KATHMANDU, Aug 27: Badri Pandey, the Minister for Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation, has invited the international airlines for a discussion regarding the flight operations from the Pokhara Regional International Airport (PRIA) and Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA).
Minister Pandey has scheduled a meeting for 3:30 PM on Tuesday with the representatives of international airlines that operate regular commercial flights in the country.
Minister Pandey held the meeting after the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) issued a circular to the international airlines to operate 50 percent of flights from the PRIA and the GBIA after two months.
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According to sources, the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) will not operate for over 14 hours a day from mid-October, due to the expansion of the taxiway. As a result, flights will have to be operated from the PRIA and the GBIA. Therefore, the minister has called the representative from the international airlines.
On Sunday, CAAN made correspondence with the international airlines operating flights at TIA to reschedule 50 percent of their flights. The TIA will be closed for 10-hours daily for 5 months from mid-November for the expansion of Taxiway.
Currently, Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), Himalaya Airlines, Air India, Bistara, China Southern, Air China, Cathay Pacific, SriLankan Air, Qatar Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Malindo Air, Thai Airways, Fly Dubai, Korean Air, Singapore Airlines, Bhutan Airways, Drukair Air and other airlines have been operating international flight services from the TIA.
A meeting of the Council of Ministers has made an action plan for the operation of the PRIA and GBIA with provisions for concessions.
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