KATHMANDU, AUGUST 17
Minister of Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation Jeevan Ram Shrestha hopes that the European Union will remove Nepal from its air safety list as the country has improved significantly on its air safety standards.
Addressing the 21st annual general meeting of the Nepal Air Traffic Controllers' Association here today, the minister said the EU should review its earlier decision on the matter as Nepal has achieved 'above average' grade in world aviation as per international report on the implementation of air safety standards of Nepal. Nepal's improvements on its air safety standards implementation has been recorded at 70.1 per cent on an average, according to the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
Nepali aircraft have been barred from flying in Europe's sky since 2013 citing safety issues, while the ICAO in 2017 had lifted a ban on Nepali airlines.
A version of this article appears in the print on August 18, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.
