GANDAKI, MARCH 12
The first commercial chartered flight will be operating on the Pokhara- Chengdu (China) route from March 18 in a bid to regularise international flights at Pokhara Regional International Airport in Kaski.
The regular operation of international flights from the airport had not been possible since two years of the launch of the airport.
According to Pokhara Tourism Council Chair, Taranath Pahari, the first operation of a commercial charted flight is scheduled to take place on March 18 for Chengdu. Efforts to this end have been made from the private sector, it is said.
China Travels International, Chengdu, the Embassy of China in Nepal and the Sichuan Airlines have collaborated with the Council towards that end.
Likewise, the Council has the support of Nepal-based Chinese Overseas Association. The step is expected to be a cause for the boom the Province tourism business.
They aim to welcome around 1,250 Chinese tourists directly from Sichuan province in China at the airport in the next three months.