Tara Air halts flights to three districts from Surkhet Tara Air has suspended its regular flights from Surkhet to Mugu, Humla, and Jumla. Business 09 Mar, 2025
Passengers heading home for festivals stranded at Nepalgunj airport for want of tickets People heading home to celebrate Dashain, Tihar and Chhath festivals have been stranded at the Nepalgunj Airport in Banke district due to the shortage of air tickets. The stranded people have left various districts of the country for Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces to observe the festivals. Nepal 20 Oct, 2023
EDITORIAL: A Manang Air helicopter crashed in the Everest region on Saturday — the company’s second accident in three months — raising questions about air safety in the country once again. Opinion 16 Oct, 2023
EDITORIAL: Appoint new CJ soon The three big parties, namely the Nepali Congress, CPN (UML) and Maoist Centre – have finally agreed to call the Constitutional Council meeting, scheduled for Friday, to appoint the new Chief Justice. Opinion 19 Apr, 2023
EDITORIAL: Tourism Decade Battered by the coronavirus pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war this year, the government has unveiled a ‘Nepal tourism decade (2023-2032) strategic action plan’ to revive the tourism sector, which contributes significantly to the country’s foreign exchange earnings. Opinion 26 Dec, 2022
Demo flights at newly-built PRIA conducted successfully Two private airline companies, Buddha Air and Yeti Airlines, conducted demonstration flights on Thursday afternoon at the newly-constructed Pokhara Regional International Airport (PRIA). Business 23 Dec, 2022
160 pregnant, postpartum women airlifted in FY 2021-22 The government said it had provided free air rescue service to 160 pregnant and postpartum women in critical condition in the fiscal 2021-22. Kathmandu 05 Aug, 2022
No sign of preliminary probe report on Jomsom air crash Following the fatal crash of the Tara Air Twin-Otter aircraft enroute to Jomsom on May 29, the Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation has failed to publish Preliminary Investigation Report within 30 days of the disaster. Nepal 05 Jul, 2022
EDITORIAL: Right decision For the first time in Nepal’s 74 years of civil aviation history, domestic airlines started their first flights of the day on Tuesday from six airports located in all the seven provinces to Kathmandu. Opinion 30 Jun, 2022
AOAN calls for reduction in aviation fuel price The Airline Operators Association of Nepal (AOAN), an umbrella organisation of domestic private airlines, has expressed strong reservations against the government’s inaction in reducing aviation fuel prices despite its decision to slash the prices of petrol and diesel on June 25. Business 27 Jun, 2022
TIA expands domestic departure terminal The newly-constructed departure terminal building (domestic sector) of Tribhuvan International Airport was brought into operation today. Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale inaugurated the departure hall. Nepal 13 Jun, 2022
EDITORIAL: Land Use Regulations Three years after the federal parliament endorsed the Land Use Act, the government has issued the Land Use Regulations, which divide the land into 10 categories on the basis of its features. Opinion 03 Jun, 2022
