KATHMANDU, Sept 12: The wide-body A-330 aircraft of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has arrived in Kathmandu after a C-check in Italy on Thursday.
The plane with the call sign 'N ALY' was flown to Italy on June 22 for a C-check and it landed at Tribhuvan International Airport this morning after about two and half months following the C-check.
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NAC Spokesperson Ramesh Paudel said the A-330 (Annapurna) aircraft landed in Kathmandu at 8.36 am today.
With this, the national flag-carrier is set to provide additional services to passengers operating flights by three planes, including this one, to various long-distance international destinations, besides Japan.
NAC's other wide-body aircraft has also been flown to Italy for a C-check.
Out of the four airbus aircraft with the national flag-carrier, only two narrow-body planes are currently in operation. NAC stated that international flights would be operated with three planes now, including the wide-body aircraft that landed today.
