Private airlines yet to start flights to Ramechhap Ramechhap, October 15 Different private airline companies had made public their flight schedules from Kathmandu to Ramechhap almost a month ago. However, the airline companies have yet to start their flights. Tara, Summit and Sita airlines had... Travel 16 Oct, 2018
Pinning blame on dead pilots can�t improve air safety: Experts Kathmandu, December 18 Sheer ignorance of the government-proclaimed air crash investigation experts has come to light once again and there is no possibility of bringing air safety improvements at Lukla Airport in the Mt Everest region in the... Travel 19 Dec, 2017
Probe panel submits report Kathmandu, December 15 A commission formed by the government to probe the crash of Goma 409 of Goma Air (now Summit Air), has submitted its report to the government today faulting the deadly mix of challenging terrain, unfavourable weather... 16 Dec, 2017
Airlines operate less than 20pc domestic flights Kathmandu, December 7 As few as 25 domestic flights to different destinations were scheduled today owing to the second phase of the provincial and parliamentary elections, as per domestic airline companies. As per Airlines Operators’... Travel 08 Dec, 2017
Inactive ATCs rule the roost at MoCTCA, CAAN Kathmandu, November 22 The two engineering services related joint secretary level positions at the Ministry of Culture Tourism and Civil Aviation continue to be manned by non-engineer former air traffic controllers without any formal aviation... Horoscopes 23 Nov, 2017
Fatal air crash in Lukla airport exposes serious safety loopholes KATHMANDU: Further disturbing facts are emerging about the circumstances in which the Goma Air LET-410 crash at Lukla claimed the lives of the flight crew last month. Despite the passage of three weeks since, the high-level investigation... Travel 20 Jun, 2017
Lukla airport lacks meteorological equipment Kathmandu, June 12 The Himalayan Times’ investigation into the Goma Air Let-410 plane crash at Tenzing-Hillary Airport, in Lukla has revealed that one of the world’s most dangerous airports is being operated in a reckless manner that borders... Horoscopes 13 Jun, 2017
Behind plane crashes: Cultural aspect The investigation report will dig through the series of events that led to the accident. It will point out the ‘Human Factor’ as the main reason. We had the same report for the Tara Air crash. But those reports don’t get into the mind of pilots,... 12 Jun, 2017
Fatal air crash in Lukla airport major setback on eve of ICAO audit Kathmandu, May 31 Saturday’s fatal crash at Lukla involving the Let-410 aircraft, literally on the eve of the audit mission of the International Civil Aviation Organisation, has once again raised serious questions about the continuing state of... Horoscopes 01 Jun, 2017
Bhojpur mourns pilot Gurung�s death Bhojpur, May 30 People of Bhojpur mourned the untimely demise of Colonel pilot Kailash Gurung, who died in a Nepali Army cargo aircraft crash at Kolti Airport in Bajura today afternoon. As two efficient pilots of the district died in two... Travel 31 May, 2017
Bodies of pilot, co-pilot handed over to kin Kathmandu, May 28 The bodies of pilot Paras Kumar Rai and co-pilot Srijan Manandhar of Goma Air cargo plane, which crashed in Lukla yesterday killing the two, were handed over to their kin today. The bodies along with injured air hostess Pragya... Horoscopes 29 May, 2017
LETTERS: Goma Air crash This is apropos of the tragic news story “Goma Air flight crashes in Lukla” (THT, May 28, Page 1). As reported, Nepal has an unenviable record of 57 air crashes since 1946 including 25 after 2000 AD. As usual, a high-level committee will be formed... 29 May, 2017
