KATHMANDU, June 7: The employees of the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) have strongly objected to the government’s decision to transfer an employee to Taplejung for turning back the passengers who arrived at the Tribhuvan International Airport to board a plane after buying tickets.

KATHMANDU, June 2: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) has taken action against an employee of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) who stopped the passengers about to board the aircraft after buying tickets at the airport.

KATHMANDU, May 25: The national flag carrier, Nepal Airlines Corporation, has secured slots at Sydney airport of Australia.

GULMI, May 12: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has started commercial flights at Resunga Airport in Gulmi district. On Friday, the aircraft of Nepal Airlines with the call sign Nine N ABT made a commercial flight.

KATHMANDU, May 11: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is going to purchase two medium-sized aircraft for domestic flights. The corporation is going to bring 56 to 72-seater aircraft that can fly to airports in urban areas.

KATHMANDU, April 28: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) conducted a test flight at Resunga Airport in Resunga Municipality of Gulmi on Friday. With this, regular flights are expected to start from here.

Giving NAC More Wings

April 28, 2023 07:50 am

Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has announced that it will be purchasing three additional aircraft to expand its domestic services. This decision comes after the corporation's financial health has started to improve, and it has been able to pay its EMIs on time for the past year.

KATHMANDU, April 27: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has started the process to procure three aircraft, aiming to extend its services in domestic flights.

KATHMANDU, April 8: The government has formed a committee to carry out a study of the structural and managerial aspects of the state-owned Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC).

KATHMANDU, April 3: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has removed RK Sherchan from the position of operations director after the delay in Kathmandu-Dubai flight on Sunday. The corporation has given the responsibility to Uddhav Ghimire, a senior pilot of the state-owned airlines company.

KATHMANDU, April 3: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has started an internal action regarding the incident of Kathmandu-Dubai flight which had to be stopped suddenly at midnight on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, March 27: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has termed Friday’s near-disaster incident of Air India aircraft an ‘extreme negligence’ and wrote to the Indian authority concerned to take action against crew members for violation of rules.

Inexcusable negligence

March 27, 2023 07:32 am

The CAAN has written to the Indian authority concerned on Sunday to take action against crew members for violating the basic air traffic rules, while asking the two ATCs on duty at the TIA during that time to remain 'inactive' until further notice for “carelessness that could have led to a collision" between the two aircrafts. These disciplinary actions on the part of CAAN are steps in the right direction. However, this incident raises several questions about the safety protocols and procedures in place at the CAAN.

KATHMANDU, March 26: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has taken action against two employees of the air traffic controller department for “carelessness that could have led to a collision between a Nepal Airlines Corporation plane and an Air India aircraft in the sky on March 24.”

KATHMANDU, March 23: The Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) and Himalaya Airlines have started their homework for regular flights from the Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA).

KATHMANDU, March 18: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has initiated necessary homework to add aircrafts in its fleets.

KATHMANDU, March 8: An Airbus A-320 aircraft of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) which was flown from Kathmandu to Dubai by two female pilots, the country’s first, has returned to Kathmandu on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, March 5:  For the first time in the history of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), two female pilots have flown an international flight. The flight was conducted by the team of Captain Bhawana Pant along with co-pilot Srijana Raut.

KATHMANDU, Feb 28: International flights of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) have been affected after one of its aircraft is grounded in Dubai.

KATHMANDU, Feb 28: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has banned a pilot who is associated with the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) on the charge of mistreating an air hostess. The pilot on a flight (RA-416) of the NAC flying to Kathmandu from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has been accused of mistreating one of its air hostesses. The incident took place on July 28, 2022.

KATHMANDU, Feb 25: A complaint has been lodged with the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) stating that a pilot working with the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) abused an air hostess. Following the complaint, the country’s aviation regulatory body has banned all active crew members from flying immediately. It is said that the incident took place seven months ago on July 28, 2022.

KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has recommended action against three pilots of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC).

KATHMANDU, Jan 20: A plane that took off from the Nepalgunj Airport to Kathmandu landed at the Chandragardi Airport in Jhapa due to low visibility in Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), which used to seek funds from the government to pay its loans, has started to shoulder its own financial liabilities after an improvement in its daily businesses.

