU, total
number of permitted weekly flights increased to 28 on
reciprocal basis (ht 04/04/2015)
Sichuan
Airlines
starts daily flights to Kathmandu (rep 02/04/2015)
Kharel
forced
to quit NAC due to ‘non-cooperation’, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 02/04/2015)
TIA
working
to install bird detection radar, by Kriti Bhuju
(rep 02/04/2015)
Bad
weather
hits domestic, international flights (ht
31/03/2015)
‘Looking
at
passenger movement data, we have already been late in
finding an alternative to TIA’, interview wíth
Ramesh Shrestha (ht 30/03/2015)
IBN
to
table airport, West Seti proposals, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 29/03/2015)
Land
compensation
payments released (kp 28/03/2015) [related to
Pokhara Airport]
Crash-landing
probe
hits roadblock at the onset, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
28/03/2015), Turkish
investigators’
demands (ht 28/03/2015)
Humanitarian
Staging
Area set up at TIA (kp 27/03/2015)
Rain
affects
air traffic movement at int’l airport (ht
27/03/2015)
NAC
‘caused’
cancellation of Feb 25 flight to Delhi: Blamed India’s
DGCA to cover up its own lapses, finds govt probe,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 25/03/2015)
Six
firms
short listed for TIA upgrade project (kp
24/03/2015)
Black
kite
bangs into Thai Airways’ aircraft (ht 23/03/2015)
CAAN
laxity
hits Met service quality, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
23/03/2015)
Govt
mulls
handing over mgmt of TIA, NAC to foreign firms, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 22/03/2015)
What
ails
Lukla airport, ‘world’s most dangerous’, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 21/03/2015)
Sluggish
airline
bookings hint at poor peak season, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 21/03/2015)
Goma
Air
acquires another LET 410 plane (kp 19/03/2015), Goma
Air
brings another new aircraft (ht 19/03/2015)
CAAN’s
Civil
Aviation Academy running on expired licence, by
Rajan Pokhrel (kp 19/03/2015)
Taking
wing:
The removal of the Turkish Airlines aircraft from TIA
was conducted perfectly, honestly, and professionally,
by Tri Ratna Manandhar (kp 18/03/2015)
TIA’s
runway
visibility range equipment incomplete: Invitation for
bid did not mention technical specifications to
install RVR properly, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
18/03/2015)
Once
bitten:
The four-day closure of Tribhuvan International
Airport should make us rethink civil aviation in Nepal,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 17/03/2015)
NAC
MD
Kharel resigns: Move follows perceived power struggle
between managing director and chairman, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 16/03/2015), NAC
MD
Kharel puts in his papers, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht
16/03/2015), Going
to
ground: Political interference has hobbled Nepal
Airlines’ newly-instituted meritocracy (kp
17/03/2015)
Experts
suggest
govt to build SIA and Fast Track road with local
resources (ht 16/03/2015)
Grits
again:
The NAC’s new A320 has run into problems even before
it begins operations, by Hemant Arjyal (kp
15/03/2015)
Time
flying
by for Nepal to meet ICAO deadline (ht 14/03/2015)
GM
blissfully
unaware of what’s ailing TIA: Seeks more time to
re-verify operational status of runway visual range
after claiming it’s working, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
13/03/2015)
Bad
just
got worse: The chronic mismanagement of Kathmandu
airport was magnified after its four-day shutdown last
week, by Om Astha Rai (nt 13/03/2015)
Seven
flights
diverted after blackout (ht 13/03/2015), Short
circuit
causes blackout at TIA (kp 14/03/2014)
NAC
asks
govt to clarify restructuring proposal, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 13/03/2015)
Pokhara
int'l
airport: Loan deal to be signed soon (kp
13/03/2015), Chinese
company
ready to start international airport construction
(ht 13/03/2015)
Airport
saga:
Govt needs to assure people that its disaster plan for
the TIA will work (kp 11/03/2015)
Passengers’
baggage
getting misplaced at TIA, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht
11/03/2015)
New
Airbus
