Source::RSS
Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is operating its fourth chartered flight tonight to fly home stranded Japanese in Nepal. It is the fourth chartered flight of NAC since the enforcement of nationwide lockdown.
The flight of the national flag-carrier has been chartered by the Japanese Embassy in Kathmandu. It is scheduled to take off at 9 pm tonight. The flights will also board some Nepalis passengers besides Japanese nationals, according to the Tribhuvan International Airport’s (TIA) General Manager Devendra KC. The wide-body A-330 aircraft is flying to Narita International Airport in Tokyo, Japan.
NAC started operating direct commercial flights to Japan since March 2 but owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the commercial flights are suspended at present.
The narrow body A-320 aircraft of Himalaya Airlines flew to China this morning to bring in medical appliances related to COVID-19. According to the TIA, the flight was chartered by the private sector to procure medical goods.
Himalaya Airlines has been operating flights to various destinations across China to bring in medical goods since the nationwide lockdown was ordered in Nepal to prevent and control the COVID-19 pandemic.
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