KATHMANDU, March 26: Seven companies have expressed interest in leasing two Airbus narrow-body aircraft to the national flag-carrier Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) for international flights. The NAC is seeking to lease Airbus A320-200 series aircraft with a capacity of 158 seats.

GULMI, March 18: Weekly three flights are to be operated from the Resunga Airport from today. Before this, Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) had been operating flights twice a week - on Wednesday and Friday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 26: The procurement process initiated by Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) for the acquisition of three aircraft, estimated at around Rs 3 billion, has sparked controversy.

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: The Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has called for international tenders bids for leasing two narrow-body aircraft.

KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The national flag-carrier Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has started looking for new loans at subsidized interest rates to purchase new aircraft and to pay the debt of the aircraft currently in flight. On Tuesday, the NAC made a public announcement and demanded a loan amount of Rs 135 billion from domestic and foreign institutions.

KATHMANDU, Jan 17: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Sudan Kirati has said that 23 remote airports of the country will be put into operation at full capacity. For this, he has announced that the number of small aircraft will be increased to half a dozen to increase the capacity of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC).

KATHMANDU, Jan 7: The Supreme Court has issued an interim order directing the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) to not engage in discriminatory practices regarding perks and facilities for its cabin crew.

NAC earns Rs 22.24 billion in FY 2022/23

December 19, 2023 18:30 pm

KATHMANDU, Dec 19: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has reported an annual income of Rs 22.24 billion in the fiscal year (FY) 2022/23.

KATHMANDU, Dec 19: Two employees of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) arrested in connection with the case of sending Nepalis abroad to work on visit visas have been suspended.

KATHMANDU, Dec 14: It has been revealed that various manpower consultancies (recruitment companies) have been trafficking people through visit visas with the help of Department of Immigration (DoI) and Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) employees by forging documents.

KATHMANDU, Dec 8: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has summoned the directors of three foreign companies involved in the acquisition of two widebody aircraft of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) for statements.

KATHMANDU, Dec 3: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has announced to subsidize airfare for physically disabled people by 50 percent in the domestic flight segment.

BUTWAL, Dec 3: The tourism entrepreneurs of Lumbini have demanded that the government-owned Nepal Airline Corporation (NAC) operate regular domestic and international flights from the Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) located in Bhairahawa.

KATHMANDU, Nov 6: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) has formed a Recommendation Committee to guide the implementation of the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) reform report.

KATHMANDU, Oct 18: All aircraft of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) that conduct international flights have come into operation.

KATHMANDU, October 12: A Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) plane, carrying 253 Nepalis from Israel, took off from Tel Aviv, Israel, according to aides of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. The rescue flight is scheduled to land at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu at 1:30 AM.

KATHMANDU, Oct 12: A Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) plane that left for Israel this morning to bring back the Nepali nationals who want to return home in the aftermath of the Palestinian militant group Hamas' recent attack will return to Nepal at 9 PM today itself.

KATHMANDU, Oct 11: The government is sending an aircraft of Nepal Airlines to Israel to bring back 250 people stranded in the country due to the ongoing war with Hamas.

KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Sudan Kirati, has said the procurement process of aircraft for the national flag-carrier Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has neared the final phase.

CAAN prepares to ban Korean Air flights

September 25, 2023 18:10 pm

KATHMANDU, Sept 25: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has prepared to ban Korean Air flights.

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.

What had happened in flight RA-416?

March 5, 2023 19:50 pm

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.