grounded for lack of oil filter (kp 11/03/2015)
SIA
project
springs back to life after Turkish jet mishap, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 10/03/2015)
Lack
of
procedure manual hampering govt probe into causes of
accident, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 10/03/2015)
A
single runway at TIA is the biggest problem,
interview with Rajesh Raj Dali (kp 09/03/2015)
Flights
resume
at TIA: Four-day shutdown affects 50,000 travellers in
Nepal and outside, by Sangam Prasain (kp
08/03/2015), TIA
resumes
operation after almost four days, by Ramesh
Shrestha (ht 08/03/2015), Hundreds
of
Nepalis stranded abroad, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht
08/03/2015), NAC
flight
takes off (ht 08/03/2015), Passengers
left
to fend for themselves (ht 08/03/2015), TIA
works
to clear backlog: Airport handles 120 international
flights on Sunday; New bookings closed until Wednesday,
by Sangam Prasain 09/03/2015), Airlines
traffic
hits record at Kathmandu airport (kp 10/03/2015),
Busy
TIA
returning to normal (kp 11/03/2015)
Second
Int’l
Airport only alternative to saturating TIA (kp
07/03/2015)
Biratnagar
airport
upgradation plan in limbo, by Binod Subedi (rep
07/03/2015)
Turkish
Airlines
jet crash-lands at TIA: Airbus skids off runway and
ploughs into ground bringing the airport to a
standstill; All 224 people on board flight TK726 safe
(kp 05/03/2015), Turkish
Airlines
plane skids off TIA runway (ht 05/03/2015), German
tourist
hospitalised (ht 05/03/2015), A
survivor tells the tale of horror landing (kp
05/03/2015), 2,000
Nepali
workers stranded (kp 05/03/2015), 80
int’l
flights cancelled (kp 05/03/2015), Clearance
works
on war footing at TIA: Indian Air Force plane arrives
with removal kit; Airport to ‘open 24 hrs from Friday’,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 06/03/2015), 12,000
stranded
at TIA with no info, by Kirti Bhuju (rep), Thousands
of
Nepali travellers stranded at TIA, foreign airports,
by Roshan Sedhai and Hom Karki (kp 06/03/2015), Shutting
of
airport affects hundreds of passengers, by Ramesh
Shrestha (ht 06/03/2015), Sluggish
disaster
preparedness comes to fore, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
06/03/2015), Resumption
of
TIA operation unlikely by 10am today (ht
06/03/2015), Ensure
airworthiness (ht 06/03/2015), Plane
removal
complicated: Technicians face new problem: sinking of
tyres, engine on grassy land, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 07/03/205), Kathmandu
cut
off from world for third day (ht 07/03/2015), CAAN
keeps
lapses under wraps, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
07/03/015), TIA
to
remain closed to int'l flights till 10 am today,
by Kriti Bhuju (rep 07/03/2015), Turkish
holiday:
Prolonged TIA shutdown (rep 07/03/2015)
Lufthansa
offers
to bail out national flag carrier, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 04/03/2015)
NAC
aircraft
makes ‘priority landing’ (ht 28/02/2015)
Inclement
weather
affects air traffic movement in TIA (ht
27/02/2015)
NAC’s
new
plane starting commercial operation with flight to
Delhi today (ht 25/02/2015), NAC
postpones
Delhi flights due to red-tape, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 25/02/2015), India’s
DGCA
allows NAC to fly to Delhi, by Sangam Prasain (kp
26/02/2015), NAC
finally
gets permission to fly its new Airbus A320 to Delhi
(ht 26/02/2015), NAC
resuming
New Delhi flight today (rep 27/02/2015), NAC
restarts
Delhi service (kp 28/02/2015), Flight
put
off due to missing database, by Sangam Prasain (kp
03/03/2015)
Himalaya
leases
Yeti aircraft, seeks permit to fly to Bhutan, India,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/02/2015), Himalaya
conducts
‘proving’ flight (kp 27/02/2015)
Issues
with
Chinese aircraft: Supplier agrees to address problems,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 16/02/2015)
NAC
to
resume Kathmandu-Delhi service from February 25: Will
be offering promotional one-way fare of Rs 8,200
(ht 16/02/2015)
Regional
int'l
airport in Pokhara: Dispute over land price ends,
by Ishwori Neupane (kp 15/02/2015)
Airport
project
stalls for lack of funds, by Biplav Bhattarai (kp
