Air flights resume after two weeks in Bajura

In response to extensive public complaints and heightened scrutiny regarding flight disruptions, CAAN has rescinded the directive

Air flights disrupted for two weeks were resumed at Kolti airport in Bajura district on Friday. The flights were halted owing to the directive of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) to airlines not to conduct flights in mountainous districts after midday. The Chief of the Kolti branch office of CAAN, Bir Bahadur Budha, informed me that the CAAN had argued that the hilly and mountainous districts of Sudurpaschim and Karnali Provinces had adverse weather in monsoon season, thereby posing a risk to air travel.

With this argument, CAAN has stopped flights since July 30. However, following wider criticism and public complaints about flight disruption, CAAN lifted the direction. Kolti airport, located in a remote area of Bajura district, sees at least two flights a day. Nepal Airlines, Sita Air, Tara Air, and Summit Air have been conducting flights to and from Kolti-Nepalgunj and Kolti-Dhangadhi._Rss

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