Two years ago, two Airbus 330-200 were added with the help of Hi Fly and AAR cooperation for $209.6 million, the largest ever aircraft purchase deal in Nepal’s aviation history. Royal Nepal Airlines started its operation in 1958 domestically with one DC-3 plane while its international operation only started from 1960 with a fleet of Douglas DC-3 Plane (Nepal Airlines, 2015).
Tourism and Hospitality industry is one of the most sought after career paths in Nepal.Various vacancies have been announced by tourism/ hospitality related industries in last few weeks. Meanwhile, Nepal Airlines has drawn up a timetable for regular flights to five destinations starting 17 August: Dubai, Doha, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo Narita and Hong Kong.
February 9, 2019. “Even though CAAN has stipulated the slots, these could change at any moment if local authorities decide to take lockdown measures to prevent a fresh surge of the virus,” cautioned Anil Manandhar of Shree Airlines, citing the rise in cases in Tarai cities. After 17 August, it will be doing daily regular flights to Damam and five per week to Doha, Abu Dhabi and Kuala Lumpur, and one flight per week to Chongqing.
2019 with the following main objective to provide air transport service to any person, agency or organization who need such service for transportation of men or materials from one airport to another either within or outside the country.
Although the government allowed hotels, restaurants, trekking and mountaineering groups to open two weeks ago, confusion about inbound flights have forced most operators to put bookings for the autumn season on hold. Smaller airlines will get three slots each to mountain airfields. A lthough the government had announced that regular domestic and international flights would open from 17 August, the uptick in coronavirus cases in Nepal and around the world may force the government to revise the decision. Airlines have been given slots according to their pre-pandemic flight volume, which means Buddha Air gets 18 flights a day, while Yeti will conduct 11, and Shree Air will do eight flights. This is ostensibly to make sure that passengers did not get infected en route. As a result, airlines that rely mostly on expatriate Nepalis and tourists are expected to have limited flights, while those that rely on Nepali migrant workers from the Gulf, Malaysia, Korea, and Japan will have higher bookings. The success only depends on partnership and collaboration. Therefore, the airlines now should open every ways of partnership with big airlines. In 2015 it bought two Airbus 320-200 from Hamburg. December 29, 2016. In the past, there were few initiations taken but they were put on hold. Nepal Airlines only operates with a fleet of 10 aircraft, only two of which are A320’s which they use on international routes between Hong Kong, Delhi, Mumbai, and more. CAAN says the permission for regular domestic flights has been given for only one week. After 1972 Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation extended its operation with Boeing 757s replacing the old 727s.
“Direct flights between Nepal and European countries will allow more tourists to visit Nepal, increase bilateral business opportunities and allow competition among airlines,” Cody said. The contradictions and confusing criteria in the CCMC’s guidelines have frustrated tour operators who had been hoping to open trek and mountaineering bookings for the autumn season after regular flights reopened. However, airline sources say that the real reason more carriers are not yet asking for slots is because of the uncertainties due to the rise in coronavirus cases in Nepal and the region, as well as a lack of clarity from the government itself about the criteria for regular flights. US-Bangla airplane, flight Q792A crashed into the runway of TI airport this morning at 8:34 AM followed by a massive confusion between 02 and 20 … Budget carriers like Fly Dubai of the UAE, Salaam Air of Oman, and Indigo of India say they want daily flights. The domestic terminal’s size means that although it can normally take 450 passengers an hour, that volume will have to be reduced by half to maintain physical separation. Due to high amount asked by Lufthansa Consulting, the project was kept on hold. “Since the pandemic situation is still fluid in many countries, the government will decide which airlines will be allowed to bring passengers from which cities.” Therefore, the airlines now should open every ways of partnership with big airlines. Nepal has said it will open international flights starting August 17. CAAN says limitations due to health precautions at Kathmandu means Nepal’s only international terminal can only handle 10-15 inbound flights per day. For example: In 2018, Lufthansa Consulting of Germany, showed interest to become a strategic management partner with Nepal Airlines. Both the aircraft were painted in the company’s new livery. This will only be 15% of pre-COVID traffic volume. “We might increase flights depending on how the situation develops in terms of safety measures,” said Yograj Sharma Kandel of the Airline Operators Organisation. Similarly, In November 2018, it was reported that Nepal Airlines was considering At the present, there are 13 aircraft in the fleet including 4 international aircraft and 7 domestic aircraft. The carrier is still trying to decide about the frequency of flights to these destinations. The other private Nepali international carrier, Himalaya Airlines had been operating repatriation flights from seven cities in the Gulf and Southeast Asia. They received their latest plane back in 2014 and are slated to get an A330 in the next year to replace their ailing 757. This year’s Janai Purnima with extra strings attached Social distancing upon embarking at Kathmandu Airport.
However, many Nepali workers have been allowed to board repatriation flights back to Nepal in the past month even without PCR negative tests.