KATHMANDU, Sept 7: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has started direct flights to Dammam of Saudi Arabia from Kathmandu since Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, August 19: The national flag carrier, Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), is starting direct flights to Dammam of Saudi Arabia from Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, July 18:  A committee has been formed to investigate the incident of Nepal Airlines flight delay in Malaysia during the Kuala Lumpur-Bhairahawa-Kathmandu flight.

KATHMANDU, June 27: The national flag carrier Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) will operate a direct flight from Bhairahawa to Hong Kong. NAC, which is flying direct from Kathmandu to Hong Kong, is also going to operate flights from Bhairahawa to Hong Kong.

LUMBINI, June 13: The national flag carrier, Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), has launched commercial flights targeting Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA), Bhairahawa, 13 months after the airport came into operation.

KATHMANDU, May 19: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is going to start regular flights at Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) in Bhairahawa from June 12. According to the flight schedule published by the NAC, ticket booking has been opened for flights on the Kathmandu-Kuala Lumpur-Bhairahawa-Kathmandu sector.

KATHMANDU, April 24: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has started homework to conduct flights to Australia.

KATHMANDU, April 20:  Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), which is facing a financial crisis, has requested the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and Citizen Investment Trust (CIT) to waive interest, damages and penalties.

KATHMANDU,  April 6:  After the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) reduced the price of aviation fuel, the air service companies have also decreased their fares for flights.

KATHMANDU, April 2:  The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN)’s office based at the Tribhuvan International Airport has started taking strict measures to ensure safety of passengers’ baggage following increasing complaints of passengers regarding of baggage vandalism and theft incidents inside the airport.

KATHMANDU, March 28: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) will operate regular flights from and to the Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA). The NAC has got two weekly flight slots from this airport with effect from April.

KATHMANDU, March 21: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has grounded the crew members of a Twin Otter aircraft of the Nepal Airlines Corporation for violation of rules. According to CAAN, it has grounded seven people including three crew members, the corporation's marketing staff and a dispatcher.

KATHMANDU, March 5:  The conflict between pilots and flight attendants of the state-owned Nepal Airlines Corporation, which have been going on for at least seven months, has come to the surface. A notice issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has brought to the surface the dispute which had been lurking inside.

KATHMANDU, Feb 26: A narrow-body aircraft of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has been grounded in Dubai after the engine of the airplane was found overheated while the Airbus A320-200 was preparing to fly to Kathmandu from Dubai.

KATHMANDU, Nov 18: A regular flight of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) in domestic route was disrupted on Friday due to technical glitches in a twin otter aircraft.

KATHMANDU, Nov 12: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is all set to conduct its international flight from the Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) from December end.

KATHMANDU, Sept 30: The national flag carrier, Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), has promised to ensure that its ground handling service is further robust and effective making its standards at par the international level.

KATHMANDU, Sept 14: The Nepal Airlines Corporation’s widebody RA 433 aircraft bound to Narita, Japan from Kathmandu returned within half an hour after smoke was detected in the aircraft on Tuesday night.

KATHMANDU, August 7: Executive Chairman of Nepal Airlines Corporation, Yuvaraj Adhikari has returned to his office saying that he has not received the letter of suspension.

KATHMANDU, August 4: The national flag-carrier Nepal Airlines Corporations’ narrow body aircraft RA-320 was scheduled to fly to Mumbai, India on Wednesday. The crew members had already prepared for the flight as per the scheduled take-off at 1:10 PM.

KATHMANDU, August 3: The police have arrested a suspicious passenger boarding a Nepal Airlines Corporation’s (NAC) plane bound for Mumbai.

KATHMANDU, July 22: The Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has paid Rs 1.35 billion to Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) and Citizen Investment Trust (CIT), from which the corporation had taken in loan to purchase aircrafts for the national flag carrier. The amount was credited to EPF and CIT on July 14.

KATHMANDU, July 13: It has been revealed that the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has been constantly incurring losses as a result of the 'disobedience' of acting general manager, Dipuraj Jwarchan.  Between June 30 and July 4, the corporation suffered a loss of Rs 11.7 million.

