KATHMANDU, July 13: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Sudan Kiranti, has said that the country needs to purchase airplanes and that that’s a national necessity.

KATHMANDU, August 24: Airplanes flying on the Kathmandu-Pokhara route fly at an altitude of 12,500 feet. During the 25-minute Kathmandu-Pokhara flight, when the weather is clear, the Himalayan range can be seen in waves to the north.

JAKARTA, Dec 27: Indonesia on Thursday raised the alert level for the erupting Anak Krakatau volcano to the second-highest, and ordered all flights to steer clear, days after it triggered a tsunami that killed at least 430 people.