KATHMANDU, August 30: Jazeera Airways, a Kuwaiti airline, is set to operate flights at the Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) on a daily basis from September 16, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN).
The airline has been conducting flights at the airport three days a week (Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays) since it started direct commercial flights between Nepal and Kuwait in May this year.
For this, the airline has completed the due process, said CAAN Spokesperson Jagannath Niraula.
Jazeera to operate regular flights from June 12 at GBIA
Flights have been added, thanks to the increasing occupancy rates, according to the airline. The airline is operating flights to and from Nepal, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Europe.
At present, only this airline has got permission to operate flights at the airport which came into operation commercially since May 16, said Niraula, adding that other airlines have also shown interest in operating flights from and to the airport.
Wizz Air, a Hungarian airline, is also scheduled to operate flights at the airport from October 30, Niraula said. The flights will take place between Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and Nepal three days a week.
At present, 26 airlines, including three Nepali ones, have been conducting international flights at the Tribhuvan International Airport, one of the two operational international airports in Nepal. Before COVID-19, over 30 airlines were operating international flights, said Niraula.
However, Nepal has got its international flights that were marred by the COVID-19 pandemic gradually returning to normalcy. Now, international flights have 70 percent occupancy rates.
