Kathmandu, June 12
Due to a lack of space at the Tribhuvan International Airport, the Civil Aviation Authority of
Nepal (CAAN) has unveiled night-stop parking mandatory for 34 aircraft, including 14
helicopters, outside of Kathmandu Valley.
A meeting of the CAAN on Sunday took a decision to send 14 helicopters and 20 airplanes of nine airlines out of Kathmandu for the night-stop parking, CAAN Spokesperson Jagannath Niraula said.
“The decision will come in force from June 21 for helicopters and from June 27 for airplanes,” said CAAN Director General Pradeep Adhikari.
Adhikari said that the mandatory provision for the airplanes and helicopters to go out of
Kathmandu was taken as per the policy to ensure aviation safety in Nepal.
Likewise, the VVIPs in the country will not be allowed to travel in the chartered helicopter
managed by a single pilot. Now onwards, a provision has been made those two pilots in the
chartered helicopter are mandatory to carry the VVIPs and all the helicopter companies would be written to this issue, Adhikari shared.
(RSS)