14/02/2015)
ICAO
turns
down CAAN request: Says the nine-member Nepali
delegation came ill-prepared for the global safety
conference, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 12/02/2015)
National
carrier’s
first Airbus arrives today (kp 08/02/2015), NAC’s
new
jet touches down, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 09/02/2015),
NAC
finally
gets new aircraft for int’l air service: The Airbus
A320 touched down at Tribhuvan International Airport
at 4:34pm on Sunday, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht
09/02/2015), New
Airbus
A320 joins NAC's fleet: To start commercial flights
from February 25 (rep 09/02/2015), Flight
path:
NAC’s new Airbus is welcome but without able managers,
it means little (kp 10/02/2015)
Malindo
connects
Kathmandu and Kuala Lumpur (ht 07/02/2015), Malindo
Air
begins daily flights to Kathmandu (rep
07/02/2015), Malindo
Air
begins Kathmandu flights (kp 08/02/2015)
China
Exim
Bank okays loan to build new Pokhara airport (kp
06/02/2015)
Sichuan
Airlines
okayed to fly to Kathmandu: Sichuan Airlines will be
operating a daily service on the
Chengdu-Lhasa-Kathmandu sector from its base in
Chengdu (kp 03/02/2015)
CAAN
seeks
ICAO guideline on issuing AOC, AOL, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 31/01/2015)
Dhangadi
airport
expansion in limbo (ht 31/01/2015)
LET
Aircraft
appoints VR Holdings as agent (kp 30/01/2014)
Saving
Nepal
Airlines: The country’s national carrier is now poised
for growth with fleet and route expansion drives
(nt 30/01/2015)
EPF
loan
to NAC on quid pro quo basis: Pact states EPF officers
promised tours to Europe, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
29/01/2015)
CAAN
upgrading
aiports in eastern hilly districts, by Ramesh
Khatiwada (rep 28/01/2015)
Jumbo
junket
set for Canada: Tourism secretary, delegates unaware
of conference content, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
28/01/2015) [?????]
NAC
pilots
abandon Airbus training halfway, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 27/01/2015), NAC
pilots
quit Airbus training, return (ht 27/01/2015)
NAC
to
send back MA60 if problems remain unsolved, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 25/01/2015), Fate
of
Chinese MA 60 hangs on govt move, by Rajan Pokhrel
(ht 25/01/2015)
Work
on
new Pokhara airport to start by Feb (kp
24/01/2015)
CAAN
to
pick consultant for TIA runway project (kp
23/01/2015)
Malindo
Air
to start KL service, by Sangam Prasain (kp
22/01/2015)
Ultra
light
flights soon (ht 19/01/2015)
Taxar
airport
blacktopping takes off (ht 18/01/2015)
Gautam
Buddha
Airport expansion plan launched, by Madhav
Dhungana (kp 16/01/2015), Upgradation
work
of Bhairahawa airport takes off (ht 16/01/2015)
Shree
seeks
govt help revive charter deal (kp 13/01/2015)
Gautam
Buddha
Airport construction starting Thursday (rep
13/01/2015)
Birds
vis-a-vis TIA – An Unfortunate Correlation, by
Ramesh Man Joshi (rn 13/01/2015)
Compensation
row
holds back Pokhara airport expansion plan, by
Santosh Pokhrel and Keshab Sharan Lamichhane (rep
12/01/2015)
Govt’s
plan
to review air routes gathers dust (kp 11/01/2015)
NAC’s
new
Airbus to arrive at TIA on Feb 7, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 09/01/2015), NAC’s
Airbus
A320 landing on February 7 (ht 09/01/2015), A
comet appears: Will the addition of new Airbus 320s to
NAC’s fleet rejuvenate the airline?, by Hemant
Arjyal (kp 11/01/2015)
Politicians
push
dozen new airport plans, by Sangam Prasain (kp
04/01/2015)
CAAN
bid
to ease traffic at int’l airport, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 03/01/2015)
International
passenger
movement through Nepal up by 12.73% (rep
03/01/2015)
Malaysia
Airlines
plane’s wing flap jams while landing at TIA (ht
03/01/2015)
Domestic
air
pax number down, by Sangam Prasain (kp 02/01/2015)
Cyber
flights:
Nepflights is the only website providing solely
domestic flights booking in Nepal with five airlines,
by Elaine Wang Yiwei (nt 02/01/2015)
Addressing
safety
concerns: CAAN board okays plan to hire ICAO experts
(kp 01/01/2015)
Passenger
movement
at TIA increases (ht 01/01/2015)
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