MANGALBARE, Jan 9: The Falgunanda Sukilumba Airport in Ilam is all set to come into operation after a long interval.

KATHMANDU, Dec 16: After the agreement with the cabin crews (flight attendants), Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) flights have resumed. The agitation of the cabin crews ended after an agreement was reached between the cabin crews and the NAC management. The cabin crews had halted their service demanding the continuation of their services.

KATHMANDU, Dec 11: The Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has started groundwork to operate international flights from Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport.

KATHMANDU, Dec 7: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has stepped up efforts to sell five out of six Chinese aircraft that have been grounded for over two years.

KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Nepal’s national flag carrier Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is set to operate direct flights between Doha (Qatar) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) from Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa.

KATHMANDU, Nov 23: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has requested the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) to give it the ground handling rights of the Pokhara Regional International Airport (PRIA).

NAC pays Rs 730 million to EPF and CIT

October 18, 2022 19:00 pm

KATHMANDU, Oct 18: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has paid more than Rs 730 million towards the installment of debt obligations it owed to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and Citizen Investment Trust (CIT).

KATHMANDU, July 9: Yuvaraj Adhikari has resumed his work as the Executive Chairman of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC).

KATHMANDU, June 23: Senior pilot of Nepal Airlines Corporation, Deepu Jwarchan, has been appointed as its General Manager.

NAC to manage cargo shipments for NEA

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KATHMANDU, Jan 3: An agreement has been reached between the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and the Nepal Airlines Corporation to transport the NEA’s cargo and employees.

KATHMANDU, Dec 6: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA), Prem Bahadur Ale has said that the ministry has adopted a number of austerity measures under his leadership.

KATHMANDU, Nov 12: The national flag carrier, Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), has made it possible for the travelers to fly to Europe, Australia and different Asian cities from its ticket.

KATHMANDU, Nov 12: The national flag carrier, Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), has made it possible for the travelers to fly to Europe, Australia and different Asian cities from its ticket.

KATHMANDU, Oct 30: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Prem Bahadur Ale has said that the only official national flag carrier airline of Nepal, the Nepal Airlines Corporation, should be taken to new heights.

KATHMANDU, Oct 26: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Aviation Prem Ale said that he will not join hands with private companies to weaken the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC).

KATHMANDU, Oct 25: The government has appointed Yubaraj Adhikari as Executive Chairman of the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC).

KATHMANDU, Oct 23: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) will start flights to the hill districts of the far west from Sunday. The NAC will start the flights from Sunday as per the directive  of Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Prem Bahadur Ale.

KATHMANDU, Jan 23: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has brought back the dead bodies of 18 Nepali nationals from Malaysia, a major labor destination for Nepali migrant workers.

KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Ground handling is one of the good sources of income for Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC). The state-owned company has been paying up to Rs 700 million in royalties to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) and the government annually. But now the aviation mafia has set its greedy eyes on this income source of NAC, according to the NAC employees union.

KATHMANDU, Aug 21: A Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) flight on Sunday is bringing home Nepalis who were left stranded in Dubai after their flight was cancelled at the eleventh hour.

KATHMANDU, July 12: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has repatriated a total of 10,912 Nepalis from different countries as per the established guidelines of evacuation.

KATHMANDU, April 7: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai has directed NAC to not make the payment of commission to the agent involved in (Nepal Airlines Corporation) NAC's chartered flight to Australia.

KATHMANDU, April 3: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) operated a chartered flight on Thursday to bring C from Guangzhou, China.

BHGOJPUR, March 9: The Bhojpur-Biratnagar flight has remained closed for the past six months, causing inconvenience to the people most in this hilly district.

KATHMANDU, Feb 26: The NAC Employees Union has showed dissatisfaction over the Nepal Airlines Corporation board's decision to approve the government's plan to sell its 25% stake.

BEIJING, Feb 16: The long wait for anxious Nepali citizens wishing to return home from China’s coronavirus-hit Hubei Province, the epicenter of the viral outbreak, is finally over with the arrival of a Nepal Airlines Corporation aircraft on Saturday evening for evacuation.