KATHMANDU, July 8: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued an interlocutory order, asking the government to give continuity to Yubaraj Adhikari as Nepal Airlines Corporation’s (NAC) Executive Chairperson.

KATHMANDU, July 1: The national flag-carrier, Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) turned 65 today.

KATHMANDU, June 27: The Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has announced plans to revise its 10-year (2021-2030) Integrated Business Plan.

KATHMANDU, June 27: The Supreme Court on Sunday dismissed a writ petition filed against the outgoing Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale Magar. A single bench of Justice Anil Kumar Sinha dismissed the writ petition that demanded relieving  Minister Ale from the post.

KATHMANDU, June 20: The government has decided to suspend Executive Chairman of Nepal Airlines Corporation Ubaraj Adhikari. A cabinet meeting held on Monday made a decision to this effect.

KATHMANDU, June 7: General Manager of Nepal Airlines Corporation, Dim Prasad Poudel, has been relieved from his post.

KATHMANDU, April 28: A wide-body aircraft of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has successfully conducted an ‘operational performance test flight’ at the Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) on Thursday evening.

KATHMANDU, April 28: The national flag carrier Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) will be conducting an ‘operational performance test flight’ at the Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) that serves as the country’s second international airport, today.

KATHMANDU, April 26: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) will conduct three weekly flights in the Kathmandu-Narita, Japan sector starting May 1. The flights have been scheduled for every Sunday, Tuesday and Friday. The airline is currently operating two flights a week in the Kathmandu-Narita sector.

KATHMANDU, April 23: Nepal's national flag carrier, Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), has started its regular flights to Saudi Arabia, for the first time. The airline’s wide body A330 aircraft made its inaugural flight to Riyadh on April 22.

KATHMANDU, April 15: For the first time, Nepal's national flag carrier will fly to Saudi Arabia on a regular basis from April 22.

KATHMANDU, March 31: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Prem Bahadur Ale has said that there will be two flights to Delhi every day.

KATHMANDU, March 17: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), the national flag carrier, has prioritized the restoration of its international flight services suspended with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

KATHMANDU, March 11: The national flag-carrier, Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), has reconnected Chainpur of Bajhang, Sanphe of Achham and Dipayal of Doti through its service.

KATHMANDU, March 7: The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) of Saudi Arabia has formally granted permission to Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) to fly to different destinations of Saudi Arabia.

KATHMANDU, Feb 9: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has conducted a successful test flight to Falgunanda Sukilumba Airport of Illam.

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: Preparations have been made to lease an engine to fly the narrow-body aircraft of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), which has been grounded at Doha Airport in Qatar since December 28.

KATHMANDU, Jan 1: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale has said that homework is being done to purchase an aircraft.

KATHMANDU, Dec 31: A narrow body A320 aircraft (N-AKW) of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has been grounded. The aircraft was grounded at Doha Airport in Qatar due to problems in its engine.

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale has directed the management of the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) to allocate at least 40 low-fare tickets to the Nepalis going abroad for foreign employment. So far, the NAC is offering 20 such seats to the migrant workers going abroad.

KATHMANDU, Dec 6: The Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has added two flights to Dubai, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. With this, Nepal's national flag carrier will fly to the sector nine times a week.

KATHMANDU, Oct 24: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has set airfares to operate air services in the hill districts of the far-west. The corporation has fixed the fare for air services after the road was blocked in the hill districts due to rains.

KATHMANDU, Oct 11: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale has directed the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) to immediately implement the e-ticketing system.

KATHMANDU, Oct 7: Former Chairperson of Nepal Airlines Corporation Ramagya Chaturvedi has been found dead.

KATHMANDU, Sept 3: The Ministry of Finance has suggested that it would be appropriate to form a high-level committee to study the future course of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) and the ongoing employees’ protests and submit suggestions to the government.

KATHMANDU, August 16: The Nepal Airlines Corporation has stated that the news of sending a flight for the rescue of Nepalis in Afghanistan is baseless.

KATHMANDU, July 21: A NAC’s aircraft is preparing to leave for China today to get more vaccines procured earlier by the government.