By Muna Chand
Kathmandu, April 27
The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has expanded the existing domestic flight time to 18 hours a day to manage the growing air traffic at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).
In keeping with the rise in air traffic, the TIA has made necessary preparations to operate
domestic flights up to 18 hours per day at six airports in the Terai region of Nepal from
Thursday, according to CAAN Director-General Engineer Pradeep Adhikari.
CAAN has decided to run the airports in Bhadrapur, Biratnagar, Janakpur, Simara, Bhairahawa, Nepalgunj and Dhangadhi from 6.00AM till 12AM.
This is expected to help reduce the existing air service pressure at Kathmandu airport, as well as provide some respite to the tourism sector, which has been hit hard by the pandemic, he said.
