Speaking at the 14th anniversary of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), Magar said the government will use sophisticated technology to make the Nepali sky safer and provide training to the security officials at the airports to raise the standard of their service. [break]
"Air safety is our top priority and we are trying our best to maximize the security of passangers while flying," said Magar, referring to accidents recorded in 2011.
A passenger flight and a Nepal Army plane crashed in 2011 in which 24 people lost their lives. Since 2005, there have been nine plane crashes in Nepal in which 90 people lost their lives.
As part of new initiatives, CAAN has started implementing Safety Management System, which incorporates globally recognized security features, at the TIA, said Director General of CAAN Ram Prasad Neupane. "We are also recruiting skilled manpower, training security officials and installing new equipment to ensure better safety," he added.
Moreover, a report unveiled by CAAN on the occasion claimed Tribhuvan International Aiport in 2011 witnessed 10.22 percent rise in air passenger. The growth is almost double of what International Civil Aviation Authority of Organization (ICAO) projected for the year. ICAO has projected 5.3 percent growth in air passengers worldwide and 7.9 percent in Asia Pacific region.
CAAN also awarded Pokhara and Dhangadi airport as the best airport under the category of ´controlled aerodrome´ and ´uncontrolled aerodrome´ respectively. Neupane said the awards to best airports have been introduced to encourage better service delivery and safety in airports across Nepal.
CAAN report further claimed the number of air passengers in Nepal grew by 3.8 percent in the first ten months of 2011 in the domestic sector. Still, the volume of air traffic (number of flights) grew by mere 1.3 percent during the period. Air traffic movement in the international sector, on the other hand, went up by 14.78 percent during the same period of 2011.
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