Test flights commence, commercial flights to begin February 20
A test flight is to be carried out at the Sukilumba Airport today, February 9. An aircraft belonging to Nepal Airlines is to make the test flight. The test flight has to be undertaken before launching any commercial flights at the newly-constructed Falgunanda Sukilumba Airport in Ilam municipality-9. Preparations are in full swing to launch the operation of commercial flights at the airport from February 20. Engineer at Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) Binayak Bhattarai shared that Nepal Airlines would carry out a test flight at the airport today if the weather is suitable for the same. There has been no test flight after the blacktopping of the airport runway.
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