Nepal’s proposal to review the airspace agreement with India to provide more cross-border entry and exit points for airlines, which was gathering dust for years, had seen chances of take-off after it was endorsed during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Nepal in August 2014. But Nepal, the proposer, has failed to send a delegation to New Delhi to attend a scheduled meeting on opening new air routes, in another indication of foot-dragging over the issue.
In its proposal, the Nepal government has requested India to provide three more air entry points in Janakpur, Bhairahawa and Nepalgunj. The proposal to review the airspace agreement was made with an aim to provide more cross-border entry and exit points for airlines that would be serving the international airports nearing completion in Bhairahawa and Pokhara and the proposed Second International Airport (SIA) in Nijgadh.
The Ministry of Culture Tourism and Civil Aviation, which has the lead responsibility in conducting the negotiations, abruptly postponed the meeting on Wednesday, one day before it was scheduled to be held, citing lack of preparation. It had not even informed the Indian side until Wednesday afternoon that it would not be coming.
Agreeing to Nepal’s request to arrange the meeting for the third or fourth week of October to expedite the long-pending issue, the Indian Embassy on September 14 informed the ministry that the bilateral negotiation had been scheduled for October 20.
20/10/16 Sangam Prasain/The Kathmandu Post
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In its proposal, the Nepal government has requested India to provide three more air entry points in Janakpur, Bhairahawa and Nepalgunj. The proposal to review the airspace agreement was made with an aim to provide more cross-border entry and exit points for airlines that would be serving the international airports nearing completion in Bhairahawa and Pokhara and the proposed Second International Airport (SIA) in Nijgadh.
The Ministry of Culture Tourism and Civil Aviation, which has the lead responsibility in conducting the negotiations, abruptly postponed the meeting on Wednesday, one day before it was scheduled to be held, citing lack of preparation. It had not even informed the Indian side until Wednesday afternoon that it would not be coming.
Agreeing to Nepal’s request to arrange the meeting for the third or fourth week of October to expedite the long-pending issue, the Indian Embassy on September 14 informed the ministry that the bilateral negotiation had been scheduled for October 20.
20/10/16 Sangam Prasain/The Kathmandu Post
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